Director Of Network Engineering

Description

Alvarez & Marsal was founded in 1983 when Tony Alvarez II and Bryan Marsal recognized the opportunity to provide radically different advice and hands-on support to organizations facing operational and financial hurdles – situations demanding action, objectivity, and real results. Committed to its core values, A&M has since evolved from a boutique player to the premier independent global professional services firm with a reputation for providing leadership, problem-solving and value-creation to underperforming and robust companies across the industry spectrum.

Director of Network Engineering

What We’re Looking For:

• We are seeking an experienced, highly motivated, and action orientated Director of Network Engineering to lead a global team responsible for the design, implementation, and maintenance of A&M’s Network infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have a deep understating of networking technologies, a proven track record of designing and implementing complex networking solutions, as well as experience managing a global team of engineers.

The Director of Network Engineering will report to the CTO, and works closely with other Network, Infrastructure, Operations, Security, and Application Engineer and Developer teams, as well as end users, to implement, maintain and monitor and maintain production and dev environments in a 24/7/365 global environment.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain strong relationships with network service providers and vendors, negotiating contracts and managing SLAs and SLOs
• Implement and maintain a full hardware lifecycle management program
• Manage the network engineering budget, ensuring cost-effective and efficient use of resources.
• Lead and mentor a team of network engineers, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and professional growth.
• Ensure compliance with industry standards, regulations, and best practices in network design and operations.
• Oversee the design, implementation, and maintenance of our global network infrastructure, including data centers, campus networks, and wide area networks.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop network architecture, standards, and policies that support our business objectives and ensure network performance, availability, and security.
• Develop and implement a strategic vision for the network engineering team, focusing on the future needs of the organization and ensuring alignment with overall business goals and objectives.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively communicate technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
• Experience managing small projects and leading initiatives with minimal direction throughout the project lifecycle.
• Strong understanding of network architectures, protocols, and technologies, including MPLS, BGP, OSPF, IPv6, and SD-WAN.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor a team of engineers.
• Proven experience designing, implementing, and managing large-scale, complex network infrastructures.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field; advanced degree preferred.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience implementing Azure an advantage
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in network engineering, with at least 5 years in a leadership role.
• Ability to multi-task and be creative and innovative in a dynamic, fast paced team environment.

Diversity & Inclusion

A&M’s entrepreneurial culture celebrates independent thinkers and doers who can positively impact our clients and shape our industry. The collaborative environment and engaging work—guided by A&M’s core values of Integrity, Quality, Objectivity, Fun, Personal Reward, and Inclusive Diversity—are the main reasons our people love working at A&M. Inclusive Diversity means we embrace diversity, and we foster inclusiveness, encouraging everyone to bring their whole self to work each day. It runs through how we recruit, develop employees, conduct business, support clients, and partner with vendors. It is the A&M way.

Voluntary Inclusion

It is Alvarez & Marsal’s practice to provide and promote equal opportunity in employment, compensation, and other terms and conditions of employment without discrimination because of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family medical history or genetic information, political affiliation, military service, pregnancy, marital status, family status, religion, national origin, age or disability or any other non-merit based factor or any other characteristics in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations.

Unsolicited Resumes from Third-Party Recruiters

Please note that as per A&M policy, we do not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters unless such recruiters are engaged to provide candidates for a specified opening and in alignment with our Inclusive Diversity values. Any employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume does so with the understanding that A&M will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion without any fee owed to the submitting employment agency, person or entity.