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Manager, Network Infrastructure at WME | William Morris Endeavor

Manager, Network Infrastructure

WME | William Morris Endeavor · Beverly Hills, CA, US

2 weeks ago

Manager, Network Infrastructure

WME | William Morris Endeavor · Beverly Hills, CA, US

17 days ago
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About the Role

The Manager, Network Infrastructure leads WME's global network and voice estate, encompassing connectivity, wireless, security, and telephony across eight sites. This is a hands-on technical management role, leading a team of four engineers while serving as the senior technical authority for architecture and troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

  • Lead, develop, and grow a team of four globally distributed network and voice engineers.
  • Own on-call, escalation, and coverage models; build backup coverage that eliminates single points of failure.
  • Set team priorities and workload across time zones and sites; own the WiFi Engineer contract resource and its month-9 decision.
  • Own LAN / WAN architecture and operations, including Cisco switching and campus/data-center networking.
  • Manage routing on the Palo Alto firewall platform.
  • Own site-to-site connectivity and inter-site VPN.
  • Manage internet circuits and carrier / ISP relationships.
  • Own core network services: DNS, DHCP, and IP address management (IPAM).
  • Own hybrid cloud connectivity – the WAN / circuit side of Azure connectivity.
  • Own load balancing and application delivery.
  • Own enterprise wireless (WLAN) architecture, performance, and operations.
  • Ensure a reliable, secure wireless experience for all users.
  • Direct the WiFi Engineer contractor's RF design and remediation work.
  • Own Palo Alto NGFW management, including security policy and rule lifecycle.
  • Implement and operate Zero Trust network architecture, segmentation, 802.1X, and network access control (NAC).
  • Own remote access VPN and SASE / SSE connectivity.
  • Partner with the cybersecurity function on security incident response and triage.
  • Own VoIP and unified communications across the estate, including Cisco Call Manager (CUCM) administration.
  • Manage dial plans, SIP trunking, PSTN connectivity, and E911 compliance.
  • Own voice quality of service (QoS) end-to-end.
  • Build backup coverage for the voice / telecom function to remove key-person risk.
  • Own network monitoring, observability, performance management, and capacity planning.
  • Own network resilience, including redundancy, failover, and disaster-recovery posture.
  • Run change management for the network and voice estate.
  • Maintain topology and configuration documentation.
  • Own the physical network layer across sites, including structured cabling and switch hardware lifecycle.
  • Drive network automation and infrastructure-as-code using tools like Ansible and Python.
  • Manage network and voice vendors, hardware / circuit lifecycle, and renewals.
  • Apply AI / AIOps tooling to operations where it adds value.

Requirements

  • 8+ years in network engineering with progressive responsibility, including team-lead or people-management experience.
  • Deep routing and switching expertise.
  • Palo Alto NGFW management experience.
  • Core network services experience (DNS, DHCP, IPAM).
  • Enterprise wireless (WLAN) design and operations experience.
  • Network security expertise, including Zero Trust, 802.1X, NAC, and segmentation.
  • Remote access VPN and secure connectivity experience.
  • Voice / unified communications experience, including Cisco Call Manager (CUCM).
  • Experience managing internet circuits and carrier / ISP relationships.
  • Hybrid cloud networking experience.
  • Load balancing / application delivery experience.
  • Network automation / scripting experience (Ansible, Python, or equivalent).
  • Experience partnering with security teams on incident response and triage.
  • Experience running distributed / global network operations across multiple sites and time zones.
  • People management experience, including hiring, developing, and leading engineers.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Demonstrated use of AI tooling in technical work.

Skills

  • Cisco switching
  • Campus networking
  • Data-center networking
  • Palo Alto firewalls
  • Site-to-site VPN
  • SD-WAN
  • DNS
  • DHCP
  • IPAM
  • WLAN
  • Zero Trust
  • 802.1X
  • NAC
  • Segmentation
  • GlobalProtect
  • SASE
  • SSE
  • VoIP
  • Cisco Call Manager (CUCM)
  • SIP trunking
  • PSTN
  • E911
  • QoS
  • Ansible
  • Python
  • F5 load balancing
  • AI/AIOps

Location

  • Global

Work Type

  • Full-time

Experience Level

  • Manager
  • 8+ years

Salary/Compensations

  • $138,750 - $185,000 annually

Benefits

  • Health care
  • Retirement
  • Vacation
  • Other paid time off
  • Additional offerings

About the Company

  • Enterprise IT runs on one idea: operational excellence — infrastructure that just works, problems fixed at the root, and an engineering bar that keeps climbing.

Equal Opportunity

  • WME is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, or religion or belief.