Enterprise Network & Telecom Manager - Hybrid

The Ideal Candidate

This role is responsible for providing strategic and tactical enterprise network leadership. This role develops and coordinates all network / telecom operations including LAN / WAN, VOIP, wireless and disaster recovery capability.

The manager is responsible for managing the implementation, integration, installation and operation of network & telecommunication infrastructure in a highly available environment.

This role develops, implements, and manages strategic business relationships with key technology vendors and suppliers, internal and external business partners, and collaborates with senior IT management and other key stakeholders to establish goals and deliver network projects.

The manager provides formal supervision and coaching for the Network / Telecom teams while setting vision and direction to inspire and drive continuous improvement of policies, standards and procedures.

How You Will Make an Impact

• Effectively plans, designs and develops (LANs) and (WANs) across the organization to ensure the stability of all in house data, voice, video and wireless network services.
• Establishes network standards, policies and procedures for network related hardware and software across the organization
• Develop and implement policies / procedures for daily operational management, including best practices for installing, configuring, maintaining, and troubleshooting network issues
• Ensures the provision of comprehensive, integrated, reliable, secure, high-quality services for in areas such as backbone and local area networking, network facilities and infrastructure, Internet access, high-performance networking, network security, remote access to IT services, and telecommunications
• Develop and maintain solid understanding of Customer needs and strengthen working relationships with the Helpdesk, POS support and key stakeholders across the organization.
• Evaluate network / telecom hardware and software requirements and capabilities and make recommendations.
• Assess new technology and business trends in order to deliver cost-effective network / telecom solutions and services in support of strategic and operational business plans
• Establish budgetary requirements for equipment replacement. Evaluate network technology product vendors / providers by conducting research and cost / benefit analysis on network products, services, protocols, and standards in support of network procurement and development efforts.

Negotiate agreements with vendors, outsourcers, and contractors to secure network products and services.

• Develop, monitor and enforce carrier service level agreements for all data network and telecommunications service contracts.
• Hires, trains, and supervises the Network, Telecommunication staff; ensures that the staff is empowered to exercise initiative and work creatively, participate productively in inter-departmental project teams, engage in regular professional development activities, and cooperate and communicate well.

Build organizational talent by creating a learning environment that ensures employees realize their highest potential.

Share knowledge and develop staff capabilities to strengthen understanding of network industry and business issues and best practices;

Develop and communicate organizational objectives; inspire and motivate team members to achieve results.

Experience and Skills You'll Need to Have

• Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in related field : Information Systems, Information Technology or 4 years related experience.
• 4 years network management experience in a 24 x 7 enterprise environment.
• Experience in a multi-site / store and high availability network deploying.
• Certifications in Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA), Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP), Wireshark Certified Network Analyst (WCNA), Cisco Certified Internet Expert (CCIE) and / or, other related technical certification desirable.
• Working technical knowledge of current network hardware (Cisco, Palo Alto), protocols, and Internet standards, including (OSPF, BGP, DNS, DHCP, NTP).
• Must have a solid understanding of the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) principles, practices and processes in providing and managing the delivery of a large scale, enterprise-wide service.

This includes incident management, problem management, change management, configuration management, and availability / continuity management.

• Working knowledge of high-availability and disaster recovery architectures and processes.
• Strong oral and written communication skills and ability to transform technical knowledge into business language (e.g.

reports, presentations, etc.). Ability to communicate technical topics to non-technical personnel.

• Knowledge of Project Management and the ability to effectively lead projects.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• The ability to make decisions, plan, schedule and organize work.
• Requires 24x7 production support and on call rotation.
• Ability to effectively estimate and manage workloads balancing project work and day to day support.
• Ability to work successfully with others in large and small teams. Ability to motivate and inspire their team and others to perform at a high level, taking appropriate risks, and accepting personal accountability for actions and decisions.

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