Manager Network Engineering

Job Description

The Manager of Network Engineering leads a team of high performing IT professionals responsible for a primarily Extreme and Arista Network infrastructure providing data, voice, video, firewall, WIFI, and VPN services. The Manager is responsible for the technical architecture, design, execution and management the network infrastructure. The individual successfully leads a team of network engineers, architects and vendors while also collaborating with cybersecurity and other IT team members on testing, integration, and deployment of network systems.

Monitors the network infrastructure for system performance, utilization, and compliance. The individual serves as the primary internal expert and advisor to department managers and directors on issues relating to networking essentials. Will also manage customer relations with IT clients and provides oversight for the delivery of IT services to those clients. The individual recommends updates and architectural changes to provide a forward‑looking and robust network environment.

This role manages the resources under their area of responsibility in order to ensure that the necessary support of new systems is available. Requires strong negotiation skills and includes cost and schedule management responsibilities for multiple projects.

• Analyzes and creates solutions to extremely complex problems and relationships between integrated systems/networks.
• Provide expert level network design, administration and maintenance for the enterprise infrastructure components to include multiple data centers.
• Oversees firmware, hardware, OS upgrades, and required patch management are monitored and kept up to date.
• Develops metrics to monitor overall network performance and perform the necessary tuning.
• Ensures DR readiness is up to date and backup copies for all network components are current and available.
• Oversee the regular testing of network redundancy and failover circuit testing.
• Employs excellent analytical skills to define system network requirements and objectives for network requirements and objectives for system, network and interface maintenance or enhancement requests and communicates to clients and appropriate technical staff.
• Participates in contract negotiations with vendors.
• Reviews specifications and documentation for completeness and accuracy.
• Identifies and assigns appropriate staff resources required to realize project goals.
• Identifies, monitors and manages project risks from organizational and technical stances.

• Directly manages employees in the network team. Carries out management responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
• Provides appropriate development opportunities to ensure staff is competent in performing their assigned functions and continually improving their performance.
• Communicates expectations, provides ongoing coaching/feedback, objectively assess and/or provides input to employee performance and provide appropriate rewards and recognition.
• Manages cross-functional work teams.
• Any supervisory expectations will include delegation, monitoring and managing multiple projects and teams, managing client expectations, coaching staff and enforcing compliance with department standards and hospital policies and procedures.
• Manage 24X7 operations of network operations and deployment, plans, controls and manages network activities. Ensures the team is accurately measuring and addressing capacity needs develops and maintains network design and documentation.
• Assist in the preparation of budgets and re-estimates, as well as many various engineering cost estimates to ensure cost-effective deployment of new technologies and services.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology or related discipline; equivalent experience may be acceptable.
• Ten Years minimum in-depth…