Network Engineering Manager

Company Background:

Genuine Parts Company (“GPC” or the “Company”), founded in 1928 and based in Atlanta, Georgia, is a leading distributor of automotive and industrial replacement parts and value-added services. The Company operates a global portfolio of businesses with more than 10,000 locations across the world. GPC has approximately 50,000 global employees. The Company has operations in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Singapore, France, the U.K., Germany, Poland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, and China.

Position Purpose:

The Network Engineering Manager will be primarily focused on the design, implementation and supporting documentation of the GPC Enterprise Network. The manager oversees a team that works on complex network problems that require in-depth evaluation of various factors and formulate solutions and strategies that affect positive outcomes. This role encompasses large-scale systems and projects across a diverse and multi-faceted ecosystem comprising data centers, distribution centers, stores and multiple clouds.

Responsibilities:

• Provides management and leadership for a team of Network Engineers responsible for the development and maintenance of a secure and reliable network infrastructure
• Leads the charge on the design and implementation of efficient network architectures
• Manages network capacity and network resources such as bandwidth, latency and physical assets
• Assist in the development of disaster recovery plans and procedures and works to ensure network resilience for critical network functions such as DHCP and DNS
• Evaluates new technologies and recommends hardware and software solutions that align with the corporate strategic vision.
• Implements network policies and procedures, providing technical guidance and training to network administrators and users.
• Provides timely and effective communication of network issues to appropriate affected customers, including postmortem updates once issues have been resolved
• Analyze and prioritize problems as they arise, identifies reoccurring and potential problems, recommends and implements process and/or controls for prevention
• Coordinates complex Network and Security changes and requests with the Network Engineering team
• Provide effective staff development process to identify talent and opportunities for improvement to build a stronger Network Team for GPC
• Other duties as assigned

Location:

• GPC has two work locations to choose from, Duluth or Atlanta office.
• We offer a Flexible Work Policy that permits eligible employees to work remotely

Desired Qualifications & Experiences:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science or other related technical field and/or equivalent combination of education and/or experience
• 10+ years of experience in roles of increasing responsibility within large-scale corporate technology environments
• Ability to manage and accomplish complex tasks through directing the efforts of others
• Working experience with Cisco and IOS including configuration and troubleshooting.
• Familiar with various network technologies, services, and protocols that are typical of a large enterprise network including SD-WAN, Cisco ACI, BGP, MPLS, OSPF, EIGRP, and QoS
• Knowledge of carrier-based technologies such as TDM, MPLS, SONET and OC level circuits
• Experience with Wireless Control Systems, Access Points, and 802.1x, PKI, EAP, TLS technologies
• Prior experience with Network and Security technologies including but not limited to Cisco Fortinet and Palo Alto solutions
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills
• Excellent analytical skills and the ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions
• Excellent organization skills including the ability to work effectively in a dynamic and changing environment.
• Excellent customer service skills together with experience supporting corporate customers and service providers in production
• Ability to manage people of different personalities and temperaments, keeping all focused on departmental goals and moving towards successful completion
• Must be comfortable with ambiguity and time spent outside comfort zone acquiring skills
• Mentoring and guiding the career growth of resources on the team
• Strong understanding of change control methodologies and experience following change processes