Sr. Manager, Network Engineering

We build and operate the infrastructure backbone that powers one of the financial services industry's most demanding SaaS platforms. Our Platform Infrastructure Engineering team manages both the network engineering and systems engineering functions, sitting at the critical intersection of carrier-class networking, data center operations, cloud integration, and financial technology — ensuring that mission‑critical investment accounting, portfolio analytics, and data connectivity services run with carrier‑grade reliability, 24/7, for over a thousand of the largest hedge funds, asset managers, family offices, insurers and corporations.

This is a hands‑on manager role where you lead through technical depth and strong network engineering expertise. You'll drive infrastructure strategy, mentor your teams, and spend significant time on the network engineering challenges that define our platform's reliability. Your domain expertise in network architecture, routing protocols, and data center operations is as critical as your leadership capabilities.

We’re looking for an experienced engineering leader who brings strong hands‑on network engineering expertise to manage both Network Engineering and Systems Engineering squads. You'll be the strategic lead for our entire infrastructure platform—from edge routing and firewalls through data center LAN design, all the way up through Linux systems, virtualization, container orchestration, and cloud integration. This is not a purely people‑management role.

You'll stay deeply involved in architecture decisions, technology evaluations, and hands‑on problem‑solving—especially in network engineering. You need to be credible technically with your teams, capable of diving into BGP routing issues, MPLS configurations, data center network design, and cross‑vendor integrations with the same rigor you apply to team leadership and hiring. You'll work with our software engineering, security, Dev Ops, data operations, and client connectivity teams to architect and operate a hybrid on‑premises/public‑cloud environment where network reliability is non‑negotiable.

You'll be both a technical escalation point for complex infrastructure issues and an organizational leader setting direction and mentoring high‑performing teams.

• Lead, mentor, and scale both the Network Engineering and Systems Engineering squads; set technical direction, hire high performers, and create a culture of operational excellence and continuous improvement.
• Own network infrastructure strategy: design and implement scalable data center LAN architectures on Cisco, edge routing on Arista, and edge security on Palo Alto; drive BGP routing strategy for external connectivity with clients, vendors, and partners.
• Drive MPLS strategy, implementation, and optimization across our hybrid on‑premises/public‑cloud environment; ensure MPLS‑based traffic engineering and failover mechanisms meet carrier‑grade reliability standards.
• Lead data center network operations: manage LAN/WAN/MAN networks, oversee connectivity provisioning, handle infrastructure technology reviews and purchasing decisions.
• Own full‑stack systems engineering:
  Linux systems administration, hypervisor/VM operations, Kubernetes cluster strategy and operations, CI/CD pipeline architecture, and infrastructure‑as‑code frameworks.
• Drive observability and reliability: design monitoring, alerting, and log aggregation strategies; establish SLIs, SLOs, and SLAs aligned with financial platform requirements.
• Architect and operate the platform's hybrid cloud footprint: manage on‑premises infrastructure, AWS integration, co‑location facilities, and ensure seamless connectivity and failover across environments.
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