NetworkOperations Network Architect III
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Job Location:
Chicago, IL - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
9 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Note: Critical for this role -Do not send profiles without vetting properly (Skills and Communication must be accessed)
Rate: Ideal at BR (For right resource BR)
Network: Cisco Routing and switching
Expert level: Needs to be Manager with total 10 years of experience
Location: Preferred Chicago IL but for right candidate remote is okay
Job Summary
The Network Manager is responsible for leading the design implementation operations and continuous optimization of the organization s enterprise network infrastructure across multiple data centers. This role combines deep technical expertise with people leadership strategic planning operational governance and vendor management to ensure a secure scalable highly available and high performance network environment.
The Network Manager oversees a team of network engineers sets architectural direction serves as the senior escalation point for complex network issues and partners with cross functional stakeholders to align network capabilities with current and future business objectives.
Key Responsibilities
Network Strategy Design and Architecture
Define own and maintain the enterprise network architecture standards and long term roadmap across LAN WAN MAN and data center environments.
Provide architectural oversight for complex multi data center and hybrid network designs.
Design scalable resilient and secure network architectures to support business growth and digital transformation.
Review and approve high level designs technical specifications and major network changes.
Develop and maintain detailed network diagrams standards and design documentation.
Collaborate with business leaders application teams cloud teams and security teams to translate business needs into technical network requirements.
Network Implementation and Operations
Oversee the deployment configuration and lifecycle management of enterprise network infrastructure including:
Routers switches firewalls VPN concentrators and load balancers
Ensure consistent configuration standards and operational best practices across all network environments.
Establish and enforce operational processes SLAs KPIs and change management procedures.
Act as the senior escalation point for critical network incidents outages and complex troubleshooting.
Lead root cause analysis (RCA) post incident reviews and implementation of preventive measures.
Ensure effective disaster recovery (DR) and business continuity strategies for network infrastructure.
Team Leadership and People Management
Lead mentor and develop a team of Network Engineers (L2/L3).
Set performance expectations conduct evaluations and support individual development and certification goals.
Foster strong collaboration documentation discipline and knowledge sharing within the team.
Manage on call rotations workload distribution and operational readiness.
Network Security and Compliance
Partner with Information Security teams to design and enforce network security architecture and controls.
Oversee implementation of network security mechanisms including:
Firewalls IDS/IPS segmentation ACLs encryption and secure access
Ensure compliance with regulatory and industry standards such as PCI DSS HIPAA GDPR and internal governance frameworks.
Oversee network related security audits vulnerability assessments and remediation efforts.
Support Zero Trust and least privilege access models across enterprise and data center networks.
Network Performance Optimization and Capacity Planning
Drive continuous improvement of network performance availability and reliability.
Analyze monitoring and telemetry data to identify bottlenecks and performance risks.
Lead capacity planning traffic analysis and lifecycle management initiatives.
Oversee implementation and governance of Quality of Service (QoS) policies to prioritize critical applications.
Improve network resiliency through redundancy failover and fault tolerant designs.
Vendor Budget and Project Management
Manage relationships with network hardware software and service providers.
Lead vendor evaluations RFPs contract negotiations and technology selection.
Own network budgets forecasting and cost optimization initiatives.
Oversee network related projects such as upgrades migrations and data center deployments ensuring on time and on budget delivery.
Documentation Governance and Continuous Improvement
Ensure comprehensive documentation of network architecture configurations procedures and standards.
Establish governance frameworks for network design reviews risk management and compliance.
Stay current with emerging networking technologies security threats and industry best practices.
Drive standardization automation and modernization initiatives where appropriate.
Technical Skills and Expertise
Core Networking Technologies
Advanced knowledge of enterprise networking protocols and architectures including:
TCP/IP BGP OSPF EIGRP MPLS
Layer 2 and Layer 3 switching and routing
VLANs trunking STP VPC EVPN
Expertise in designing high availability redundant and fault tolerant network architectures.
Data Center and Multi Site Networking
Extensive experience supporting multi data center environments and inter DC connectivity.
Knowledge of spine leaf and data center fabric architectures.
Understanding of load balancing technologies (L4/L7 concepts) and traffic distribution strategies.
Experience designing for disaster recovery (DR) and business continuity use cases.
Network Security Technologies
Strong understanding of network security architecture and best practices.
Experience with:
Firewalls (including NGFW concepts)
IDS/IPS
Network segmentation and access control
Hands on or architectural oversight of:
VPN technologies (site to site remote access IPSec SSL)
Encryption authentication and secure tunneling
Ability to align network security controls with compliance requirements and enterprise security frameworks.
Performance Monitoring and Troubleshooting
Experience with enterprise network monitoring logging and management tools.
Strong capability in advanced troubleshooting and root cause analysis.
Ability to interpret traffic flows latency and throughput trends to drive optimization.
Familiarity with ITIL aligned incident problem and change management practices.
Vendor Platforms
Hands on and leadership experience with enterprise networking vendors such as:
Cisco
Juniper
Palo Alto
Other leading hardware and security vendors
Automation and Modern Networking (Preferred)
Exposure to network automation scripting or orchestration concepts.
Familiarity with hybrid and cloud connected networking models.
Understanding of configuration standardization and infrastructure lifecycle management.
Qualifications
Required
Bachelor s degree in Computer Science Information Technology or related field or equivalent professional experience.
12 years of experience in enterprise network engineering and operations.
3 5 years in a network leadership or management role.
Proven experience managing large scale multi data center network environments.
Strong leadership communication and stakeholder management skills.
Preferred
Professional certifications such as CCNP CCIE JNCIP JNCIE or equivalent.
Experience leading network modernization or transformation initiatives.
Financial and project management experience.
Work Environment
Primarily office or hybrid work environment.
Occasional travel to data centers or remote sites as required.
Participation in executive level incident management and after hours escalation for critical network events. Project Code :
Rate: Ideal at BR (For right resource BR)
Network: Cisco Routing and switching
Expert level: Needs to be Manager with total 10 years of experience
Location: Preferred Chicago IL but for right candidate remote is okay
Job Summary
The Network Manager is responsible for leading the design implementation operations and continuous optimization of the organization s enterprise network infrastructure across multiple data centers. This role combines deep technical expertise with people leadership strategic planning operational governance and vendor management to ensure a secure scalable highly available and high performance network environment.
The Network Manager oversees a team of network engineers sets architectural direction serves as the senior escalation point for complex network issues and partners with cross functional stakeholders to align network capabilities with current and future business objectives.
Key Responsibilities
Network Strategy Design and Architecture
Define own and maintain the enterprise network architecture standards and long term roadmap across LAN WAN MAN and data center environments.
Provide architectural oversight for complex multi data center and hybrid network designs.
Design scalable resilient and secure network architectures to support business growth and digital transformation.
Review and approve high level designs technical specifications and major network changes.
Develop and maintain detailed network diagrams standards and design documentation.
Collaborate with business leaders application teams cloud teams and security teams to translate business needs into technical network requirements.
Network Implementation and Operations
Oversee the deployment configuration and lifecycle management of enterprise network infrastructure including:
Routers switches firewalls VPN concentrators and load balancers
Ensure consistent configuration standards and operational best practices across all network environments.
Establish and enforce operational processes SLAs KPIs and change management procedures.
Act as the senior escalation point for critical network incidents outages and complex troubleshooting.
Lead root cause analysis (RCA) post incident reviews and implementation of preventive measures.
Ensure effective disaster recovery (DR) and business continuity strategies for network infrastructure.
Team Leadership and People Management
Lead mentor and develop a team of Network Engineers (L2/L3).
Set performance expectations conduct evaluations and support individual development and certification goals.
Foster strong collaboration documentation discipline and knowledge sharing within the team.
Manage on call rotations workload distribution and operational readiness.
Network Security and Compliance
Partner with Information Security teams to design and enforce network security architecture and controls.
Oversee implementation of network security mechanisms including:
Firewalls IDS/IPS segmentation ACLs encryption and secure access
Ensure compliance with regulatory and industry standards such as PCI DSS HIPAA GDPR and internal governance frameworks.
Oversee network related security audits vulnerability assessments and remediation efforts.
Support Zero Trust and least privilege access models across enterprise and data center networks.
Network Performance Optimization and Capacity Planning
Drive continuous improvement of network performance availability and reliability.
Analyze monitoring and telemetry data to identify bottlenecks and performance risks.
Lead capacity planning traffic analysis and lifecycle management initiatives.
Oversee implementation and governance of Quality of Service (QoS) policies to prioritize critical applications.
Improve network resiliency through redundancy failover and fault tolerant designs.
Vendor Budget and Project Management
Manage relationships with network hardware software and service providers.
Lead vendor evaluations RFPs contract negotiations and technology selection.
Own network budgets forecasting and cost optimization initiatives.
Oversee network related projects such as upgrades migrations and data center deployments ensuring on time and on budget delivery.
Documentation Governance and Continuous Improvement
Ensure comprehensive documentation of network architecture configurations procedures and standards.
Establish governance frameworks for network design reviews risk management and compliance.
Stay current with emerging networking technologies security threats and industry best practices.
Drive standardization automation and modernization initiatives where appropriate.
Technical Skills and Expertise
Core Networking Technologies
Advanced knowledge of enterprise networking protocols and architectures including:
TCP/IP BGP OSPF EIGRP MPLS
Layer 2 and Layer 3 switching and routing
VLANs trunking STP VPC EVPN
Expertise in designing high availability redundant and fault tolerant network architectures.
Data Center and Multi Site Networking
Extensive experience supporting multi data center environments and inter DC connectivity.
Knowledge of spine leaf and data center fabric architectures.
Understanding of load balancing technologies (L4/L7 concepts) and traffic distribution strategies.
Experience designing for disaster recovery (DR) and business continuity use cases.
Network Security Technologies
Strong understanding of network security architecture and best practices.
Experience with:
Firewalls (including NGFW concepts)
IDS/IPS
Network segmentation and access control
Hands on or architectural oversight of:
VPN technologies (site to site remote access IPSec SSL)
Encryption authentication and secure tunneling
Ability to align network security controls with compliance requirements and enterprise security frameworks.
Performance Monitoring and Troubleshooting
Experience with enterprise network monitoring logging and management tools.
Strong capability in advanced troubleshooting and root cause analysis.
Ability to interpret traffic flows latency and throughput trends to drive optimization.
Familiarity with ITIL aligned incident problem and change management practices.
Vendor Platforms
Hands on and leadership experience with enterprise networking vendors such as:
Cisco
Juniper
Palo Alto
Other leading hardware and security vendors
Automation and Modern Networking (Preferred)
Exposure to network automation scripting or orchestration concepts.
Familiarity with hybrid and cloud connected networking models.
Understanding of configuration standardization and infrastructure lifecycle management.
Qualifications
Required
Bachelor s degree in Computer Science Information Technology or related field or equivalent professional experience.
12 years of experience in enterprise network engineering and operations.
3 5 years in a network leadership or management role.
Proven experience managing large scale multi data center network environments.
Strong leadership communication and stakeholder management skills.
Preferred
Professional certifications such as CCNP CCIE JNCIP JNCIE or equivalent.
Experience leading network modernization or transformation initiatives.
Financial and project management experience.
Work Environment
Primarily office or hybrid work environment.
Occasional travel to data centers or remote sites as required.
Participation in executive level incident management and after hours escalation for critical network events. Project Code :
