Sr Manager Network and Caching Engineering

Dayforce is a global human capital management (HCM) company headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, and Minneapolis, Minnesota, with operations across North America, Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA), and the Asia Pacific Japan (APJ) region.

Our award-winning Cloud HCM platform offers a unified solution database and continuous calculation engine, driving efficiency, productivity and compliance for the global workforce.

Our brand promise - Makes Work Life Better TM- Reflects our commitment to employees, customers, partners and communities globally.

Location: Work is what you do, not where you go. For this role, we are open to remote work and can hire anywhere in the United States or Canada

About The Opportunity

The Sr. Manager, Network and Caching Engineering plays a pivotal role in leading and contributing to the success of the team. This role involves managing networking (edge, backbone, and data center), caching, load balancing, and network security across our global enterprise cloud. Our ideal candidate will have extensive experience in delivering these services at an enterprise scale, with a strong background in infrastructure software engineering practices emphasizing automation and scalability. They should also have a proven track record of operating and maintaining an enterprise-level cloud platform with a high level of availability (99.99%+), along with excellent leadership and communication skills.

What You'll Get To Do

• Provide overall technical direction and strategic leadership for the delivery of highly available and scalable network infrastructure.
• Collaborate closely with cloud engineering, platform engineering, and product teams to ensure scalability ahead of business needs. Support and troubleshoot issues related to scalability, availability, performance, product, and infrastructure in production environments.
• Implement automated configuration and deployment processes to improve network functionality, availability, and performance.
• Produce and enhance existing processes and documentation.
• Develop infrastructure-as-code for both public and private clouds using industry best practices.
• Analyze and improve efficiency, scalability, and stability of network infrastructure using rich telemetry data.
• Provide leadership, coaching, mentorship to new resources, and support career development within the team.
  
  

Skills And Experience We Value

• 5+ years leading within a global SaaS environment designing and deploying cloud network infrastructure at scale across both public and private cloud infrastructures.
• 3+ years’ experience in cloud automation using Ansible, Terraform or equivalent technologies as both an individual contributor and leader.
• Fluency in Azure Cloud Networking and core internet protocols such as BGP, TCP/IP, DNS, SMTP, HTTP, and routing across distributed networks.
• Deep knowledge of core network infrastructure, caching, load balancing, network security, compute, and database technologies including SQL Server, MongoDB, and Oracle.
• Understanding of auto-scaling, self-updating, self-healing networks including managing change control and configuration management across a global cloud infrastructure.
• Strong Program/Project and people management experience. Demonstrated ability to identify, prioritize, and successfully execute competing priorities.
• Ability to balance the needs for exceptionally high availability, performance, and scalability while reducing costs.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills across both technical and non-technical audiences. Ability to lead discussions about complex solution design tradeoffs and drive conflict resolution.
• Entrepreneurial spirit, priding yourself on getting things done with a high level of quality. Ability to thrive and adapt in a fast-paced, high-growth, and rapidly changing environment.
• Certifications from AWS, Azure, or GCP are a bonus.
  
  

What Would Make You Really Stand Out

• ‘East/West’ leadership. Able to build and grow cross-functional relationships and influence without authority.
• Extremely responsive and organized, with keen attention to detail.
• Highly self-motivated and driven.
• Ability to work well interpersonally across different teams and disciplines at various levels, including executives.
• Ability to present ideas to various audiences in user-friendly terms.
  
  

What’s in it for you

Dayforce is fueled by the diversity of our talented employees. We are an equal opportunity employer and consider and embrace ALL individuals and what makes them unique. We believe our employees should be happy and healthy, with peace of mind and a sense of fulfillment.

We encourage individuals to apply based on their passions.

Dayforce employees and their families are eligible to participate in the following benefits programs: medical, dental, vison, and life insurance. Dayforce employees are also eligible to participate in a 401k plan (plus match) and a Global Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Employees also receive unlimited Time Away From Work (in lieu of accrued vacation time), 10 paid US holidays, up to 80 hours of paid sick time and 17 weeks of paid parental leave, subject to the terms of the applicable policy or program.

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About The Salary Ranges

Please note that the salary range mentioned in this job description should serve simply as a guide. The final compensation offered may vary based on a variety of factors, including bonuses and/or incentives, or a candidate’s experience, skills, and location. Our company is committed to providing a fair, equitable, and competitive package that reflects the value an individual brings to the organization.

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