Network Engineering

Arnold & Porter, a law firm, is seeking a Global Manager - Network Services for a permanent, full-time role based in Washington, DC or New York City (hybrid). This position leads a team responsible for the design, implementation, monitoring, maintenance, and support of the organization's global 24x7 voice, LAN, WAN, cloud connectivity, internet services, and network security platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of Network Engineers supporting the global network environment.
• Build and manage engineering teams, including staffing, workload distribution, performance management, training, and on-call schedules.
• Oversee the design, implementation, maintenance, and support of voice, LAN, WAN, wireless, cloud networking, internet edge, and network security services.
• Establish and maintain network policies, procedures, standards, documentation, and operational controls.
• Ensure compliance with change management, maintenance, disaster recovery, business continuity, security, and documentation requirements.
• Partner with Information Security, Compliance, Systems Infrastructure, Enterprise Applications, Service Desk, and Technical Architecture teams.
• Lead network modernization initiatives, including SASE, SD-WAN, cloud networking, automation, and security enhancements.
• Review and approve network designs, implementation plans, and infrastructure standards.
• Manage network hardware lifecycle, capacity planning, availability, and performance optimization.
• Coordinate with IT leadership, project managers, vendors, and stakeholders to ensure successful project delivery.
• Develop operational metrics and reporting on network availability, performance, service delivery, and improvement initiatives.
• Facilitate operational meetings, service reviews, and technical strategy discussions.

Qualifications

• Required

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered.

• Minimum 5 years of experience leading network engineering and operations teams.

• Proven experience building and directly managing teams, including people-management responsibilities.

• Experience supporting global, 24x7 enterprise network environments.

• Advanced knowledge of Cisco routing and switching technologies, including BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, VLANs, QoS, and TCP/IP.

• Experience with SASE technologies, including SD-WAN, Zero Trust, and secure remote access.

• Strong knowledge of network security technologies, including VPNs, firewalls, NAC, IDS/IPS, and secure remote-access solutions.

• Experience with cloud networking, wireless networking, internet edge infrastructure, high-availability design, and network monitoring platforms.

• Familiarity with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform or comparable network automation tools.

• Knowledge of disaster recovery, business continuity, capacity planning, and operational governance.

• Strong project-management, communication, problem-solving, and stakeholder-management skills.

• Preferred

• Experience in professional services, law firms, financial services, or other highly regulated environments.

• Cisco CCNP Enterprise, CCIE, or Cisco SD-WAN certification.

• CISSP, CISM, or comparable security certification.