About the company
This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Team Leader of Technology based in the United States.
Responsibilities
- Lead, supervise, mentor, and develop a team of cloud network engineers, including performance management, scheduling, career development, and technical growth.
- Assign and prioritize project work, incident response activities, and on-call rotations across the engineering team.
- Conduct regular 1:1 meetings and performance reviews while supporting team hiring and onboarding.
- Design and oversee secure, scalable cloud network architectures, primarily within Microsoft Azure.
- Manage Azure networking components including VNets, subnets, peering, routing, load balancing, network security groups, firewalls, and DNS.
- Design and manage hybrid connectivity solutions across cloud and on-premises environments, including VPN, ExpressRoute, SD-WAN, and related technologies.
- Establish network segmentation, routing, DNS, and firewall policy strategies aligned with security and operational requirements.
- Ensure high availability, reliability, and performance of cloud network infrastructure.
- Lead incident response, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and remediation for complex network outages and performance issues.
- Establish and monitor network SLAs and SLOs while identifying opportunities to improve reliability and operational efficiency.
- Drive network provisioning and configuration automation using infrastructure-as-code and automation technologies.
- Lead implementation and adoption of observability capabilities, including Elastic Observability, Azure Monitor, or comparable platforms.
- Partner with security teams to implement zero-trust principles, micro-segmentation, encryption, identity-based access, and vulnerability remediation.
- Support compliance initiatives and audits related to standards such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, and PCI-DSS where applicable.
- Collaborate with Cloud, DevOps, Security, and application teams to support infrastructure and deployment requirements.
- Serve as an escalation point for complex network issues and communicate network strategy, risks, priorities, and roadmaps to IT leadership.
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience in network engineering, infrastructure engineering, or a related technical field, including significant experience with enterprise-scale cloud and hybrid environments.
- 2+ years of experience leading, supervising, or mentoring network engineering teams, including experience with performance management, work prioritization, and technical development.
- Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure networking, including VNets, subnets, peering, routing, load balancing, network security groups, Azure Firewall, DNS, and related services.
- Proven experience designing and managing hybrid cloud connectivity using VPN, ExpressRoute, SD-WAN, and cloud-to-on-premises networking.
- Strong knowledge of TCP/IP, routing, switching, DNS, DHCP, firewalls, network segmentation, VPNs, and load balancing.
- Experience applying network security and zero-trust principles, including segmentation, encryption, firewall policies, identity-based access, and vulnerability remediation.
- Experience with network automation and infrastructure as code using Terraform, Ansible, PowerShell, Python, or comparable technologies.
- Experience with network monitoring and observability platforms such as Elastic Observability, Azure Monitor, or similar solutions.
- Demonstrated ability to lead incident response, troubleshoot complex network issues, perform root-cause analysis, and drive remediation in high-availability environments.
- Strong cross-functional collaboration skills and the ability to communicate complex technical concepts, risks, and recommendations to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience working in security, compliance, or regulated environments governed by standards such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, or PCI-DSS.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Strong leadership, communication, problem-solving, prioritization, and mentoring skills.
- Ability to balance strategic planning, technical execution, operational reliability, and people leadership.
Conditions
- Full-time remote position in the United States.
- Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–5:00 PM work schedule.
- Competitive and comprehensive benefits package.
- Annual leave and other paid time off.
- Annual success-sharing bonuses, bonuses, or commission plans based on role and individual performance.
- Tuition reimbursement opportunities.
- Referral bonuses.
- Career development and internal mobility opportunities.
- Opportunities to work with global teams and on enterprise-scale technology environments.
- Supportive, diverse, and growth-oriented workplace culture.
- Accessibility support and resources for employees with disabilities.