Platform Manager - Network & Edge Connectivity (m/f/x)

Jobs-im-Allgäu.de; Kirchdorf an der Iller; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible and hybrid working

Company pension scheme

Employee discounts

Job summary

Liebherr-IT Services GmbH in Germany seeks a Platform Manager Network & Edge Connectivity to set platform direction, shape the roadmap and align priorities across teams for secure, reliable connectivity across sites, cloud and industrial environments.

You will lead through Team Managers, modernise services, embed security, and balance value, risk and lifecycle costs while keeping ownership in-house. Fluency in English and German is required.

Qualifications

• Substantial leadership experience in international IT and developing Team Managers.
• Expertise in enterprise networking, connectivity or network security across site, cloud and industrial environments.
• Ability to translate strategy and business needs into platform roadmaps and deliverable improvements.
• Sound understanding of segmentation, firewalls, SASE and Zero Trust, balancing security with availability.
• Experience with automation, observability, resilience and operational readiness.
• Commercial judgement in technology, sourcing, budget and capacity decisions with stakeholder management.
• Very good English and German; experience in multi-site industrial environments is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Own the platform direction, evolve the target state, service portfolio and roadmap with clear priorities.
• Lead through Team Managers, align teams and establish accountable objectives.
• Professionalise and modernise network services for secure, reliable connectivity and standards.
• Steer cross-team delivery, resolve dependencies and make trade-offs between value and risk.
• Secure reliable operations, align quality and observability with managers for smooth handovers to operations.
• Embed security in connectivity services with IT Security and Enterprise Architecture; coordinate with industrial owners.
• Own investment decisions within governance; plan capacity, budgets and sourcing options.
• Retain internal ownership and keep knowledge and decisions within the organisation.

Skills

Leadership experience

Enterprise networking

Roadmap translation

Security & Zero Trust

Automation & observability

Budget & sourcing

English & German

Job description

As Platform Manager Network & Edge Connectivity (m/f/x), you enable sites, cloud and industrial environments to connect securely and reliably. You set the platform direction, shape the roadmap and align priorities across teams, translating business requirements into shared connectivity services. The platform spans WAN, SD-WAN, campus networks, Edge & OT Connectivity and network security services such as segmentation, firewalls, SASE and Zero Trust.

Creating passion: your responsibilities

• Own the platform direction. Evolve the target state, service portfolio and roadmap, translating strategy and business needs into clear priorities and achievable improvements. Balance service value, risk, capacity and lifecycle cost when setting priorities
• Lead through Team Managers. Develop leadership, align teams and establish shared objectives and clear accountabilities
• Professionalise and modernise network services to meet business requirements for secure, reliable connectivity. Establish consistent architectures, standards and operating practices, adopting state-of-the-art technologies and industry best practices where they improve service outcomes
• Steer cross-team delivery. Resolve dependencies and make trade-offs between value, capacity, technical debt and risk transparent
• Secure reliable operations. Align service quality, observability and recovery readiness with Team Managers and ensure supportable transitions into operations
• Embed security in connectivity services by working with IT Security, Enterprise Architecture and Business to implement secure access and segmentation within the platform scope, balancing security requirements with industrial availability. Coordinate dependencies with the owners of connected industrial systems
• Own investment decisions within the applicable governance framework. Plan capacity, budgets and investments against platform priorities and business requirements. Assess technology and sourcing options for service value, risk, interoperability, operability, lifecycle cost and supplier dependency
• Retain internal ownership. Align partners with platform priorities and keep essential knowledge, documentation and decisions within the organisation

Your organisational context

Within the Infrastructure & Cloud Value Center, you are accountable for platform direction, cross-team priorities, service outcomes and investment decisions within the applicable governance framework. Team Managers lead their teams and manage delivery and daily operations; you steer the shared roadmap and resolve priorities and dependencies across teams. You align business requirements with Business and coordinate platform decisions with IT Security, Enterprise Architecture and other IT areas within their respective governance responsibilities.

Contributing your strengths: your qualifications

• Substantial leadership experience in international IT, with a track record of developing Team Managers, aligning multiple teams and taking accountability for shared service outcomes
• Strong expertise in enterprise networking, connectivity or network security across site, cloud and industrial environments
• Proven ability to translate strategy and business needs into platform roadmaps and deliverable improvements
• Sound understanding of segmentation, firewalls, SASE and Zero Trust, balancing security with industrial availability and operability
• Experience with automation, observability, resilience and operational readiness
• Commercial judgement in technology, sourcing, budget and capacity decisions, supported by strong stakeholder-management skills
• Very good English and German; experience in multi-site industrial environments is an advantage

Our commitment to you: your benefits

As an internationally successful family business, the Liebherr Group offers you a secure job, a unique variety of tasks and exciting development opportunities. Become part of our strong team today and get to know the Liebherr Group as a reliable partner. Profit from these benefits:

• Attractive remuneration and social benefits
• Flexible and hybrid working
• Freedom for creative work
• Company pension scheme
• Crisis-proof workplace
• Individual development and training opportunities
• Employee benefits & discounts
• Bicycle leasing through salary conversion
• Healthy & regional catering in the company restaurant
• Company health management programme
• EGYM Wellpass

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One Passion. Many Opportunities.

Das Unternehmen

Die Liebherr-IT Services GmbH mit Sitz in Oberopfingen bei Kirchdorf an der Iller erarbeitet IT-Lösungen für die gesamte Firmengruppe, koordiniert die standortübergreifenden IT-Anwendungen und berät die Gesellschaften der gesamten Firmengruppe in IT-Fragen.

Standort

Liebherr-IT Services GmbH

St. Vitus 1

88457 Kirchdorf/Oberopfingen

Deutschland (DE)

Kontakt

Verena Maucher

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