Sr. Network Manager

Reporting to the Director of IT Infrastructure & Operations, this position is responsible for establishing the corporate-wide strategic direction for networking. This position as a member of the IT Leadership Team establishes goals and objectives for the Network Team and Unified Communications/Telecom team members. In addition to the direct leadership of the network team, this position also has oversight of the Telecom team through the Unified Communications Manager to help consistently evolve 's voice/unified collaboration strategy. Additionally, the position will maintain a close working relationship with our Server Team and IT Security teams. This will be a permanent/FTE position; hybrid/remote with 3 days onsite required per week.

As a Sr Network Manager, you will:

• Manage the design, installation, maintenance, and monitoring of global networks, including all network routing and switching
• Lead the development, management and implementation of 's networking strategy
• Support and deploy applications such as LAN, WAN, WLAN, Network Security and Application Delivery products
• Oversee network team's change management processes and adherence to networking best practices and solutions
• Create and communicate key networking metrics to IT Senior Leadership Team.
• Focuses on individual and team performance/development planning and goal setting.
• Responsible for the activities of the team, leading change management and risk management efforts, identifying appropriate resources needed, and developing schedules to ensure timely completion of the projects.
• Serves as a member of the IT Leadership Team, and collaborates with leaders and team members from across IT.
• Serve as key contact for all carrier and network vendor relationships
• Directly manage the Unified Communications Manager and help set voice/collaboration strategy
• Serve as key contact for operational and emerging network needs of various business units
• Working with IT Provisioning, approve all WAN circuit orders
• Serve as escalation point for datacenter operations/operational issues
• Approve all related vendor invoices.
• Requires on-call incident escalation and off-hours maintenance work.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 5-7 years prior experience working with computer networking required.
• 3 days/week onsite (Milwuakee, WI)
• 5+ years of previous leadership experience required.
• CCNP or equivalent experience required and strong Cisco experience preferred.
• Experience at an employer with high uptime requirements.
• Experience managing a team with a geographically distributed network of offices are strong positives.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.

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