Network Engineering Manager

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BELFAST ARNOTT HOUSE, United Kingdom Thales people architect identity management and data protection solutions at the heart of digital security. Business and governments rely on us to bring trust to the billons of digital interactions they have with people. Our technologies and services help banks exchange funds, people cross borders, energy become smarter and much more. More than 30,000 organizations already rely on us to verify the identities of people and things, grant access to digital services, analyze vast quantities of information and encrypt data to make the connected world more secure.

Together we offer fantastic opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their career with us. At Thales UK, we research, develop, and supply technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better, and keep us safer. We innovate across the major industries of Aerospace, Defence, Security and Space. Your health and well-being matters to us and that’s why we offer you the flexibility to do what’s important to you;

whether that’s part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.
** About the company
** Imperva (A Thales Company) is an analyst-recognized cybersecurity leader—championing the fight to secure data and applications wherever they reside. Once deployed, our solutions proactively identify, evaluate, and eliminate current and emerging threats, so you never have to choose between innovating for your customers and protecting what matters most. Imperva—Protect the pulse of your business. Imperva was acquired by the Thales Group in 2023.
** About the role
*** Imperva’s Infrastructure and Cloud Operations (ICO) team’s mission is to rebuild Imperva’s Points of Presence (PoPs) and core infrastructure with new modern technologies. We embrace Infrastructure as code at all levels, with automation as a core requirement for all projects. Staffed with senior leadership with experience in other major players, ICO is a powerful team that knows how to deliver significant change.
* We are looking for a highly technical Network Engineering Manager to assume overall responsibility for designing, building and improving our global network. As an EM in the Engineering group your responsibility is to drive innovation, scale our platforms, and create operational excellence for Imperva’s globally distributed network. The person in this role has the freedom to make significant decisions that will have a lasting impact on Imperva’s infrastructure and how we serve our customers.
* We will be looking to you to improve your team's approach to solving problems, while supporting and optimizing the infrastructure programmatically. You will work closely with leadership and your team to improve the overall  availability, reliability, performance, and security of the infrastructure under your management. This is a very hands-on role— you will be expected to be in the weeds with your team, working collaboratively and cross-functionally on projects and systems.

You will need to develop a deep technical understanding of our systems and help grow and mentor your team of Engineers and architects.
** Objectives
* ** Take a critical look at our network from an internet perspective and develop a strategy to improve traffic flows across the internet and within our pops.
* Along with our architect's, design and build a clear road map to modernize and stabilize our network infrastructure.
* Develop and mentor Network Engineers to develop and grow into the roles they want to take on in the future, whether management or senior technical leadership.
* Work with the SRE / Observability teams to ensure we are measuring the right things and planning for improvements.
* Work with the Network Automation team to build better a faster automation for…