Job Description

Your success is a train ride away!

As we move America’s workforce toward the future, Amtrak connects businesses and communities across the country. We employ more than 20,000 diverse, energetic professionals in a variety of career fields throughout the United States. The safety of our passengers, our employees, the public and our operating environment is our priority, and the success of our railroad is due to our employees.

 

Are you ready to join our team?

Our values of ‘Do the Right Thing, Excel Together and Put Customers First’ are at the heart of what matters most to us, and our Core Capabilities, ‘Building Trust, Accountability, Effective Communication, Customer Focus, and Proactive Safety & Security’ are what every employee needs to know and do to be most impactful at Amtrak. By living the Amtrak values, focusing on our capabilities, and actively embracing and fostering diverse ideas, backgrounds, and perspectives, together we will honor our past and make Amtrak a company of the future.

 

Job Summary

The Sr Director of Network Engineering and Delivery is responsible for providing leadership in producing detailed network engineering designs and overseeing their implementations to ensure technology investments are in alignment with corporate goals and enabling the future of an evolving business environment. Network Engineering and Delivery partners with multiple Architecture teams to produce detailed engineering designs which are implemented by the Network Delivery team. Organizationally, the architecture and operations teams report to different leaders. Therefore, relationship management and operating within a matrix management organization is a key skill. As an IT leader, this role will utilize education, influence, and governance processes to maximize return on technology investment, and to reduce time to capability, while minimizing operational costs. As part of the IT leadership team this role will be responsible for evangelizing strategic enterprise change, executing strategy, providing technical leadership, and developing teams to move ideals forward.

Essential Functions

• Responsible for managing a team of Directors, Managers, Technical Leaders among others and inspiring them and their teams to deliver at the highest level.
• Support executive leadership by providing strategic advice on network centric solutions, implementing modern practices, and ensuring alignment with the organization's mission, strategy, and objectives.

• Manage organizational culture change and build high performance technology teams.
• Play a pivotal role in expanding the company's use of network capabilities as a strategic enabler, realizing business benefits, and fostering service innovation while ensuring secure, compliant, and highly available network services across the Amtrak ecosystem.

• Participate in the governance board that defines the IT mission, oversees operations, and determines IT investments, and pricing and product strategies.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent combination of education, training and/or relevant experience.
• 13 years of relevant work experience.

• Must have experience as a senior level engineer providing vision and selecting platforms to move organizations forward, building scalable solutions which enable future business initiatives.
• Requires leadership experience in managing engineering teams, influencing executive level management, and key stakeholders.
• Requires demonstrated ability to manage a portfolio of engineering engagements, effectively planning and leveraging team resources to ensure services delivery on time and within budget.
• Work is performed onsite in Washington DC, Wilmington DE, Philadelphia PA, New York NY, or any Amtrak facility on the Northeastern Corridor.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent combination of education, training and/or relevant experience. 
• Plus 15 years of relevant work experience.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Must have experience as a senior level engineer providing vision and selecting platforms to move organizations forward, building scalable solutions which enable future business initiatives.
• Requires leadership experience in managing engineering teams, influencing executive level management, and key stakeholders.
• Requires demonstrated ability to manage a portfolio of engineering engagements, effectively planning and leveraging team resources to ensure services delivery on time and within budget.
• Knowledge of IT, OT, domain and business architecture
• Experience with Agile process for business value realization
• Relationship building and collaboration skills across diverse and matrixed stakeholders and customers.
• Proven experience in managing diverse teams of 25+ employees and contractors

• Leadership experience in managing cross-functional teams and influencing executive level management and key stakeholders

The salary/hourly range is $206,200.00 – $267,192.00. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, etc. Depending on an employee’s assigned worksite or location, Amtrak may consider a geo-pay differential to be applied to the employee’s base salary. Amtrak may offer additional incentive and pay programs to recognize and reward our employees, including a short-term incentive bonus based upon factors such as individual and company performance that is commensurate with the level of the position and/or long-term incentive plan compensation. In addition to your salary, Amtrak offers a comprehensive benefit package that includes health, dental, and vision plans; health savings accounts; wellness programs; flexible spending accounts; 401K retirement plan with employer match; life insurance; short and long term disability insurance; paid time off; back-up care; adoption assistance; surrogacy assistance; reimbursement of education expenses; Public Service Loan Forgiveness eligibility; Railroad Retirement sickness and retirement benefits; and rail pass privileges. Learn more about our benefits offerings here.

 

Requisition ID: 165428

Work Arrangement: 06-Onsite 4/5 Days Click here for more information about work arrangements at Amtrak.
Relocation Offered: No
Travel Requirements: Up to 25%

You power our progress through your performance.

We want your work at Amtrak to be more than a job. We want your career at Amtrak to be a fulfilling experience where you find challenging work, rewarding opportunities, respect among colleagues, and attractive compensation. Amtrak maintains a culture that values high performance and recognizes individual employee contributions.

Amtrak is committed to a safe workplace free of drugs and alcohol. All Amtrak positions requires a pre-employment background check that includes prior employment verification, a criminal history check and a pre-employment drug screen.

Candidates who test positive for marijuana will be disqualified, regardless of any state or local statute, ordinance, regulation, or other law that legalizes or decriminalizes the use or possession of marijuana, whether for medical, recreational, or other use. Amtrak's pre-employment drug testing program is administered in accordance with DOT regulations and applicable law.

In accordance with DOT regulations (49 CFR § 40.25), Amtrak is required to obtain prior drug and alcohol testing records for applicants/employees intending to perform safety-sensitive duties for covered Department of Transportation positions. If an applicant/employee refuses to provide written consent for Amtrak to obtain these records, the individual will not be permitted to perform safety-sensitive functions.

 

In accordance with federal law governing security checks of covered individuals for providers of public transportation (Title 6 U.S.C. §1143), Amtrak is required to screen applicants for any permanent or interim disqualifying criminal offenses.

Note that any education requirement listed above may be deemed satisfied if you have an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Amtrak is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/color, to include traits historically associated with race, including but not limited to, hair texture and hairstyles such as braids, locks and twists, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related conditions, such as lactation), national origin/ethnicity, disability (intellectual, mental and physical), veteran status, marital status, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, genetic information, citizenship or any other personal characteristics protected by law.

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