Senior Manager, Network Engineering
Rackspace Technology
Job highlights
Summary
Join Rackspace as a Sr. Manager Networking and lead a high-performing team of network engineers and technicians. You will ensure world-class performance, availability, and uptime for our cloud and hybrid network infrastructure. Responsibilities include overseeing network testing, monitoring, and troubleshooting; implementing new systems; acting as a liaison between management and technicians; and supervising staff. You will also plan, manage, and evaluate all aspects of IT network management. This role requires 8-10 years of relevant experience, 2 years of people management experience, a Bachelor's degree, and specific technical skills. Competitive salary and benefits are offered.
Requirements
- 8 - 10 years of relevant work experience required
- A minimum of 2 years of experience in direct people management required
- High School Diploma or regional equivalent required
- Bachelor's Degree required, preferably in field related to role
- Client/Customer Service
- Coaching/Counseling
- Equipment Tracking Management
- Network Device Naming Schemes
- Network Rack Patch-Panel Design
- Network Service Monitoring Systems
- Process Improvement
- Qualitative/Quantitative Research
- Script Maintenance
- Software Installation
- Technical Acumen
- Technical Support
- Technical Writing Skills
- Intermediate knowledge of the design, configuration, installation, maintenance, administration, and upgrade of the office networking environment
- Intermediate knowledge of TCP/IP, OSI topology and switching technologies
- Intermediate knowledge of equipment from multiple vendors such as Cisco, Juniper, and Brocade
Responsibilities
- Oversees technicians performing network testing, monitoring, and troubleshooting of network facilities
- Oversees proactive network status checks as part of normal surveillance activities, ensuring optimum performance
- Assists in current systems updates as well as implementation of new systems
- Acts as a liaison between management and technicians for key or urgent issues
- Keeps managers informed of schedules, priorities, and problems
- Supervises activities of staff (i.e., trains, appraises, rewards, motivates, disciplines, recommends termination as necessary)
- Determines deficiencies in processes and/or procedures and evaluates, proposes and implements solutions
- Collaborates with peers to ensure uniformity of teams
- May also act as a senior level network control technician on projects
- Ensures proper documentation of all systems processes and procedures, including daily logs
- Plan, manage, implement and evaluate all aspects of IT Network management intended to ensure system availability on a 24/7/365 basis and to meet current and anticipated organizational growth requirements
- Develop, test and implement appropriate business continuity and plans including backup, redundant systems or other methods to address potential disasters and ensure availability of critical patient, operating and proprietary data and systems
- Collaborate with facilities management and others to continually assess environmental factors including HVAC, power, cabling and others required to sustain stable operations
- Continually assess operational objectives, organizational structures and work processes to assure optimum skill mix, scheduling and staffing levels to meet daily operations, project needs and external events
- Implement consistent performance management practices by defining and communicating goals and performance objectives; by regularly monitoring, evaluating and improving individual and team performance
- Provide coaching and mentoring and other training and development activities to build staff competencies
- Build teams that bridge cross functional and interdepartmental barriers
- Develop and implement evaluation criteria that define highly competent, high performing individuals and teams
Preferred Qualifications
Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA), Cisco Certified Design Associate (CCDA), Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA Security), Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA, Wireless), Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP), Cisco Certified Design Professional (CCDP)
Benefits
- $128,300 - $219,230 a year
- Based on eligibility, compensation for the role may include variable compensation in the form of bonus, commissions, or other discretionary payments
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