Director, Network Infrastructure

SUMMARY:

The role is a senior network infrastructure leadership position responsible for managing a highly dynamic environment with global interactions in designing, deploying, and operating large-scale, complex enterprise networks across data centers, WAN, cloud environments, and voice environments. The position requires deep hands-on expertise in Cisco-based infrastructure, ACI, SD-WAN, AWS networking, national and global networks, advanced routing, and switching technologies, along with strong experience leading transformational network initiatives. Understanding of voice technologies including Cisco collaboration, IPC trader voice platform, Nice, telecommunication carriers, and telecom service and cost management. The role partners closely with cross-functional teams and senior leadership to drive strategic network and voice architecture, ensure high availability and security, and deliver reliable, cost-effective network solutions that support business growth and innovation. Work across the Americas MUFG business providing network service as negotiated between MUFG entities.

WORK EXPERIENCE :

• Significant experience leading and managing network engineering and voice teams

• Senior Team management and leadership experience

• Manage and maintain financial efficiency of network services and work with senior leadership on technical and financial goals for the network infrastructure.

• Solid experience must include designing / deploying / operating large enterprise complex network environments managing data and voice network infrastructure

• Hands-on engineering experience with knowledge in the following network technologies: Cisco routers, switches, firewalls, F5 load-balancers, virtual private network (VPN) concentrators, Cisco ACI, SD-WAN, AWS cloud services, DNS, as well as others for all data centers and branches environments, etc.

• Design, deployment, and troubleshooting experience in multiprotocol label switching (MPLS), border gateway protocol (BGP), open shortest path first (OSPF), enhanced interior gateway routing protocol (EIGRP), spanning tree protocol (STP), ether channels, Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI), virtual private cloud (VPC), virtual datacenter (VDC), and general knowledge around network time protocol (NTP), simple network management protocol (SNMP), NetFlow, Cisco express forwarding (CEF), security protocols, and network management tools including datacenter network manager (DCNM), SolarWinds, and Wireshark

• Proven related technical experience with planning, engineering, design, and implementation of complex enterprise networks using Cisco routers, switches, firewalls, VPN, network management and monitoring systems

• Deep experience with network architecture, IT infrastructure, IT application technologies, and frameworks

• High level of proven expertise in QoS design and implementation required

• Solid experience leading datacenter and WAN transformational network engineering efforts. ACI, SD-WAN, and AWS cloud

FUNCTIONAL SKILLS

• Highly proficient in managing teams designing, developing, delivering, and supporting complex data and voice environment for corporate and trading operations.

• Expert in determining business requirements and providing detailed designs

• Expert in designing, deploying, migrating, and troubleshooting Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) and SD-WAN

• High degree of confidence evaluating emerging technologies on an ongoing basis, identifying needs, and making recommendations for new technologies and vendor solutions based on network vision and strategy, leveraging latest industry developments

• Proven track record of serving as a technical role model

• Expertise with project delivery methodologies as related to network infrastructure

• Communicates effectively

• Anticipates changing business needs, adjusts priorities accordingly, and allocates necessary resources and budget to achieve objectives

• Equips the business to become an effective competitor in a highly dynamic landscape

• Considers stakeholder needs and input as well as best practices and insights from industry trends when making strategic decisions

• Is flexible, decisive, and serves as a trusted advisor to senior leaders within the organization

• Demonstrates effective negotiation and influencing skills

• Prioritizes and facilitates a culture of continuous improvement and systems thinking

• Sets the tone for successful collaboration with other bus…