Network Manager

Patrick Industries, a publicly traded company headquartered in Elkhart, Indiana, invites you to join a team of dedicated Team Members who are passionate about delivering high-quality products and exceptional customer service. As a leading solutions provider serving a diverse range of markets across the United States, our commitment to innovation, quality, and sustainability has positioned us as a high growth, diversified and empowered Team of more than 10,000! Your adventure awaits!

The Network Manager is responsible for the Leadership of the Network team in the architecture of strong processes and modernization of Patrick’s Network solutions. As the Network Manager, you will take point on all decisions regarding the design, engineering, and implementation of Network improvements while also ensuring the success and development of each member of the Network team.

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Review network service plans and ensures installations are accurate and timely to ensure business needs are met.
• Assist in monitoring aspects of network architecture, planning, and implementation
• Manage security audits, performance monitoring and reporting to ensure optimal business network solutions.
• Provide ongoing coordination in the analysis, acquisition, and installation of remote hardware and software
• Plan for future use of systems hardware and software, services, technologies and applications
• Train and evaluates employees to enhance their performance, development, and work product.
• Collaborate with vendors, engineers, and consulting services; developing, testing, evaluating, and installing enhancements
• Monitoring the system's performance, maintenance, and upgrades as required.
• Works with business units to select, implement, and maintain systems relevant to the operations of the company
• Assemble effective and accurate organizational capacity plans to address the pipeline of projects both in the short and long term.
• Establish measurable performance and development goals.
• Defines short and long-term strategies to ensure global network capacity meets current and future requirements
• Contributes at a senior level to network / data center strategic planning and development, project management, and policy development.
• Lead contract reviews, RFPs, and benchmarking activities to ensure cost and quality excellence.
• Works with stakeholders & peers to define business and systems requirements for new technology implementations.
• Oversee all reports, project plans and documentation related to network operations.
• Review performance of IT systems to determine operating costs, productivity levels, and upgrade requirements.

Qualifications and Skills:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or equivalent work experience
• 7+ years’ of experience in Network design, engineering, and operations support
• 3+ years’ experience managing network engineering teams
• Must have previous experience working with Palo Alto, Aruba, Sophos and Arista
• Experience with On-Prem/Cloud Network Integration preferred
• Experience partnering with security to design solutions that adhere to internal guidelines
• Solid understanding of LAN/WAN networks
• Advanced knowledge of network layer security
• Analytical, leadership, and people management skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong technical knowledge of Palo Alto and Arista technologies covering scale as large as enterprise data centers down to small remote branch offices.
• Strong technical knowledge of modern firewall platforms and related architecture such as Palo Alto or Fortinet.
• Strong technical knowledge of web application firewall/gateway/proxy technologies
• Ability to guide the network services team in troubleshooting complex issues.
• Proven experience in building and managing virtual teams.
• Proven experience in Global IT infrastructure strategy planning and development.
• Align with Patrick Industries “BETTER Together” mentality by pursuing Balance, Excellence, Trust, Teamwork, Empowerment, and Respect within the organization

Benefits Include:

Health, Dental, Vision, Life, Insurances, Paid Vacation, 401K Match, Holidays, Health Club, and Tuition Reimbursement

At Patrick Industries, BETTER Together is our commitment to being our best while striving to bring out the best in one another as we join forces Individually, as Teams, with our Business Units, with our Customers, our Communities and within our entire Patrick family.

Patrick is an Equal Opportunity Employer.