Remote Director: Network Engineering, DevOps & AI Security

Maximus

Boston (MA)

Remote

USD 165,000 - 200,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Maximus is seeking a Director - Network Engineer to lead strategic network initiatives across cloud, on-prem, and hybrid environments. The role requires strong leadership, advanced network architecture knowledge, and the ability to obtain a Public Trust Clearance for government-related work.

The ideal candidate will drive modernization efforts, foster automation and DevOps practices, and partner with senior stakeholders to align network capabilities with evolving business needs while delivering

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in relevant field.
10+ years of professional experience.
Experience leading engineering teams in complex enterprise environments.
Strong understanding of modern enterprise networking architectures, resiliency design, SRE, security, observability, and performance optimization.

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 expectations.
Monitor service performance and key operational metrics, driving continuous improvements in reliability, resiliency, security, and customer experience.
Champion automation, Agile, DevOps, and infrastructure-as-code methodologies to improve quality, efficiency, scalability, and speed of delivery.
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 requirements.
Develop talent through coaching, mentoring, workforce planning, succession planning, and career development activities to build and sustain a high-performing engineering organization.
Drive adoption of modern networking practices across public cloud, private cloud, hybrid cloud, and emerging enterprise technologies.