Associate Director, Network Engineering

Humana

1d•$142,300 - $195,700•Remote

About The Position

The Associate Director, Network Engineering is responsible for leading Data Center Engineering and Deployment Engineering teams that design, deploy, and support strategic infrastructure initiatives across the enterprise. This role provides leadership for engineering execution, infrastructure automation, AI-ready networking, and large-scale transformation programs while establishing engineering standards, deployment methodologies, and technical roadmaps. The Associate Director requires a strong combination of leadership, engineering expertise, and execution capabilities to build high-performing teams and deliver scalable, resilient, and automated infrastructure solutions that support business growth and innovation. We're looking for a highly technical and strategic engineering leader to lead our Data Center Engineering and Deployment Engineering organizations. As the Associate Director, Network Engineering, you will lead teams responsible for designing, deploying, and evolving modern data center network infrastructure while establishing engineering standards, deployment methodologies, automation practices, and technical direction that support long-term business objectives. This role focuses on engineering leadership, deployment execution, automation, and technical strategy rather than day-to-day network operations, lifecycle management, or production support.

Requirements

10+ years of data center network engineering experience.
5+ years of people leadership experience.
Experience leading engineering and deployment or implementation teams.
Demonstrated success building, mentoring, and developing high-performing technical organizations.
Extensive experience leading the design, deployment, and transformation of enterprise data center networks utilizing Arista EOS and Cisco Nexus platforms, VXLAN/EVPN architectures, spine-leaf networking, BGP routing, Data Center Interconnect (DCI), and Cisco-to-Arista migration programs.
Strong Infrastructure as Code (IaC) experience utilizing Terraform, Ansible, Python, Git, and similar automation frameworks.
Experience building and managing Azure DevOps (ADO) deployment pipelines and continuous integration and continuous delivery practices.
Experience with modern data center orchestration, automation, management, and observability platforms, including Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller (NDFC), Arista CloudVision Portal or CloudVision as a Service (CVP/CVaaS), Cisco Nexus Dashboard, Aruba Orchestrator, Gigamon visibility platforms, Arista DANZ Monitoring Fabric (DMF), or similar enterprise-scale management and telemetry solutions.
Experience leveraging orchestration and visibility platforms for fabric provisioning, network automation, telemetry, observability, configuration management, operational consistency, and deployment lifecycle management.
Experience leading large-scale data center migration, integration, and transformation initiatives.
Experience leading engineering teams through organizational transformation, technology modernization, merger and acquisition integration efforts, or large-scale infrastructure transitions.
Strong executive communication, stakeholder management, and organizational leadership skills.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting NVIDIA AI networking solutions, GPU clusters, RoCE-based architectures, AI fabrics, or other high-performance computing environments.
Experience with Equinix and Megaport connectivity solutions.
Familiarity with Palo Alto Networks and Fortinet platforms.
General familiarity with Aruba, Cisco, and Fortinet SD-WAN technologies and their integration within enterprise network environments.
Experience leading large-scale infrastructure programs utilizing Agile, Scrum, PMI, PMO, or similar project and portfolio management methodologies.
Industry certifications such as CCIE Data Center, Arista ACE, PCNSE, Fortinet NSE, NVIDIA Networking certifications, Project Management Professional (PMP), PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP), or equivalent credentials.

Responsibilities

Lead, mentor, and develop a team of Data Center Network Engineers and Deployment Engineers.
Establish technical roadmaps, engineering standards, deployment methodologies, and automation strategies.
Build a culture of engineering excellence, innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement.
Own engineering execution for major infrastructure initiatives from design through deployment, production acceptance, and operational handoff.
Lead engineering and deployment efforts for modern data center network architectures utilizing Cisco and Arista technologies.
Enable AI-ready networking platforms supporting NVIDIA GPU and high-performance computing environments.
Establish Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automated deployment practices as engineering standards using Azure DevOps, Terraform, Ansible, Python, Git, and related technologies.
Lead large-scale infrastructure transformation initiatives, including data center migrations, consolidations, merger and acquisition integrations, and subsidiary onboarding activities.
Drive adoption of orchestration, automation, observability, and telemetry platforms across the data center environment.
Partner with Cloud Engineering, Security Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, Operations, and Architecture teams to deliver scalable, resilient, and highly automated solutions.
Provide technical oversight and strategic direction for deployment of network, security, visibility, and management platforms supporting enterprise infrastructure.
Manage cross-functional programs involving engineering, deployment, operations, security, architecture, and business stakeholders to ensure successful execution of strategic initiatives.