Senior Director, Network & Data Center Automation

OculusIT; New Haven (CT); On-site; USD 175,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

OculusIT is seeking a senior technical leader to guide Network Engineering, Network Operations, and Data Center Services. This role focuses on design, reliability, modernization, and operational excellence of OculusIT’s network and data center infrastructure.

The leader will drive transformation through automation, observability, resiliency, and modern engineering practices, ensuring scalable, secure, highly available infrastructure aligned with business objectives.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in large-scale network and infrastructure leadership.
• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent.
• Proven track record leading 24x7 network operations and major transformations.
• Experience with data center infrastructure and automation.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture, engineering, and lifecycle management of enterprise networks (LAN/WAN, SDN).
• Establish standards for performance, resiliency, segmentation, and security.
• Drive modernization toward automated, code-defined network operations with observability.

Skills

Leadership

Enterprise networking

SDN

Data center

Automation

Observability

Incident management

ITSM

Mentoring

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Monitoring platforms

Infrastructure as Code

Job description

OculusIT is seeking a senior technical leader to guide Network Engineering, Network Operations, and Data Center Services. This role focuses on design, reliability, modernization, and operational excellence of OculusIT’s network and data center infrastructure.

The leader will drive transformation through automation, observability, resiliency, and modern engineering practices, ensuring scalable, secure, highly available infrastructure aligned with business objectives.