Manager, Data Center Operations & Networking Engineering

About the role

Apex Systems is seeking an IT Manager, Data Center Operations & Network Engineering for a healthcare organization.

Responsibilities

• Strategic direction, operational excellence, reliability, security, and lifecycle management of the organization's on-premises data centers, colocation facilities, enterprise network infrastructure, telecommunications services, and cloud-connected environments.
• Lead teams responsible for data center operations, network engineering, disaster recovery, infrastructure services, and technology modernization initiatives.
• Ensure highly available, secure, scalable, and resilient technology platforms that support business-critical operations.
• Partner with business and technology stakeholders to align infrastructure capabilities with organizational objectives.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of infrastructure leadership experience.
• 3+ years of supervisory experience.
• Experience managing enterprise-owned data centers and/or colocation facilities in highly available environments.
• Strong expertise in enterprise networking technologies including routing and switching, firewalls, WAN and SD-WAN, VPN, load balancing, DNS, DHCP, IP address management, wireless networking, and hybrid cloud connectivity.
• Experience overseeing network architecture, infrastructure lifecycle management, capacity planning, disaster recovery, business continuity initiatives, and major incident response.
• Demonstrated experience managing infrastructure budgets, telecommunications providers, internet service providers, hardware vendors, managed service partners, contracts, and technology projects.
• Working knowledge of server infrastructure, virtualization, storage, backup and recovery solutions, monitoring platforms, and IT service management practices.
• Experience with Azure networking and hybrid cloud infrastructure.
• Strong leadership, coaching, analytical, troubleshooting, capacity planning, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Ability to communicate complex infrastructure risks and recommendations to technical and business stakeholders, including executive leadership.

Qualifications

• CCNP certification.
• CCIE certification.
• Azure Network Engineer Associate certification.
• ITIL certification.
• Comparable industry certifications preferred.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection.
• ESPP (employee stock purchase program).
• 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure.
• HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan).
• SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions.
• Corporate discount savings program and other discounts.
• On-demand training program.
• Access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure.
• Certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA.
• Dedicated customer service team for Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources.
• Certified Career Coach.
• Access to a full list of benefits, programs, support