Manager, Network Engineering

The Options Clearing Corporation; Chicago, Daytona Beach (IL, FL); Hybrid; USD 123,000 - 177,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Network Engineering Manager to lead a dynamic team. This role blends operational and strategic responsibilities, focusing on delivering a high-quality network experience. You'll oversee team management, collaborate with vendors and customers, and ensure compliance with industry standards. Join a collaborative environment that values work-life balance and offers competitive benefits, including a hybrid work model and tuition reimbursement. If you're passionate about network engineering and leadership, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Tuition Reimbursement

Student Loan Repayment Assistance

Technology Stipend

Generous PTO

Parental Leave

401k Employer Match

Competitive Health Benefits

Qualifications

• 2+ years' experience managing technical teams.
• Understanding of network management and security.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Oversee team management and career development.
• Design and implement network services for customers.
• Ensure compliance with IT and security standards.

Skills

Network Management

Security Monitoring

Documentation Skills

Leadership Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Project Management

Problem Resolution

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Tools

Cisco ACI

AWS

Ansible

Terraform

Jenkins

Python

Github

Job description

THIS POSITION IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR VISA SPONSORSHIP

What You'll Do:

OCC is looking for a Network Engineering Manager to join the team. This dynamic role combines operational and strategic responsibilities, blending technical and managerial duties, including HR direct report, vendor and customer interactions. Key responsibilities include overseeing network service and delivery across various platforms, such as Cisco ACI, Checkpoint, F5 and hybrid LAN/Cloud (AWS) environments. The goal is to ensure the team consistently deliver a high-quality, stable network experience for customers.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each primary duty satisfactorily.

• Oversee management of team members from HR, mentoring and career development.
• Design, implement, oversee and support services for customers and partners.
• Ensure compliance with Network, IT, Security and Governance standards (NIST-CSF, COBIT)
• Enhance network performance and availability.
• Document, research, publish, maintain company policies and procedures.
• Collaborate with project teams to improve network deployments and operations.
• Work with management and partners to refine processes and reduce inefficiencies.
• Encourage innovations, out-of-the-box problem-solving
• Collaborate with customers, partners, vendors and carriers to identify and address complex challenges.
• Support enterprise on-call rotations and change management schedule.
• Manage, mentor and assist team members

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Serve as part of the network management team, overseeing direct reports and coordinating with fellow managers, working together as one team.

Qualifications:

The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary functions.

Must have

• 2+ years' experience successfully managing / leading technical teams.

• Understanding of network management, security, monitoring

• Excellent written and verbal communications skills.

• Flexible to work on/off shift to meet company, customer and internal requirements

• Detailed documentation skill set, including planning, material preparation and public speaking

• Clear, concise and precise written and verbal communication skills to effectively communicate with people of various backgrounds

• Strong interpersonal, leadership, project management and mentoring skills

• Strong ability to use solution-oriented approach towards problem resolution

• Ability to work independently and be a team player

• Demonstrated capability and desire to help manage people, process, systems

Technical Skills:

Must have:

• Advanced knowledge of routing protocols, switching, firewalls (BGP, MPLS, ISIS)

• 4+ years' experience hands on support and troubleshooting of networks

• 2+ years' experience with design and implementation of moderate/complex networks

• Experience delivering Infrastructure as code, using and integrating DEVOPS tooling (Ansible, Terraform, Jenkins, Python or Github).

• Experience building cloud infrastructure in environments such as AWS (preferred), Azure, Google, or similar

• Experience using Agile Methodology

Preferred

• Experience with SDN deployments or Cisco ACI

• Experience with Checkpoint firewalls (on-prep and virtual)

• Advanced experience with architecting, designing, deploying, and operating network elements such as DNS/IPAM; Firewalls; Network Access Control Solutions (NAC); load balancing; DDoS mitigation, tapping/sniffing infrastructures; and NTP

• Excellent physical communication troubleshooting skills using cabling and signaling analyzer, packet capture and analysis

Education and/or Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science / Engineering or related field.

Certificates or Licenses:

Preferred

• Relevant industry certifications such as Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud

• Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP or CCDP) equivalent field experience

• AWS certifications (DevOps Engineer, Solutions Architect, Advanced Networking, or Security or equivalent field experience)

About Us

The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) is the world's largest equity derivatives clearing organization. Founded in 1973, OCC is dedicated to promoting stability and market integrity by delivering clearing and settlement services for options, futures and securities lending transactions. As a Systemically Important Financial Market Utility (SIFMU), OCC operates under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. OCC has more than 100 clearing members and provides central counterparty (CCP) clearing and settlement services to 19 exchanges and trading platforms. More information about OCC is available at www.theocc.com.

What We Offer

A highly collaborative and supportive environment developed to encourage work-life balance and employee wellness. Some of these components include:

• A hybrid work environment, up to 2 days per week of remote work
• Tuition Reimbursement to support your continued education
• Student Loan Repayment Assistance
• Technology Stipend allowing you to use the device of your choice to connect to our network while working remotely
• Generous PTO and Parental leave
• Competitive health benefits including medical, dental and vision

Benefits

A highly collaborative and supportive environment developed to encourage work-life balance and employee wellness. Some of these components include:

• A hybrid work environment, up to 2 days per week of remote work
• Tuition Reimbursement to support your continued education
• Student Loan Repayment Assistance
• Technology Stipend allowing you to use the device of your choice to connect to our network while working remotely
• Generous PTO and Parental leave
• 401k Employer Match
• Competitive health benefits including medical, dental and vision

Visit https://www.theocc.com/careers/thriving-together for more information.

Compensation

• The salary range listed for any given position is exclusive of fringe benefits and potential bonuses. If hired at OCC, your final base salary compensation will be determined by factors such as skills, experience and/or education.
• In addition, we believe in the importance of pay equity and consider internal equity of our current team members as part of any final offer.
• We typically do not hire at the maximum of the range in order to allow for future and continued salary growth. We also offer a substantial benefits package as noted on www.theocc.com/careers
• All employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus. Discretionary bonuses are based on various factors, including, but not limited to, company and individual performance and are not guaranteed.

Salary Range

$123,500.00 - $176,500.00

Incentive Range

8% to 15%

This position is eligible for an annual discretionary incentive compensation award, for which the target range is listed above (see Incentive Range). The amount of such award, if any, will be based on various factors, including without limitation, both individual and company performance.

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Step 3
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OCC is an Equal Opportunity Employer