IT Manager -
w2/1099/Self Corp – Corp must be on name of candidate
Hybrid onsite in Boca Raton, FL - Local Highly preferred
Must have valid LinkedIn with Profile Picture
Must be able to Convert to FTE after 3 Months
Duties And Responsibilities
- Responsible for overall management of team and assigned projects.
- Responsible for overall financial, scope, and critical path management for assigned projects.
- Manage the financial, time, and resource aspects of project against a set budget and project plan.
- Drive network cost center forecasting, capital equipment, and yearly budgets; support upper management in overall Core Infrastructure budget.
- Define service levels, service agreements, and manage IT network operations.
- Review and evaluate work and prepare performance reports.
- Establish processes to identify, track, escalate, resolve, and report customer-related issues.
- Collaborate with customer to define standards and measures for quality and customer satisfaction.
- Coordinate system analysis and applications development activities through direct, indirect staff and cross functional teams.
- Engineer network solutions utilizing Cisco L2/L3 BGP config, Palo Alto tools, VMware NSX-T/AVI, F5 across on-prem DC and Clouds.
- Proficient in WAN, understanding of interconnects, IPSec, MPLS, WAF, Global DNS, Load Balance and web NAT.
- Assist and recommend process and quality improvement activities for the organization.
- Perform as an internal consultant, advocate, mentor, and change agent.
- Provide vision and strategy for improvements.
- Lead and direct cross-functional teams in the areas of scheduling, technology direction, future planning, and standard development practices.
- Responsible for personnel decisions including performance review and hire/fire activities.
- Mentor employees on career development and performance improvement.
- Manage and mentor supervisors, project leads, and/or technical staff.
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues related to cloud and network infrastructure, ensuring minimal disruption to operations.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Education: Four (4) year degree or equivalent experience.
- Experience: 8 – 10 years in IT and 3-5 years managing engineering teams.
- Certifications: (Preferred) CCNA, AWS, GCP, VCP-DCV Vmware certified professional, Azure network engineering.
- Proven expertise in cloud network engineering and security, with hands-on experience in Azure, OCI, AWS, and GCP.
- Extensive knowledge of hybrid cloud and multi-cloud environments, with successful implementation and management.
- Hands-on experience with virtualization technologies (e.g., VMware, Hyper-V) and containerization platforms (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
- Strong understanding of DevOps practices and experience in developing and managing CI/CD pipelines.
- Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills, with the ability to analyze complex issues and provide effective solutions.
- Excellent leadership, communication, and mentoring skills, with a track record of leading and guiding teams.
Skills
- Advanced knowledge of major network technologies (Cisco, PA, F5, WAN, BGP, IPSec, Layer 2 & L3, HCX).
- Ability to understand business use cases with senior leadership and translate that into solutions on the application side.
- Manage diverse teams and perform critical employee tasks for skills building, feedback, motivation, and improvement.
- Proven project management skills and experience.
- Functional understanding of general financial principles.
- Leverage business and technical expertise across disciplines, demonstrating a high level of industry knowledge.
- Contribute to the strategic direction of the company.
- Ability to succinctly provide guidance to senior management.
Competencies
- Customer focus
- Drive for results
- Ethics and values
- Peer relationships
- Conflict management
- TQM/Re-engineering
- Managing vision and purpose
- Building effective teams
- Motivating others