Global Network Services Manager
Washington, AR - USA
Job Summary
The Global Manager Network Services will lead a team responsible for the design implementation monitoring maintenance and support of the clients global 24x7 voice LAN WAN cloud connectivity internet services and network security platforms.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead mentor and develop a team of Network Engineers supporting the clients global network environment.
- Manage team workload workflow staffing performance training and on-call engineering schedules.
- Oversee the design implementation maintenance and support of voice LAN WAN wireless cloud networking internet edge and network security services.
- Establish and maintain network policies procedures standards documentation and operational controls.
- Ensure compliance with change-management maintenance disaster recovery business continuity security and documentation requirements.
- Partner with Information Security Compliance Systems Infrastructure Enterprise Applications Service Desk and Technical Architecture teams to deliver reliable and secure technology services.
- Lead network modernization initiatives including SASE SD-WAN cloud networking automation and security enhancements.
- Review and approve network designs implementation plans and infrastructure standards to ensure alignment with business cybersecurity and operational requirements.
- Manage network hardware lifecycle capacity planning availability and performance optimization.
- Coordinate with IT leadership project managers vendors and other stakeholders to ensure projects are appropriately planned staffed monitored and delivered.
- Develop operational metrics and provide clear reporting on network availability performance service delivery and improvement initiatives.
- Facilitate regular operational meetings service reviews and technical strategy discussions.
Qualifications :
- Bachelors degree in information technology Computer Science or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
- A minimum of five years of experience leading network engineering and operations teams.
- Experience managing teams and supporting a global 24x7 enterprise environment.
- Advanced knowledge of Cisco routing and switching technologies including BGP OSPF EIGRP VLANs QoS and TCP/IP networking.
- Experience with SASE technologies including SD-WAN Zero Trust and secure remote access.
- Strong knowledge of network security technologies including VPNs firewalls NAC IDS/IPS and secure remote-access solutions.
- Experience with cloud networking wireless networking internet edge infrastructure high-availability design and network monitoring and performance-management platforms.
- Familiarity with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform or comparable network automation tools.
- Knowledge of disaster recovery business continuity capacity planning and operational governance.
- Strong project-management communication problem-solving and stakeholder-management skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in a professional services legal financial services or other highly regulated environments.
- Cisco CCNP Enterprise CCIE or Cisco SD-WAN certification.
- CISSP CISM or a comparable security certification.
Additional Information :
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
About Company
Hybrid full time opportunity for our global, professional services client.Candidates outside of Washington, DC may be considered for remote opportunity