IT Network Lead​/Manager

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IT Network Lead/Manager

Location:

Danbury, CT
Full Time Permanent Position

This position is part of the Company IT Network Group. The candidate will be responsible for managing the Network Group, implementing change management and ongoing maintenance of parts of the networking infrastructure for the WAN, DMZ and Internet Edge of the Company global, geographically diverse network and site presence. An in-depth understanding of high availability, disaster recovery, multi-site architecture, data center design, virtualization, network and network security, bandwidth design, firewalls, load-balance and traffic management technology is a must.

The individual should be able to define strategy, system requirements and architecture by working with server, storage, network, database, application architecture and other teams as applicable. Hands on experience in designing multi-site architecture and large data center solutions are preferred. Strong leadership and communication skills are essential. The role requires the ability to provide strategic and architectural guidelines as it relates to general networking and network security.

• Technical – The candidate must demonstrate an in-depth understanding of IP networking including routing, switching and addressing concepts. They must have operational and deployment experience of firewalls and have been exposed to VPNs on those platforms.
• Critical Thinking – Candidates must demonstrate the ability to learn quickly, be able to solve problems independently, make well thought-out recommendations.
• Security Standards – Must be a proponent of a monitored environment, promote adherence to processes and standards encompassing data and infrastructure security.
• Teamwork – Must promote a collaborative environment within and across IT teams.
• Communications Skills – Must be effective with oral and written communication and be able to present complex technical concepts in an informative way to non-technical staff.
• Project Management – Must be organized, self-sufficient and have the ability to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously.
• Leadership and Team Management – Taking lead in managing the network team, setting goals, building capabilities, coaching and providing feedback, driving change and innovating ideas

• The candidate will manage the Network Group including providing team members with career development guidance, assignment and prioritization of workload, performance reviews, personal and professional development coaching and all other aspect of personnel management.
• Responsible for periodically organizing and driving the evaluation of the architecture and the plan for future enhancements of the network environment.
• Responsible for overseeing the evaluation and selection of new products and services.
• Responsible for taking a lead role in overseeing active projects including but not limited to developing plans and schedules, interfacing with vendors, training personnel, the acquisition of hardware/software and team management.
• Creates best practice technical architecture models utilizing knowledge of industry and technical trends.
• Identifies and evaluates technical architecture to ensure solutions satisfy business requirements and performance goals.
• Administer complex FW and IPS rule bases under change management. Lead the implementation of business critical changes or upgrades/updates.
• Document all diagrams, policies and procedures for newly deployed systems and review on yearly basis.
• Active participation in life cycle management ensuring that all owned infrastructure is kept secure using approved software updates.
• Product lifecycle support for the platforms owned by the group including active monitoring for new patches, releases and hotfixes.
• Own and deliver large scale projects across multiple geographic regions.
• Work closely with the various regional operations teams to ensure that…