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# Director Lead - Systems Engineering

- **Company:** Ally Financial Inc.
- **Location:** Detroit, MI, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $135,000.0 - $235,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Performance Management, Systems Engineering, Border Gateway Protocol, Network Analysis, Cloud Computing, Databases, Data Centers, Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Network Security, Network Architecture, Network Monitoring, Routing, Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Virtual Machines, Wide Area Networks, Network Simulation
- **Published:** September 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://jobs.mitalent.org/job-seeker/job-details/JobCode/406032205

## About the Role

* 7+ years of experience in network architecture, engineering, and operations, with at least 3 years in a leadership role
 * Strong knowledge of network principles, routing protocols (OSPF, BGP), VPNs, and network security frameworks (e.g., NIST)
 * Proven experience in designing and managing high-availability and resilient network infrastructures
 * Experience supervising network architecture, engineering, and operational teams, with excellent leadership, communication, and team-building skills
 * Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills, with experience engaging CTO, CISO, CIO, and regulatory bodies
 * Robust collaboration skills to align with peer teams across technology, risk management, audit, and compliance to ensure regulatory reporting and risk mitigation strategies are met

## Description

* Direct and manage the daily activities of the Network and Data Center teams
 * Mentor network and data center architects, engineers, and technicians by setting goals and objectives, providing regular performance reviews, and fostering professional development
 * Act as a primary escalation point for technical and operational issues
 * Develop and enforce network architecture, standards, and policies for SD-WAN and telecommunications technologies
 * Conduct capacity planning and network analysis to ensure the scalability and reliability of infrastructure
 * Provide advanced network simulation and analysis of application and business requirements
 * Design, implement, and maintain cloud networking technologies, including virtual machines, containers, storage, databases, and networking
 * Collaborate with CIO teams to identify, report, and remediate network-based application performance issues
 * Design, implement, and maintain network observability solutions to monitor network performance and implement enhancements to meet or exceed operational targets
 * Establish and maintain relationships with network and data center-related vendors, ensuring timely support and cost-effective solutions
 * Provide transparent availability and capacity reports to leadership, highlighting areas of success and improvement


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