Senior Manager, Datacenter Network

Vanguard

Senior Manager managing datacenter network teams at Vanguard. Leading network technologies and improving service levels through effective supervision and collaboration.

Posted 7/2/2026full-timeWayne • Arizona, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cloud

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Hires, evaluates, and supervises crew
Provides guidance and training as necessary to develop crew
Sets performance standards, reviews performance, and makes informed compensation decisions
Oversees the network team, which provides network services, including designing, installing, configuring, and integrating new network technologies
Ensures network installations meet standards and align with the divisional strategy
Manages the resolution of complex issues elevated from Support Center and Technical Services groups
Ensures problem identification, escalation, and resolution occurs expediently on all platforms
Oversees the implementation and maintenance of policies and procedures, system monitoring and automation, and troubleshooting activities
Identifies opportunities for continuous improvement
Ensures the maintenance of the telecom network documentation repository
Participates in the development of short and long term department goals
Implements operational plans to achieve department objectives
Ensures service level commitments are clearly understood to meet business needs
Manages the testing, evaluation, and selection of vendor products and manages relationships with vendors
Ensures compliance with Information Technology and Information Security policies and procedures within the team
Leads the management and strategy of data center network fabrics, including leaf-spine architectures and software-defined networking (SDN) solutions
Ensures data center network architectures support high availability, fault isolation, east-west traffic optimization, and automation
Partners with server, storage, virtualization, and security teams to ensure consistent, end-to-end infrastructure design across compute and network domains
Evaluates and manages data center networking technologies and vendors based on scalability, operational complexity, TCO, and lifecycle alignment
Collaborates with Network management peers to ensure consistent end-to-end availability and performance of Vanguard’s network services
Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Minimum of ten years related work experience
Network experience preferred
Undergraduate degree in a related field or the equivalent combination of training and experience
Graduate degree preferred
Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA), Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP), Cisco Certified Internetwork Engineer (CCIE), or Cisco Certified Design Professional (CCDP) preferred
Working knowledge of data center networking concepts, including BGP, EVPN, VXLAN, and leaf-spine topologies
Experience managing senior technical engineers and enterprise networking vendors
Understanding of integrating a comprehensive network stack and hybrid cloud connectivity.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
401(k) matching
Flexible working hours
Paid time off

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Hard Skills & Tools

Network DesignNetwork ConfigurationTroubleshootingBGPEVPNVXLANLeaf-Spine TopologiesHybrid Cloud ConnectivitySystem MonitoringAutomation

Soft Skills

GuidanceTrainingPerformance EvaluationProblem IdentificationCollaboration

Certifications

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)Cisco Certified Internetwork Engineer (CCIE)Cisco Certified Design Professional (CCDP)