Senior Manager Network Engineering

Insight Global; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global is seeking a hands-on Network Engineering leader to manage a team supporting a demanding low-latency trading environment. The role blends people leadership with technical strategy to evolve a global network infrastructure for mission-critical financial systems where reliability, speed, and stability are essential.

If you've progressed from Network Engineer into management and still love the technical depth, we'd love to connect.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of Network Engineering experience.
• 3+ years leading engineering teams or technical staff.
• Strong enterprise and data center networking background.
• Hands-on network automation experience using Python and APIs.
• Experience in financial services or trading environments preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of 6 Network Engineers across the Americas.
• Drive network architecture, modernization, and strategic infrastructure projects.
• Represent Network Engineering in cross-functional project meetings.
• Partner with security, operations, cloud, and application teams.
• Serve as a senior technical escalation point for complex networking issues.
• Support automation initiatives that improve scalability and operational efficiency.
• Help define networking standards, best practices, and future technology direction.

Skills

Network engineering

Team leadership

Automation with Python

Project leadership

Stakeholder management

Tools

Arista

Cisco

Juniper

Ansible

NetBox

Grafana

Job description

Location: This person can sit out of Chicago, New York, or Kansas City | Hybrid (4 days onsite)

Day to Day:

We're seeking a hands‑on Network Engineering leader to manage and mentor a team of engineers supporting one of the world's most demanding low‑latency trading environments.

This role combines people leadership, technical strategy, and project execution. You'll oversee the design, performance, and evolution of a global network infrastructure that supports mission‑critical financial systems where reliability, speed, and stability are essential.

If you've grown from Network Engineer into management and still enjoy getting into the technical details, we'd love to connect.

What You'll Do

• Lead and develop a team of 6 Network Engineers across the Americas
• Drive network architecture, modernization, and strategic infrastructure projects
• Represent Network Engineering in cross-functional project meetings
• Partner with security, operations, cloud, and application teams
• Serve as a senior technical escalation point for complex networking issues
• Support automation initiatives that improve scalability and operational efficiency
• Help define networking standards, best practices, and future technology direction

Desired Skills and Experience:

• 10+ years of Network Engineering experience
• 3+ years leading engineering teams or technical staff
• Strong enterprise and data center networking background
• Deep expertise with:
• BGP
• OSPF
• MPLS
• VXLAN
• WAN routing and switching
• Experience designing highly available, mission‑critical environments
• Hands‑on network automation experience using Python and APIs
• Strong project leadership and stakeholder management skills

Preferred

• Experience in financial services, capital markets, trading, or high‑frequency trading environments
• Experience with low‑latency network design and optimization
• Knowledge of Arista, Cisco, and Juniper networking platforms
• Experience with:
• Ansible
• NetBox
• Grafana
• CCIE or other advanced networking certifications