Network Engineering Manager

Akkodis is seeking a Network Engineering Manager for a full-time direct hire and hybrid role in Chicago, IL. The Network Engineering Manager role combines operational and strategic responsibilities, blending technical and managerial duties, including direct reports, vendor and customer interactions. Key responsibilities include overseeing network service and delivery across various platforms, such as Cisco ACI, Checkpoint, F5 and hybrid LAN/Cloud (AWS) environment. Qualified candidates will have 4 years of network engineering experience along with 2 years of management experience.

Pay Range: $125-165K plus bonus; salary negotiable based on experience, education, geographic location, and other factors

This is a great opportunity to join a long-standing and growing financial services company!

Network Engineering Manager job responsibilities include:

• Oversee management of team members, mentoring and career development.
• Design, implement, oversee and support services for customers and partners.
• Ensure compliance with Network, IT, Security and Governance standards (NIST-CSF, COBIT)
• Enhance network performance and availability.
• Document, research, publish, maintain company policies and procedures.
• Collaborate with project teams to improve network deployments and operations.
• Work with management and partners to refine processes and reduce inefficiencies.
• Encourage innovations, out-of-the-box problem-solving
• Collaborate with customers, partners, vendors and carriers to identify and address complex challenges.
• Support enterprise on-call rotations and change management schedule.
• Manage, mentor and assist team members

QUALIFICATIONS:

• 4 years’ experience as a Network Engineer including hands-on support and troubleshooting of networks in large enterprise environments
• 2 years’ experience with design and implementation of moderate/complex networks
• 2 years’ experience successfully managing / leading technical teams.
• Advanced knowledge of routing protocols, switching, firewalls (BGP, MPLS, ISIS)
• Experience building cloud infrastructure in environments such as AWS (preferred), Azure, Google, or similar
• Experience delivering Automation or Infrastructure as Code, using and integrating DEVOPS tooling (Ansible, Terraform, Jenkins, Python or Github) is a big plus
• Understanding of network management, security, monitoring
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills.
• Plusses but not required:

Experience with SDN deployments or Cisco ACI

Experience with Checkpoint firewalls (on-prep and virtual)

Advanced experience with architecting, designing, deploying, and operating network elements such as DNS/IPAM; Firewalls; Network Access Control Solutions (NAC); load balancing; DDoS mitigation, tapping/sniffing infrastructures; and NTP

Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP or CCDP) equivalent field experience

AWS certifications (DevOps Engineer, Solutions Architect, Advanced Networking, or Security or equivalent field experience)

Role does not offer relocation, Visa transfer/sponsorship, or C2C employment.

If you are interested in this hybrid Network Engineering Manager role in Chicago, IL please click APPLY NOW. For other opportunities available at Akkodis go to www.akkodis.com. If you have questions about the position, please contact Kathy Becher at kathy.becher@akkodisgroup.com

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

Benefit offerings include medical, dental, vision, term life insurance, short-term disability insurance, additional voluntary benefits, commuter benefits and 401K plan. Our program provides employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. Available paid leave may include Paid Sick Leave, where required by law; any other paid leave required by Federal, State or local law; and Holiday pay upon meeting eligibility criteria. Disclaimer: These benefit offerings do not apply to client-recruited jobs and jobs which are direct hire to a client

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