Manager, Networking Job Description
Manager, networking
provides guidance to the team of Network Security engineers responsible for NGFWs (Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet, and Checkpoint), IDS/IPS, WIPS, NAC, and security monitoring and network compliance solutions.
Manager, Networking Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Manage a large portfolio of existing transceivers, working to optimize the offering for ease-of-selling as you extend the offering to cover new link-level technologies
Drive the definition of the new transceiver product portfolio through R&D and solutions teams
Determine appropriate product positioning and drive introduction activities
Determine the transceiver pricing strategy
Regularly meet with customers or partners to gain insights on needed technologies and products in your portfolio
Work with sales and manufacturing, to lead worldwide product rollover and obsolescence process
Assist in driving ESSN attach within the execution of the HP Networking programs that are created
Own the supplier relationship, lead and drive supplier development, and ensure the ongoing management of performance, quality, cost, contractual commitments
Conduct voice of the customer (VOC), primary and secondary research to facilitate development of product plans, and identification of new products and service opportunities for the DNS Market
Identify, charter and lead strategy projects to evaluate and provide strategic direction for innovative growth opportunities that leverage technology trends
Manager, Networking Qualifications
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Licensing or Certifications for Manager, Networking
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: PMP, MUST, CCNA, PMI, CCNP, MCSA, SCRUM, ITIL, CCDP, CCSP
Education for Manager, Networking
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Employers hiring for the manager, networking job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Technical, MBA, Business, Marketing, Education, Management, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering
Skills for Manager, Networking
Desired skills for manager, networking include:
A10 Networks
Arista
F5
Force10
Infoblox
Palo Alto Networks
Riverbed
VMware’s networking and security solutions
Vyatta/Brocade
Company's breadth of solutions and engages specialist resources as needed
Desired experience for manager, networking includes:
Experience with Containers ecosystem is a big plus including Docker, CoreOS, Kubernetes, Linux LXC
Experience with software defined networking or storage
Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, or equivalent
Preferably over 10 years relevant experience in the communications service provider market of which approximately 5 years in the area of product management or consulting
Technical Certification in IP or other relevant area, CCIE, JNCIE
Strong ability to work in a complex global environment, effectively building and sustaining relationships at multiple levels with the customer internally
Manager, Networking Examples
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Manager, Networking Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is looking to fill the role of manager, networking. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for manager, networking
- Take ownership of your products
- Drive the vision and strategy for the networking software platform and tools
- Deliver business, functional and performance requirements for the software
- Develop and maintain the business model for licensing the software
- Work with finance and Operations to improve gross margins
- Work with various lines of businesses to develop a comprehensive networking strategy to enable multiple transport mechanisms and types of endpoints
- Serve as a spokesperson and advocate for Silver Spring Networks' software platform for networking
- Develop messaging, sales/marketing collateral and roadmap for the platform
- Define the roadmap for software networking features, drive execution in engineering and product development, and coordinate with sales, business development, and other internal teams
- Continuously monitor customer feedback and market conditions, identify opportunities to innovate and simplify our networking offerings
Qualifications for manager, networking
- Should be able to handle customer queries
- Experience in Networking Services sales
- 10+ years of relevant IT industry experience with major focus on Network Technologies, IT Security Virtualization and Cloud Solutions
- 5+ years’ experience in consulting management positions as a practice manager, consulting manager or consulting delivery manager where responsibilities include the development of practice service offerings, sale & delivery collateral, enablement plans, marketing, deliverable harvesting and IP creation
- 5+ years’ experience in customer-facing positions as a professional services project manager, consultant or engineer, preferably with a software company, consulting organization or leading System Integrator
- Ability to travel 40% within the US including occasional international travel
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Our innovative and growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of manager, networking. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for manager, networking
- Business Development of Networking and Security Solutions in DD´s portfolio, in collaboration with others Business Units of the company (Sales and Presales BUs)
- Networking and Security Solutions Sales Specialist
- Development of Business Assessments
- Product positioning, competitive analysis (features & pricing), content creation and developing sales tools
- Identify principal markets and develop go-to-market plans for penetrating these markets by working with marketing and sales
- Meet with clients to discuss networking requirements and solutions
- Identify and prioritize available market opportunities for network infrastructure sales
- Develop and execute a sales plan resulting in accelerated sales growth and market share gains
- Lead sales growth strategies and manage project opportunities while leveraging local resources
- Establish formal relationships with key market partners (Eco-System Partners) resulting in sales amplification
Qualifications for manager, networking
- BS/MS degree in CS/EE/CE or technical equivalent
- Good understanding of concepts in operating system, Inter process communication, high availability
- Experience in manageability frameworks such as Yang/SNMP/XML is a plus
- Experience in DHCP, SSH, VRRP, file system internals
- Proven track record of building and shipping enterprise software
- Expertise in building software to monitor and manage large scale networks
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Our innovative and growing company is hiring for a manager, networking. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for manager, networking
- Pricing negotiations and pricing strategies
- Facilitating supplier negotiations (as applicable)
- You will define and execute our product roadmap, being the customer’s and market’s voice within the CAN Segment
- You will be responsible for the successful go-to-market strategy of your complete portfolio, both in front of the regional sales and marketing customers and at events, being the key representative in the market
- You will be a key leader both in the market, representing our market leadership towards the industry, internally to the different functions, able to effectively manage relationships and give direction to different audiences, either at customers, to management, or to technical or commercial audiences
- You will manage your portfolio, working together with commercial marketing, business development and global sales to maximize top and bottom-line targets of the Segment, including product positioning, promotion and pricing strategies
- SLA based support and services for all Location
- Ensure all locations issues are resolved within agreed timelines
- Implementation of new infrastructure and up gradation
- Comply with the process and IS policies
Qualifications for manager, networking
- Demonstrate passion for great people and engineers, and ability to lead strong teams to ambitious goals
- BISCI RCDD
- Familiarity with ITIL processes with work experience preferred
- Encourages informed risk-taking and acts as a catalyst for innovation
- Evaluates alternative solutions/decisions in light of the potential impact on the internal/external customer
- Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business or Engineering related field
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Our innovative and growing company is looking for a manager, networking. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for manager, networking
- Manage the routing team, Research network routing solution for enhancement, development and deployment in a datacenter
- Research current, new hardware and software components for providing network routing in a datacenter
- Develop prototypes using latest software/ hardware constructs/platforms
- Create and run various test cases to find optimum scenarios for large scale distributed systems
- Work on optimizing resource utilization of systems
- Coordinate with R&D teams to adopt researched technologies into their product lines
- Document architectures, procedures, and processes
- Work across Research & Development, Services, and Operations (helping lead “heavyweight teams” where applicable) to develop integrated offerings that meet the needs of priority customer segments, tailored by market
- Develop business requirements for new products and enhancements to existing products
- Drive overall execution of development and launch of products/solutions in all markets as part of a cross functional business team including Sales, Field Marketing, Operations and Finance
Qualifications for manager, networking
- Previous success in the development and the execution of integrated go-to-market plans
- Results oriented individual who takes initiative, is quick thinking and poised
- Set a strategic business development plan for target markets and ensure it is in line with the AWS strategic direction
- Minimum of 7 years of people management, including senior-level individual contributors
- Knowledge in Security Solutions
- Working in a regulated environment with experience in areas such as SOX, 21CFR Part 11, HIPAA
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Our company is looking to fill the role of manager, networking. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for manager, networking
- Develops detailed product definitions and requirements for R&D/product development
- With focus on key hardware and software platforms, manage products through the product life cycle with marketing, support, R&D and sales
- Ensures the successful introduction and launch of new solutions and products
- Work with marketing communications to define and support the execution of our various communications channels
- Lead a team of high performing engineers while driving technical decisions and team direction
- Work with teams across the organization to develop new features and products that delight our customers
- Collect and analyze networking data to improve performance of our system
- Increase productivity through automation, workflow streamlining, and system optimization
- Mentor team members so they become successful both technically and professionally
- Create pitch decks to customers
Qualifications for manager, networking
- 10+ years of experience either in business operations, engineering, marketing, or an NPI related role
- Relevant industry certifications (A+, Network+)
- Ability to assess, define and translate market needs into impactful action
- Minimum of 1 year working within the Networking market
- Goal oriented, organized, self-motivated, creative, have a strong attention to detail, and have the ability to work effectively in a cross-functional team with sales, R&D, finance and operations
- Identify all associated accounts for tracking purposes - maintainmonthly, quarterly and annual reports for regular review