Manager IT Network in Mobile, AL at Austal

REPORTS TO:     Director of Information Technology

SUPERVISES:     Network Engineers and Administrators

DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES:

The IT Network Manager is tasked with overseeing the teams responsible for maintaining Network infrastructure technology. This role includes managing individual contributors, ensuring goal achievement, project participation, and daily operational support. The Manager will ensure the effective operation and reliability of technology they support. A strong background in Networking, Datacenter, Disaster Recovery, and MS Cloud technologies is essential. Additionally, the Manager will collaborate with peers to design and implement environment improvements, serving as a point of escalation for outages and incidents related to Infrastructure Technology.

• Lead and manage the IT Networking team
• Manages changes in priorities, funding, scope, and timing to maintain alignment between business expectations and IT Department plans and budgets.
• Must look 1-3 years ahead to consider the long-term consequences for the IT Environment when choosing a technical direction, proposing a technology investment of the environments, simplification opportunities or advising on strategic issues.
• Develop business case justifications and cost/benefit analyses for IT spending and initiatives.
• Interacts with the IT leadership on matters related to IT projects.
• Selects, develops and evaluates staff to ensure the efficient operation.
• Negotiate and administer vendor, consultant contracts, and service agreements.
• Identifies innovative technical and process solutions that drive the desired performance in cost, quality, compliance, customer service and revenue.
• Ensures that appropriate standards (corporate, industry, national and International) are adhered to.
• Act as support and back-up in management of physical equipment within data center including HVAC, UPS, fire suppression, racks, servers, and appliances.
• Leads, develops, updates, documents lifecycle of IT, participates on Disaster Recovery response team, develops processes and procedures.
• Recognizes and advances opportunities for the utilization of the information technology Network investments.
• Maintain documentation, configuration, and support manuals.
• Participate in projects as needed – resource allocation, budget, and estimating.
• Collaborates with other Information Technology management staff regarding enterprise and system-wide computer architecture, capacity, planning, security and usage.
• Establish and administer operating and technology standards, development of new IT services, problem identification and resolution processes.
• Management responsibilities for direct reports (interviewing, hiring, training employees, planning, assigning, directing work, goal setting, appraising performance, rewarding and disciplining employees, addressing complaints and resolving problems).
• Development of processes, standards and procedures for the team alignment with the overall IT operations and governance processes.
• Responsible for establishing job standards for subordinate staff and effectively evaluating staff.

QUALIFICATIONS / KNOWLEDGE / EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelors' Degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Proof of continued education within the IT environment, preferred.
• Experience with aspects of IT Infrastructure and Operations is preferred.
• Five to seven (5-7) years or more of technology leadership experience required along with the ability to multitask, delegate, and work quickly under pressure.
• Microsoft, ITIL, or Service Professional certification. Project Management Professional (PMP) certification, preferred.
• Ability to lead the entire project lifecycle of application and technology system projects to successful completion which includes gathering requirements, design, procurement, build, test and hand off to operations.
• Ability to work collaboratively with multiple teams/organizations
• Excellent attention to detail and organizational skills are required
• Strong leadership skills and the ability to train, coach, and mentor.

TOOLS: NA

DIRECTION EXERCISED: Assign work activities; prioritization of activities; and best practices in fulfillment of Austal Business Integration Standards and Policies.

DISCRETION EXERCISED:

• Exercise a wide degree of latitude and creativity. Relies on extensive experience and judgement to plan and accomplish goals.

LIAISES WITH: All departments and key personnel necessary to maintain effective integration between technology and the business. Supplier representatives, Government representatives, and Corporate personnel.

ADDITIONAL GUIDELINES:

The ability to obtain and maintain a DoD clearance may be required if deemed necessary in the scope of your position responsibilities.

Candidates must meet the following employment eligibility guidelines to be considered for employment with Austal USA:

• All candidates must meet Austal USA's basic employment eligibility guidelines:
• 18 years of age or older at time of application.
• Able to provide proof of US Person Status
• No felony convictions of theft/deception or violent crimes within
• seven years from disposition date
• Willing to submit to a drug screen
• Willing to submit to a background check
• Willing to get vaccinated if the Company or Customer requires
• Ability to travel 10% of work time

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee may encounter while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be exposed to humid conditions, bright flashing lights, moving mechanical parts, high precarious places, outside weather conditions, and extreme heat. The employee is occasionally exposed to fumes and/or airborne particles at or below the PEL, toxic or caustic chemicals, and heat and cold. The noise level in the work environment is usually very loud, + 90 dB.

SAFETY

Must comply with company, federal, state, and local safety and environmental rules and regulations while performing daily job tasks.  

Equal Employment Commitment

Any qualified individual with a disability who is having difficulty in completing an application because of incompatible technology or other disability-related application issues may contact us at the following phone number for assistance: 251-445-1932.

Austal’s commitment to equal employment opportunity applies at all levels of employment, in all job titles, including the executive level, and to all employment actions, including but not limited to decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, training, and promotion.