Team Lead Network Infrastructure

Trillium Professional is now seeking a Team Lead of Network Infrastructure Group in Boston, MA!

• Responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the Network Infrastructure Group, managing direct employees and consultants.
• Specific duties include: planning, coordination, configuration, installation, and management of all network infrastructure and related client services within the enterprise to meet business requirements.
• Designs and implements network architectures, including LANs, LAN internetworking, and connections with the WAN environment.
• Has key responsibility for the identification and resolution of hardware and software technical problems and malfunctions related to network enterprise infrastructure and related servers.
• Makes decisions that are critical in the areas of throughput analysis, problem solving, and infrastructure planning, with the potential to affect the successful execution of business transactions.
• Proactively researches and locates necessary tools and processes to identify troublesome trends as they develop.
• Ensures a stable performance environment for the enterprise systems.
• Participates in and leads various IT projects intended to continually improve/upgrade the enterprise network infrastructure.

• Leads the strategic and tactical planning of LAN/WAN and wireless environments, including discovery and documentation of user requirements.
• Manages the technical work done by the Network Engineering team.
• Prioritizes and assigns work, tracks projects to completion.
• Builds relationships with cross-functional project teams and works closely with internal and external customers.
• Manages network technical support queue.
• Install, monitor and troubleshoot network equipment, circuits and services.
• Diagnoses and resolves complex problems that may include the interrelation of network devices, network and server operating systems, databases, applications and end user devices.
• Manages network change management, including design, approval, testing and sign-off.
• Ensures adequate procedures and documentation are created and maintained.
• Manages relationships with external partners and vendors and internal customers.
• Evaluates and recommends products and services to improve the performance, stability, manageability and security of the network.

• Holds daily meetings (or huddles) with staff to discuss daily plan, any open issues and focus for the day.
• Schedules team assignments for the week, for the day and schedules breaks.
• Reviews with manager at least monthly.
• Provides technical guidance and expertise to the members on the team.
• Provides direction and development to employees by coaching, identifying training needs, assigning progressively challenging projects, and assisting in career development planning.
• Assists with new hire set-up (assigns and issues keys and lockers to new hire, sets up desk area, requests logins, etc.).
• Monitors performance and compliance with departmental procedures and evaluates staff in annual performance appraisals.
• Assists in setting priorities and managing resources to achieve unit, division, and corporate goals.
• Makes recommendations for department standards, policies and guidelines.

Pay is $140k/year. Apply now!

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline;
  Master’s degree is desirable.
• Cisco CCNA required. Other Cisco, F5 or Aruba certification is desirable.
• 4-6 years of related experience in infrastructure/network environments performing network engineering (hardware and software), and designing, planning, and implementing LAN, WAN and WLAN technologies in a multiple-datacenter, large campus environment.
• Minimum of three years of experience in Cisco configuration programming and analytical work.
• Experience with Cisco Nexus a strong plus.
• Thorough understanding of distributed systems architecture and comprehensive knowledge of multiple technical disciplines.
• Excellent technical knowledge and aptitude in the areas of networks, network topologies, wired and wireless networking.
• Ability to solve network infrastructure issues and to manage the performance and capacity of a LAN/WAN environment.
• Demonstrated experience in effectively managing small to large projects in a cross-functional environment.
• Demonstrated ability in effectively managing small teams of technical engineers.
• Ability to effectively adapt to rapidly changing technology and apply it to business needs.
• Understanding of the enterprise business and business processes; knowledge of business unit functions and cross-group dependencies/relationships.
• Ability to anticipate user requirements and identify and resolve complex problems with minimal supervision; strong customer service and communications skills.
• Good judgment and analytical skills; strong follow-up and organizational skills.
• Ability to conduct and prepare feasibility studies; develop client proposals, including estimates for costs, time, and resources; prepare statistical reports; complete…