Senior Network Engineering Manager (IP Network)

Verizon; Limerick; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Annual leave

Flexible working

Training & development

Volunteer opportunities

Job summary

Verizon is modernising core networks and seeks a senior leader to manage Centre Engineering and Vendor Management for numerous build initiatives across the IP network. You will oversee a team of engineers, coordinate design and deployment of management network components, and drive timelines from planning to completion.

You will ensure technical standards, create installation instructions, and maintain up-to-date documentation for cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or relevant work experience.
• Previous leadership experience in an engineering role.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Experience with complex, distributed systems and multi-project management.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor the Engineering team to resolve technical issues effectively.
• Maintain technical standards and forecast deployment targets with accurate reports.
• Create detailed installation instructions and BOMs for new and existing technologies.
• Ensure accurate engineering documentation across ICON/CND, CCP, Canvas, VENUe and related tools.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to identify issues early and report status.
• Negotiate schedules with vendors and ensure pricing and standards compliance.

Skills

Leadership

Engineering mgmt

Project management

Team mentoring

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

SONET

DWDM

Routing systems

Job description

When you join Verizon

You want more out of a career. A place to share your ideas freely — even if they’re daring or different. Where the true you can learn, grow, and thrive. At Verizon, we power and empower how people live, work and play by connecting them to what brings them joy. We do what we love — driving innovation, creativity, and impact in the world. Our V Team is a community of people who anticipate, lead, and believe that listening is where learning begins. In crisis and in celebration, we come together — lifting our communities and building trust in how we show up, everywhere & always. Want in? Join the #VTeamLife.

What You’ll Be Doing

Verizon is in the process of modernising our core networks to enable new, ground-breaking products and technologies. In this position, you will be responsible for Centre Engineering and Vendor Management for various build initiatives across the IP network. You will engineer and manage multiple simultaneous projects, maintaining involvement throughout the lifecycle of a build, in particular to resolve technical issues as they present themselves. As a leader, you will be managing a team of Engineers and coordinating the design and deployment of management network components.

Key Responsibilities Include

• Developing an understanding of your team's workflow to become their source for fault resolution (technical, system, and interpersonal). Providing mentorship to the team through ongoing performance management.
• Maintaining established technical standards, providing accurate forecasting of deployment targets, generating reports to identify systemic issues, and monitoring internal metrics to ensure efficient performance levels are achieved.
• Overseeing the creation of detailed, often complex, technical installation instructions (I-SPECs) for new and existing technologies as per Standards. Ensuring engineering instructions include project-specific details such as equipment configurations, card/port assignments, power mapping and sizing, copper/fibre cable running lists, and detailed major/minor Bills of Materials (BOM).
• Ensuring all engineering documentation (including ICON/CND, CCP, Canvas, VENUe, etc.) is accurate and up-to-date for use by cross-functional teams like Install, Test, Operations, Provisioning, and Audit. Overseeing the creation of Shopping carts, Telephone Equipment Orders (TEOs), and Project Supplements for appropriate financial budget management.
• Interfacing with Centre Engineering, Field Engineering, Operations, Project Managers, and other Implementation organisations to ensure early identification of issues and timely reporting of status.
• Negotiating and coordinating overall project schedules for Engineering activities, Construction start dates, and completion dates. Facilitating and maintaining relationships with multiple service vendors (including third-party turf vendors), ensuring pricing compliance, standards compliance, and conducting periodic quality and performance reviews.
• Managing multiple Capacity Creation Requests for new hardware deployments, reconfigurations, First Office Application (FOA) projects, and decommissioning activities to free space/power and generate cost savings.What we’re looking for... You are self-driven with experience in the design and implementation of complex and distributed systems. You have a passion for seeking engineering excellence and adopting new technologies. You are not afraid to drive for success by working with cross-functional teams.

You’ll Need To Have

• A Bachelor’s degree or relevant work experience.
• Previous leadership experience in an engineering role.

Even better if you have one or more of the following

• The ability to work well with others (as a team) and individually (on your own projects) with a positive attitude.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated excellent problem-solving skills.
• Knowledge of one or more of the following technical domains: SONET, DWDM, and Long Haul Transport Systems, Backbone Routing and Switching systems, Physical Server Deployments, Wireless Network Architecture/Deployment Experience, Telecom Installation Experience (hands‑on or remotely directed).

Why Verizon?

Verizon is committed to maintaining a Total Rewards package which is competitive, valued by our employees, and differentiates us as an Employer of Choice. We are a ‘pay for performance’ company, and your contribution is rewarded through competitive salaries and performance-based incentives. We create an opportunity for us all to share in the success of Verizon and the value we help to create through this broad-based discretionary equity award programme.

• Your benefits are market-competitive and delivered by some of the best providers.
• You are provided with a full spectrum of health and wellbeing resources, including a best-in-class Employee Assistance Programme, to empower you to make positive health decisions.
• We offer generous annual leave benefits to help you manage your work-life balance and opportunities for flexible working arrangements*.
• Verizon provides training and development for all levels to help you enhance your skills and develop your career, from funding towards educational assistance and award-winning training to online development tools and access to industry research.
• You will be able to take part in volunteering opportunities as part of our environmental, community, and sustainability commitment.
• Benefit packages are tailored to the specific country where a position is based.

Where you’ll be working

In this hybrid role, you'll have a defined work location that includes work from home and assigned office days set by your manager.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

37.5

Equal Employment Opportunity

Verizon is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, gender, disability or any other legally protected characteristics.