Sr. Dir. Network Engineering

Job Summary

The Sr Director of Network Engineering and Delivery is responsible for providing leadership in producing detailed network engineering designs and overseeing their implementations to ensure technology investments are in alignment with corporate goals and enabling the future of an evolving business environment. Network Engineering and Delivery partners with multiple Architecture teams to produce detailed engineering designs which are implemented by the Network Delivery team. Organizationally, the architecture and operations teams report to different leaders. Therefore, relationship management and operating within a matrix management organization is a key skill. As an IT leader, this role will utilize education, influence, and governance processes to maximize return on technology investment, and to reduce time to capability, while minimizing operational costs. As part of the IT leadership team this role will be responsible for evangelizing strategic enterprise change, executing strategy, providing technical leadership, and developing teams to move ideals forward.

Essential Functions

• Responsible for managing a team of Directors, Managers, Technical Leaders among others and inspiring them and their teams to deliver at the highest level.
• Support executive leadership by providing strategic advice on network centric solutions, implementing modern practices, and ensuring alignment with the organization's mission, strategy, and objectives.
• Manage organizational culture change and build high performance technology teams.
• Play a pivotal role in expanding the company's use of network capabilities as a strategic enabler, realizing business benefits, and fostering service innovation while ensuring secure, compliant, and highly available network services across the Amtrak ecosystem.
• Participate in the governance board that defines the IT mission, oversees operations, and determines IT investments, and pricing and product strategies.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of education, training and/or relevant experience.
• 13 years of relevant work experience.
• Must have experience as an senior level engineer providing vision and selecting platforms to move organizations forward, building scalable solutions which enable future business initiatives.
• Requires leadership experience in managing engineering teams, influencing executive level management, and key stakeholders.
• Requires demonstrated ability to manage a portfolio of engineering engagements, effectively planning and leveraging team resources to ensure services delivery on time and within budget.
• Work is performed onsite in Washington DC, Philadelphia PA, New York NY or any Amtrak facility on the Northeastern Corridor.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of education, training and/or relevant experience.
• Plus 15 years of relevant work experience.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Must have experience as a senior level engineer providing vision and selecting platforms to move organizations forward, building scalable solutions which enable future business initiatives.
• Requires leadership experience in managing engineering teams, influencing executive level management, and key stakeholders.
• Requires demonstrated ability to manage a portfolio of engineering engagements, effectively planning and leveraging team resources to ensure services delivery on time and within budget.
• Knowledge of IT, OT, domain and business architecture
• Experience with Agile process for business value realization
• Relationship building and collaboration skills across diverse and matrixed stakeholders and customers.

• Proven experience in managing diverse teams of 25+ employees and contractors

• Leadership experience in managing cross-functional teams and influencing executive level management and key stakeholders

The salary/hourly range is $206,200.00 – $267, Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, etc. Depending on an employee's assigned worksite or location, Amtrak may consider a geo-pay differential to be applied to the employee's base salary. Amtrak may offer additional incentive and pay programs to recognize and reward our employees, including a short-term incentive bonus based upon factors such as individual and company performance that is commensurate with the level of the position and/or long-term incentive plan compensation. In addition to your salary, Amtrak offers a comprehensive benefit package that includes health, dental, and vision plans; health savings accounts; wellness programs; flexible spending accounts; 401K retirement plan with employer match; life insurance; short and long term disability insurance; paid time off; back-up care; adoption assistance; surrogacy assistance; reimbursement of education expenses; Public Service Loan Forgiveness eligibility; Railroad Retirement sickness and retirement benefits; and rail pass privileges. Learn more about our benefits offerings here.