Data Center Network Service Delivery Manager; TX DIR

Position: Data Center Network Service Delivery Manager (TX DIR)
Responsibilities Peraton is hiring a Data Center Network Service Delivery Manager to support the Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR). This position provides overall network service delivery leadership across the Austin Data Center (ADC), San Angelo Data Center (SDC), and Cyrus One colocation nodes in Austin, Dallas, and San Antonio. The successful candidate will oversee a complex enterprise data center network environment encompassing the DCN Ring, LAN infrastructure, firewalls, load balancers, cloud connectivity, VRFs, routing, Software-Defined Networking (SDN), remote access infrastructure, firewall automation, and network laboratory operations.

Candidate must be willing to travel to both sites
- Austin and San Angelo TX. and must be local to the Austin TX area or willing to relocate.

Key Responsibilities:

Maintain overall accountability for all data center network services across:

Austin Data Center (ADC)
San Angelo Data Center (SDC)
Cyrus One colocation nodes

Manage DCN Ring operations, including a 20 Gbps MPLS network across five locations:

Austin Data Center San Angelo Data Center Austin Cyrus One Dallas  Cyrus One San  Antonio Cyrus One Oversee  LAN operations at both Consolidated Data Centers, including approximately:205 data switches
164 fabric extenders
64 firewalls
44 load balancers

Manage Cyrus One colocation nodes in:

Austin Dallas San  Antonio Manage public cloud connectivity across:

Azure GovernmentAWS Government Azure CommercialAWS Commercial Oversee approximately 60 Gbps of cloud connectivity via Megaport.

Manage approximately 40–50 VRFs.Provide operational oversight of:

OSPFMPLSMP-BGPBFDLead Software-Defined Networking (SDN) operations and evolution.

Oversee automated firewall rule management.

Manage a minimum 500-user two-factor remote access infrastructure.

Maintain the LAN laboratory used for pre-production change testing.

Coordinate network service delivery, operational performance, change management, incident resolution, and infrastructure evolution.

Maintain network availability, stability, security, and performance across the in-scope environment.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

10 years of experience, may have supervisory or lead experience8+ years of enterprise data center networking experience.

Demonstrated experience with MPLS, BGP, and OSPF routing design and operations

Cisco data center platform experience including:

Cisco ASR routers

Cisco Nexus switches

Software-Defined Networking (SDN) design and operations experience

Experience with firewall management and network security operations.

Experience managing multi-tenant network environments, including:

VRFMPLSStrong understanding of enterprise data center network architecture, routing, switching, security, and connectivity.

Experience managing complex, high-availability network environments.

Strong network service delivery and operational leadership experience.

Cisco CCNP (Data Center or Enterprise) Certification Must be a US Citizen

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience with cloud connectivity, including:

MegaportAWS Direct Connect Azure Express Route Cisco  CCIE strongly preferred.

ITIL Foundation preferred.

Government IT networking experience preferred.

Experience managing network infrastructure within a government or regulated environment.

Experience with large-scale multi-site data center networks.

Experience with SDN transformation and network modernization.

Experience with network automation and automated security rule management.

Experience supporting multi-vendor/MSI government IT environments.

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