Associate VP Network Engineering

DescriptionThe Associate VP, Network Engineering will design, develop, execute and operate Humana's next generation Network infrastructure capability. This position will provide executive leadership to a team of 50 FTEs and 50 contractors while creating and executing a plan to scale the team efficiently to support Humana's growth in healthcare services. This role will provide thought leadership, strategic design, engineering solutions and execution, and supporting operations across Humana's own datacenters, private networks, public clouds and third party ecosystems. Given the network's criticality to Humana's overall business strategy, this leader must bring a vision of how the future of network technology can enable scale and velocity while maintaining stability and consistency.Humana's technology environment has pivoted from a centralized model over the past several years to a more federated model. This trend will continue and accelerate to the point where Humana's technology assets and users are spread out over hundreds of vendors, offices, and geographies. This leader will evolve and own the one uniting factor that will ensure smooth operations, remain highly resilient, drive agile product development capabilities, and host core services that keep Humana and its customers connected and productive—the Network.ResponsibilitiesThe AVP of Network Engineering is expected to bring a broad vision to Humana's network, with the engineering and operational experience and rigor that is commensurate with the increasing scale and complexity of Humana's enterprise. This position is a senior leader in the Technology organization who can bring the experience of leading a major enterprise successfully through such digital transformations as migration to cloud infrastructures, enabling and transitioning to microservices, software defined networks and building a network foundation to support the new way of work which is reliable, friction-less and secure connectivity from anywhere.Key Responsibilities : Modernize network architecture and create the ability to scale at speed, leveraging new technologies and driving continuous software-defined networking practices and capabilitiesWork across functions and business units to be the point person on connectivity and integrationManage transition to cloud and IoT-ready networkCreate a software-defined networking strategy with tools and metrics for successDetermine where automation and simplification will increase efficienciesDistill high-level end-to-end architectures into detailed deployment and operational documentsGather requirements and analyze data to build high-performance network environmentsOperate in multiple network domains with disparate reliability and throughput needsTransition group from reactive to proactive approach from a network strategy mindsetManage, grow and develop a team of top talentInterface with external vendors and network peers in a clear and concise mannerApproach monitoring and telemetry with DevOps SRE network mindset using multiple solutions to paint the right analysisCollaborate with Infrastructure team members and others as necessary to assess near and long-term network capacity needsBuild in-depth understanding of how organization capabilities interrelate across segments and / or enterprise-wideMake decisions that are typically related to intradepartmental coordination, development and implementation of strategic plans, and business outcomesRequired QualificationsBachelor's Degree10 or more years of technical experience8 or more years of management experienceExperience in leading and facilitating technology transformations to cloud services such as Azure, AWS and GCPExperience in leading and facilitating technology transformation to software-defined networksExperience working in an Agile Scrum environmentMust be passionate about contributing to an organization focused on continuously improving consumer experiencesPreferred QualificationsStrong executive and people leadership skills; demonstrated track record of building and developing strong teamsExperience leading legacy transformations at scale, while navigating complexity and regulatory frameworksCapable of working up, down, and across an organization, effectively navigating a matrix to get things done and push boundaries, simultaneouslyAbility to lead and create 'followership' with an existing and expanding teamDeep technical experience in network design, build and administrationStrong engineering expertise, ideally applied in a progressive leading-edge organization with scale and complexityAdditional InformationPrior experience in the health solutions industryScheduled Weekly Hours40 Application for : Associate VP, Network Engineering#J-18808-Ljbffr