[Hiring] Associate Director, Network Engineering @Humana

Role Description

The Associate Director, Network Engineering is responsible for leading Data Center Engineering and Deployment Engineering teams that design, deploy, and support strategic infrastructure initiatives across the enterprise. This role provides leadership for engineering execution, infrastructure automation, AI-ready networking, and large-scale transformation programs while establishing engineering standards, deployment methodologies, and technical roadmaps.

The Associate Director requires a strong combination of leadership, engineering expertise, and execution capabilities to build high-performing teams and deliver scalable, resilient, and automated infrastructure solutions that support business growth and innovation.

What You'll Do

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of Data Center Network Engineers and Deployment Engineers.
• Establish technical roadmaps, engineering standards, deployment methodologies, and automation strategies.
• Build a culture of engineering excellence, innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Own engineering execution for major infrastructure initiatives from design through deployment, production acceptance, and operational handoff.
• Lead engineering and deployment efforts for modern data center network architectures utilizing Cisco and Arista technologies.
• Enable AI-ready networking platforms supporting NVIDIA GPU and high-performance computing environments.
• Establish Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automated deployment practices as engineering standards using Azure DevOps, Terraform, Ansible, Python, Git, and related technologies.
• Lead large-scale infrastructure transformation initiatives, including data center migrations, consolidations, merger and acquisition integrations, and subsidiary onboarding activities.
• Drive adoption of orchestration, automation, observability, and telemetry platforms across the data center environment.
• Partner with Cloud Engineering, Security Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, Operations, and Architecture teams to deliver scalable, resilient, and highly automated solutions.
• Provide technical oversight and strategic direction for deployment of network, security, visibility, and management platforms supporting enterprise infrastructure.
• Manage cross-functional programs involving engineering, deployment, operations, security, architecture, and business stakeholders to ensure successful execution of strategic initiatives.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of data center network engineering experience.
• 5+ years of people leadership experience.
• Experience leading engineering and deployment or implementation teams.
• Demonstrated success building, mentoring, and developing high-performing technical organizations.
• Extensive experience leading the design, deployment, and transformation of enterprise data center networks utilizing Arista EOS and Cisco Nexus platforms, VXLAN/EVPN architectures, spine-leaf networking, BGP routing, Data Center Interconnect (DCI), and Cisco-to-Arista migration programs.
• Strong Infrastructure as Code (IaC) experience utilizing Terraform, Ansible, Python, Git, and similar automation frameworks.
• Experience building and managing Azure DevOps (ADO) deployment pipelines and continuous integration and continuous delivery practices.
• Experience with modern data center orchestration, automation, management, and observability platforms, including Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller (NDFC), Arista CloudVision Portal or CloudVision as a Service (CVP/CVaaS), Cisco Nexus Dashboard, Aruba Orchestrator, Gigamon visibility platforms, Arista DANZ Monitoring Fabric (DMF), or similar enterprise-scale management and telemetry solutions.
• Experience leveraging orchestration and visibility platforms for fabric provisioning, network automation, telemetry, observability, configuration management, operational consistency, and deployment lifecycle management.
• Experience leading large-scale data center migration, integration, and transformation initiatives.
• Experience leading engineering teams through organizational transformation, technology modernization, merger and acquisition integration efforts, or large-scale infrastructure transitions.
• Strong executive communication, stakeholder management, and organizational leadership skills.

Preferred Experience

• Experience supporting NVIDIA AI networking solutions, GPU clusters, RoCE-based architectures, AI fabrics, or other high-performance computing environments.
• Experience with Equinix and Megaport connectivity solutions.
• Familiarity with Palo Alto Networks and Fortinet platforms.
• General familiarity with Aruba, Cisco, and Fortinet SD-WAN technologies and their integration within enterprise network environments.
• Experience leading large-scale infrastructure programs utilizing Agile, Scrum, PMI, PMO, or similar project and portfolio management methodologies.
• Industry certifications such as CCIE Data Center, Arista ACE, PCNSE, Fortinet NSE, NVIDIA Networking certifications, Project Management Professional (PMP), PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP), or equivalent credentials.

Requirements

• Work at Home Requirements: Minimum download speed of 25 Mbps and upload speed of 10 Mbps is required; wireless, wired cable or DSL connection is suggested.
• Travel: Occasional travel to Humana's offices for training or meetings may be required.
• Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40
• Pay Range: $142,300 - $195,700 per year, eligible for a bonus incentive plan based on company and/or individual performance.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan.
• Time off (including paid time off, company and personal holidays, paid parental and caregiver leave).
• Short-term and long-term disability.
• Life insurance and many other opportunities.