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Whether you’re an experienced professional, a recent college graduate or somewhere in between, IDEX is a place where you can apply your existing skills and learn new ones in an environment where you can make an impact.\nWith interesting opportunities in engineering, marketing, sales, supply chain, operations, HR, finance, and more across more than 40 diverse businesses around the globe, chances are, we have something special for you.\nPosition Summary\nThe Network Lead provides technical leadership, operational oversight, and strategic direction for the Network Operations Service Portfolio. This role serves as the primary escalation point and subject matter expert for complex and large network initiatives, vendor coordination, service delivery and operational excellence. The Network Lead partners closely with Corporate IT, Business Units, and Managed Service Providers (MSPs) to ensure reliable, secure, and scalable network services while balancing complexity, cost, and speed to delivery. The role plays a critical part in roadmap development, incident leadership, and the successful execution of IT-enabled business change.\nKey Responsibilities\nTechnical Leadership & Operations\nLead the administration, support, and continuous improvement of the Network and Operations Service Portfolio.\nServe as the Network Subject Matter Expert for the enterprise, providing technical leadership, guidance, and decision support across the Network Service Portfolio.\nLead the definition and adoption of network standards, best practices, and technical direction to ensure scalable, secure, and supportable enterprise solutions.\nAct as the senior technical escalation point for complex incidents, outages, and problem management efforts.\nProvide structured leadership during high-severity incidents, guiding troubleshooting, remediation, and post-incident review activities.\nEnsure operational stability and implement measures to maintain performance, and security across enterprise network environments.\nStrategy, Architecture & Roadmaps\nDefine, maintain, and evolve enterprise network architecture standards to ensure scalability, security, resilience, and alignment with business and technology strategies.\nReview and guide network designs and changes to ensure consistency with architectural principles, operational supportability, and long-term roadmap objectives.\nDefine and contribute to the vision, strategy, and technical direction for network technologies.\nExecute business cases, methods, and metrics to support IT-enabled business change roadmaps.\nEnsure network solutions align with enterprise architecture standards, security requirements, and long-term sustainability goals.\nPartner with Business Units to translate business needs into scalable and supportable network designs.\nManaged Service Provider (MSP) & Vendor Management\nServe as the primary technical liaison for Managed Service Providers and strategic vendors to deliver higher tier support, advanced troubleshooting, and timely escalations aligned with enterprise standards.\nAct as the primary technical point of contact for vendor engagements, ensuring effective service delivery, operational process improvements, performance accountability, and alignment to operational and strategic objectives.\nCoordinate with MSPs to provide higher-tier support, escalations, and advanced troubleshooting.\nEnsure MSP services are utilized effectively to optimize operational efficiency and service quality.\nParticipate in vendor relationship management, including performance reviews, service improvement initiatives, and roadmap alignment.\nProject & Change Leadership\nLead large network initiatives and projects with limited oversight using the IDEX PMO methodology.\nManage projects from concept through execution and closeout, including:Business case development and benefits identification\nStakeholder identification and engagement\nProject planning, execution, and communication\nRisk, issue, and dependency management\n\nProvide technical leadership and oversight for network-related change initiatives.\nService Management & Knowledge\nContribute to service tower technology planning as a lead subject matter expert.\nEnsure accurate documentation, standards, and operational procedures are maintained.\nLead contributions to the Knowledge Content System (KCS), including publishing and maintaining high-quality knowledge articles.\nPromote continuous improvement through knowledge sharing, automation, and operational best practices.\nMentorship & Team Enablement\nProvide technical guidance and mentorship to network engineers and analysts.\nAssist team members in developing technical skills and operational maturity.\nSupport the development of future leaders through project participation and cross-functional collaboration.\nRequired Skills & Experience\nTechnical Expertise\nAdvanced knowledge of enterprise network technologies, including:Routing and switching5+ Cisco Platform Experience\n\nFirewalls and network security platforms5+ years’ experience with Palo Alto is a requirement\n\nVoice, LAN, and WAN technologies\nCloud networking (Azure and/or AWS)5+ Express routes experience\n\nStrong knowledge of Microsoft technologies:Active Directory\nAzure AD\nAzure\nMicrosoft 365\nExchange Online, Teams, SharePoint\nEntra ID\n\nDemonstrated expertise in structured troubleshooting, incident leadership, and problem management.\nService & Leadership Skills\nStrong understanding of ITIL principles and service management practices.\nProven ability to lead through influence across distributed teams and vendors.\nExcellent communication skills, with the ability to advise technical and non-technical stakeholders.\nAbility to balance operational demands with strategic planning responsibilities.\nCertifications (Preferred)\nITIL Foundation or equivalent experience\nProject management certification or demonstrated experience leading complex initiatives\nTechnical certifications such as Cisco, Palo Alto, Meraki, Microsoft, and/or Cloud (Azure/AWS)\nExpectations\nMaintain currency of network and security technologies across the enterprise portfolio.\nDrive consistent, high-quality service delivery through effective use of internal teams and MSP partners.\nLead complex troubleshooting and outage response with confidence and clarity.\nDeliver network initiatives predictably using defined project and service management methodologies.\nContribute to long-term roadmap planning and continuous service improvement.\nSpecification Attributes\nDemonstrates deep technical expertise and the ability to confidently support and lead most production technologies within the service portfolio.\nCapable of independently driving complex initiatives while mentoring and enabling less-experienced team members.\nActs as a bridge between strategy and execution, ensuring alignment between architecture, operations, and business needs.\nViewed as a trusted technical leader by peers, leadership, and business stakeholders.\nAre you ready to join a different kind of company where our people, our culture, and our commitments are centered around providing trusted solutions that improve lives around the world?\nTotal Rewards\nThe compensation range for this position is $99,800.00 - $149,600.00, depending on experience. This position may be eligible for performance based bonus plan.Benefits Package\nOur comprehensive U.S. benefit offerings include: Health benefits, 401(k) retirement savings program with company match, PTO, and more. More information on our benefits and rewards can be found on our career page: https://www.idexcorp.com/careers/our-benefits-and-rewards/\nIDEX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. IDEX gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other consideration or protected category made unlawful by federal, state or local laws.\nAttention Applicants: If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, please let us know. Likewise, if you are limited in the ability to access or use this online application process and need an alternative method for applying, we will determine an alternate way for you to apply. Please contact our Talent Acquisition Team at  for assistance with an accommodation. These contact tools may be used only by individuals with a disability for accommodation requests. 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