Sr. Manager, Network Engineering (FinTech)

Location: Office - Chicago, United States

Salary: $171,000.00–$244,150.00 per year

Company

hirify.global provides a financial services SaaS platform for investment accounting, portfolio analytics, and data connectivity.

What you will do

• Lead, mentor, hire, and scale Network Engineering and Systems Engineering squads while setting technical direction.
• Design and operate data center LAN/WAN/MAN infrastructure using Cisco, Arista, and Palo Alto technologies.
• Own BGP and MPLS strategy, external connectivity, traffic engineering, failover, and carrier-grade network reliability.
• Manage Linux systems, virtualization, Kubernetes, CI/CD platforms, infrastructure as code, and hybrid on-premises/AWS environments.
• Build observability, monitoring, alerting, logging, SLIs, SLOs, and SLAs for mission-critical financial services.
• Lead incident response, root cause analysis, compliance alignment, technology evaluations, and connectivity for FIX, SWIFT, SFTP, market data, and custodian integrations.

Requirements

• 10+ years of hands-on experience in network engineering, systems administration, infrastructure operations, or DevOps, including 5+ years in a senior or lead technical role.
• 3+ years of people management and experience building enterprise-scale engineering teams.
• 2+ years in financial services or FinTech, preferably in regulated infrastructure environments.
• Deep production experience with BGP, MPLS, OSPF, data center LAN/WAN design, Cisco, Arista, Palo Alto, and external ISP connectivity.
• Hands-on expertise with Linux, Kubernetes, Ansible or Terraform, CI/CD, observability platforms, TCP/IP, DNS, TLS/PKI, load balancing, VPN, and security architectures.
• Experience with financial data connectivity, SOC 2 or equivalent compliance frameworks, scripting, automation, technical documentation, and stakeholder communication.

Nice to have

• Experience with AWS, FinOps, virtualization, extranet providers, databases, Java platforms, secrets management, and certificate lifecycle tooling.
• Exposure to SEC, FINRA, MiFID II, or similar financial regulatory environments.
• Industry certifications such as CCNP, CCIE, JNCIP, RHCA, CKA, or CKAD.
• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Hands-on technical leadership with a focus on operational excellence, continuous improvement, and strong engineering practices.
• Collaboration with software engineering, security, DevOps, data operations, and client connectivity teams.
• Health, vision, and dental insurance.
• 401(k), paid time off, parental leave, medical leave, and short- and long-term disability insurance.