Senior Engineering Manager (Network)

We are seeking an experienced and strategic Senior Engineering Manager (Network) to lead our global network engineering and operations function. You will be accountable for the end-to-end network strategy, drive large-scale infrastructure transformation, and lead a high-performing team of network engineers across datacenters, core networks, and public cloud environments.

The core responsibilities for the job include the following:

Leadership and People Management:

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of network engineers and architects across multiple geographies.
• Own hiring, performance management, career development, and succession planning for your team.
• Foster a culture of operational excellence, continuous improvement, and innovation.
• Partner with cross-functional leaders (Cloud, DevOps, Infrastructure) to align network strategy with broader organizational goals.
• Manage vendor relationships, contract negotiations, and escalations.

Network Architecture and Design:

• Define and own the long-term network architecture strategy across datacenter, backbone, and public cloud.
• Design and govern spine/leaf architectures, overlay/underlay networks, VXLAN/EVPN, and SD-WAN solutions.
• Lead architecture reviews and ensure designs meet scalability, availability, and security requirements.
• Introduce and evaluate emerging open-source and vendor networking technologies to improve performance and functionality.
• Drive multi-vendor integration strategies across Cisco ACI, Cumulus Linux, and other platforms.

Network Engineering:

• Provide technical leadership on complex, large-scale network deployments and migrations.
• Drive hands-on resolution of highly complex network incidents and design challenges.
• Define engineering standards, design patterns, and reusable architecture blueprints.
• Govern cloud-native networking patterns and hybrid cloud connectivity.

Network Operations Management:

• Own the operational health, uptime SLAs, and incident response posture for the global network.
• Establish and continuously improve NOC processes, runbooks, escalation paths, and on-call rotations.
• Drive root cause analysis (RCA) and post-incident reviews; eliminate repeat incidents through systemic fixes.
• Oversee network monitoring, alerting, and observability platforms to ensure actionable visibility into all network layers.
• Manage capacity planning, lifecycle management, and technology refresh cycles.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, network engineering, or equivalent.
• CCIE (Routing and Switching, Data Center, or Service Provider) strongly preferred.
• CCNP required; additional cloud certifications (AWS/GCP/Azure) a plus.
• 15+ years of overall experience in enterprise networking, with roles spanning datacenter, backbone, and cloud networks.
• 5+ years as a network architect or principal network engineer on large-scale global infrastructure.
• 4+ years of direct people management experience, including managing senior engineers and team leads.
• Proven track record of leading network transformations in complex, multi-vendor enterprise environments.

Technical Expertise:

• Deep expertise in networking protocols: TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, IS-IS, MPLS.
• Hands-on experience with Cisco ACI design, deployment, and operations.
• Solid understanding of spine/leaf architecture, VXLAN, EVPN, and overlay/underlay networking.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes networking (CNI plugins, network policies, service meshes).
• Proficiency in cloud networking across AWS, GCP, or Azure VPC design, transit gateway, and Direct Connect/ExpressRoute.
• Experience with load balancers (F5 Netscaler, A10), including SSL/TLS offloading and cipher suite management.
• Hands-on experience with DNS/IPAM tools (BIND, Infoblox, or equivalent).
• Experience with Cumulus Linux or other open-source network operating systems.
• Hands-on proficiency with DevOps and configuration management tools: Git, Jenkins, Ansible, Puppet, and Chef.
• Experience with Linux as a network operating system.
• Expertise in network monitoring and observability platforms (e. g., Prometheus, Grafana, Nagios, and SolarWinds).
• Hands-on packet-level analysis and debugging skills (Wireshark, tcpdump).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience leading network teams in a global private cloud or hyperscale environment.
• Background in site reliability engineering (SRE) principles applied to network operations.
• Experience working in agile/DevOps delivery models.
• Scripting and automation skills: Python, Bash, Perl.