Senior Manager, Network Engineering

TEKsystems • Remote, OR

7d • $75 - $90 • Hybrid

About The Position

Lead a distributed network engineering team supporting an enterprise network across AWS, Azure, on-premises data centers, and office locations. Improve network reliability, resiliency, scalability, standardization, automation, security, and lifecycle management. The environment has evolved through company growth and acquisitions; the initial focus is to understand its current state and pain points, set a prioritized modernization roadmap, and establish consistent enterprise architecture and operating standards.

Lead approximately three U.S.-based team members and two team members in India. Establish clear ownership, use the team’s existing knowledge, develop engineers, and provide technical direction without becoming the primary engineer for routine work. The role requires technical credibility, including reviewing network architecture, challenging routing and resiliency decisions, participating in complex troubleshooting, and joining high-severity incident calls when needed.

Near-term priorities include supporting on-premises-to-AWS migrations, separating network environments in connection with organizational changes, stabilizing office and data center networks, identifying operational improvements, and developing a longer-term modernization plan. AWS networking includes AWS Cloud WAN, centralized networking, a multi-region foundation, and Palo Alto capacity in AWS. Broader adoption of multi-region patterns by business applications remains an opportunity; the immediate concern is the maturity and resiliency of data center and office environments.

Assess configuration management and network automation opportunities. The goal is controlled, repeatable, documented network changes using Infrastructure as Code, version control, peer review, or comparable enterprise engineering practices; a specific automation tool is not required. Partner with cloud platform engineering, application teams, architecture, security, infrastructure, network operations, and business stakeholders. Maintain current operations while building a more resilient, observable, automated, and enterprise-ready network environment. The formal role also covers lifecycle management, data center decommissioning, incident readiness, disaster recovery, operational documentation, carrier management, and executive reporting.

This is a contract-to-hire position listed as hybrid in Remote, Oregon. The hourly pay range is $75.00–$90.00. Eligible benefits for this temporary role may include medical, dental, and vision coverage; critical illness, accident, and hospital coverage; a 401(k) retirement plan; life insurance; short- and long-term disability; a health spending account; transportation benefits; an employee assistance program; and time off or leave. Eligibility and plan terms apply.

Requirements

• Expert-level experience in network engineering and network infrastructure.
• Experience with AWS networking and enterprise network architecture.
• Experience with BGP, Palo Alto, and data center networking.
• Technical ability to review architecture, evaluate routing and resiliency decisions, and participate in complex troubleshooting.
• Network automation and Infrastructure as Code knowledge.
• Ability to lead and develop a distributed engineering team while providing hands-on technical direction.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with AWS Cloud WAN.
• Experience with Megaport, Ansible, Terraform, ExpressRoute, New Relic, and CI/CD.
• Experience supporting multi-region networking and cloud migrations.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a distributed network engineering team of approximately three U.S.-based and two India-based team members.
• Establish team ownership and provide technical direction while leveraging existing expertise and avoiding becoming the primary engineer for routine work.
• Assess the existing network environment and pain points and create a prioritized modernization roadmap.
• Improve network reliability, resiliency, scalability, standardization, automation, security, and lifecycle management.
• Review network architecture and routing and resiliency decisions; participate in complex troubleshooting and high-severity incident calls as needed.
• Support on-premises-to-AWS migrations and separation of network environments associated with organizational changes.
• Improve stability and resiliency of office and data center networks and identify operational improvements.
• Assess configuration management and network automation opportunities and promote controlled, repeatable, documented network changes.
• Partner with cloud platform engineering, application teams, architecture, security, infrastructure, network operations, and business stakeholders.
• Maintain current operations while advancing a resilient, observable, automated, enterprise-ready network environment.
• Oversee lifecycle management, data center decommissioning, incident readiness, disaster recovery, operational documentation, carrier management, and executive reporting.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage (eligibility and plan terms apply).
• Critical illness, accident, and hospital coverage (eligibility and plan terms apply).
• 401(k) retirement plan, with pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available.
• Voluntary life and AD&D insurance for employees and dependents.
• Short- and long-term disability coverage.
• Health Spending Account (HSA).
• Transportation benefits.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Time off or leave, which may include PTO, vacation, or sick leave.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed