Remote Director, Network Engineering & DevOps (AI/Cloud)

Maximus; Lincoln (NE); Remote; USD 165,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Maximus is seeking a Director - Network Engineer to lead the network services strategy and roadmap, ensuring capabilities align with business objectives, modernization efforts, and operational excellence across complex environments.

You will mentor a team of senior engineers, drive automation and infrastructure-as-code, advance cloud-first networking (public, private, hybrid), and collaborate with stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable solutions while upholding ITIL practices and governance.

Qualifications

• Lead and manage enterprise network engineering teams
• Strong understanding of modern enterprise networking architectures
• Experience with cloud networking and security controls (FedRAMP/NIST)
• Familiarity with ITIL processes and service delivery excellence
• Proven ability to translate network strategy into enterprise-scale solutions
• Excellent written and verbal communication with senior stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Lead the execution of the network services strategy and roadmap, ensuring network capabilities support business objectives, technology modernization initiatives, and operational excellence.
• Provide leadership, mentorship, and strategic direction to a team of high-performing network engineers, fostering a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Ensure the successful delivery of network services initiatives, programs, and projects within established timelines and budget parameters.
• Monitor service performance and key operational metrics to drive continuous improvements in reliability, resiliency, security, and customer experience.
• Champion automation, Agile, DevOps, and infrastructure-as-code methodologies to improve quality, efficiency, scalability, and delivery speed.
• Lead the evolution of network technologies and platforms to drive innovation, strengthen security, reduce technical debt, and support cloud-first business strategies.
• Establish and maintain repeatable processes, standards, governance, and best practices that ensure consistent delivery of high-quality network services.
• Partner with business and technology stakeholders to align network capabilities with current and future business needs.
• Develop talent through coaching, mentoring, workforce planning, succession planning, and career development initiatives to build and sustain a high-performing engineering organization.
• Drive the adoption of modern networking practices across public cloud, private cloud, hybrid cloud, and emerging enterprise technologies.

Skills

Leadership

Network engineering leadership

Cloud networking

Automation

DevOps

Infrastructure as Code

SRE

Security

Agile methodologies

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in relevant field

Job description

Maximus is seeking a Director - Network Engineer to lead the network services strategy and roadmap, ensuring capabilities align with business objectives, modernization efforts, and operational excellence across complex environments.

You will mentor a team of senior engineers, drive automation and infrastructure-as-code, advance cloud-first networking (public, private, hybrid), and collaborate with stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable solutions while upholding ITIL practices and governance.