Service Manager
Pubblicato il 23-08-2026 - Oerlikon Group in Italia
Are you ready to design and execute a global strategy for network services, leveraging state-of-the-art technologies in a worldwide environment? Then we are looking for you as Manager Network Services, a critical leadership role within Oerlikon’s global IT Infrastructure team. You will be responsible for managing SDN and network security services within a cloud-driven environment.
You are responsible for developing and implementing a global strategy for network services, driving innovation, and ensuring operational excellence. This role requires strong leadership, strategic planning, and collaboration with various stakeholders.
You drive innovation by assessing and adopting emerging technologies in software-defined networking and supporting technology solutions.
You lead and mentor a global team of engineers and specialists, fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous learning.
You closely work together with external partners and service providers to combine external knowledge with internal needs, to follow our goal to become a leading digital company.
As part of our digital transformation path, we currently have multiple ongoing corporate IT projects. Your experience, your ideas and knowledge are highly appreciated in those areas.
In order to be successful in this challenging role, you bring along proven experience in IT infrastructure management and engineering, with a strong focus on network and network security services (SD-WAN, SD-Access, Wireless and Perimeter Security with focus on Cisco & AWS products).
~10 years of experience in network services, with a minimum of 5 years in a leadership role.
~ In your previous roles you already worked in a modern, hybrid environment consisting of on-premises services (branch sites) as well as cloud services (datacenter services).
~ As we build our new solutions “as code” to follow our digital path, your practical experience in programming is a plus.
~ Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability