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As part of our diverse tech team, you can architect, code and ship software that makes us an essential part of our customers’ digital lives. Here, you can work alongside talented engineers in an open, supportive, inclusive environment where your voice is valued, and you make your own decisions on what tech to use to solve challenging problems. American Express offers a range of opportunities to work with the latest technologies and encourages you to back the broader engineering community through open source. And because we understand the importance of keeping your skills fresh and relevant, we give you dedicated time to invest in your professional development. Find your place in technology on #TeamAmex.

As an Engineering Director, Datacenter Network Engineering you will be responsible for delivering cutting edge network infrastructure solutions that are foundational pieces of American Express’ On-Prem, Private and Public Cloud Infrastructure. We are looking for a deeply technical, innovative, and high performing leader with an extensive background in building and leading Network Infrastructure engineering teams.

In this role, working with your highly talented team of program managers and network engineers, you will be required to effectively collaborate and communicate with leadership, architects, and across various product teams to effectively deliver Data Center Network Products with the highest quality possible.

Responsibilities

• Lead Datacenter Network Engineering team in delivering agile network infrastructure while ensuring 99.999% uptime
• Build world-class team of Infrastructure Engineers and Infrastructure developers to develop scalable and agile network Infrastructure
• Innovate with cloud Native architectures and enable infrastructure services as code
• Drive the program to Improve the availability of the infrastructure platform
• Manage the lifecycle of network platforms and software
• Develop automation to dynamically provision and scale the Network Fabrics
• Partner with PaaS and Infrastructure teams to develop next generation Software Defined Infrastructure capabilities
  
  

Required Qualifications

• Strong leadership skills and ability to influence the engineering community
• Hands-on experience of Datacenter Network fabrics, Load Balancers and Software Defined Networks is a must
• In-depth Knowledge of BGP, OSPF, IS-IS and EVPN fabrics
• Knowledge of Network, Storage and compute platforms
• Experience with AWS, GCP, and Azure is required
• Strong understanding of systems engineering and cloud technologies like service meshes, infrastructure as code are a plus
• Experience in systems monitoring and operationalization of Infrastructure platforms
• Knowledge of Programming languages like Java, Go, or Python is a plus
  
  

Salary Range: $170,000.00 to $255,000.00 annually + bonus + equity (if applicable) + benefits

The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we’ll consider your location, experience, and other job-related factors.

Benefits

We back our colleagues and their loved ones with benefits and programs that support their holistic well-being. That means we prioritize their physical, financial, and mental health through each stage of life. Benefits include:

• Competitive base salaries
• Bonus incentives
• 6% Company Match on retirement savings plan
• Free financial coaching and financial well-being support
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits
• Flexible working model with hybrid arrangements depending on role and business need
• 20+ weeks paid parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender, offered for pregnancy, adoption or surrogacy
• Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location)
• Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program
• Career development and training opportunities