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Nexxen

Senior Manager, Engineering

infrastructuredata centersystems engineeringnetworkinglinuxvirtualizationvmwarekvmproxmoxautomationobservabilityleadershiphybriddata center operationscapacity planningdisaster recoverybusiness continuity

Key details

Salary

$180K – $210K

Employment type

Full-time

Seniority

Senior

Years experience

5-10

Location

New York, New York, United States; Reston, Virginia, United States

Full job description

Nexxen is seeking a senior infrastructure leader to own complex environments end-to-end, including physical data center design, systems reliability, and network performance. The role is hybrid, based in New York, NY or Reston, VA, with three days in-office weekly. Responsibilities include leading infrastructure teams, driving major initiatives, partnering with stakeholders, establishing operational excellence, mentoring engineers, managing hiring and team growth, championing automation and modern practices, and guiding technical design decisions. Focus areas include data center operations, physical infrastructure standards, Linux systems, virtualization, capacity planning, network architecture, vendor management, disaster recovery, automation, and security compliance. Requirements include 8+ years in infrastructure or data center engineering, 3+ years in leadership, strong hands-on experience with physical infrastructure, networking fundamentals, Linux, virtualization platforms (VMware, KVM, Proxmox), automation tools, observability platforms, and strong communication and leadership skills. Salary range is $180K - $210K annually. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, disability insurance, 401(k), EAP, parental leave, unlimited vacation, and company-paid holidays.

What you'll do

  • Lead and develop one or more infrastructure teams spanning physical infrastructure, systems engineering, and operations
  • Drive planning, execution, and delivery of major infrastructure initiatives across data center and platform domains
  • Partner with product, security, architecture, and business stakeholders to align technical priorities with company goals
  • Establish operational excellence across incident response, postmortems, change management, and continuous improvement
  • Mentor engineers and technical leads through career development, feedback, and performance management
  • Own hiring and team growth with a focus on building diverse, high-performing teams
  • Champion automation, observability, documentation, and modern infrastructure practices
  • Act as a technical leader who guides design decisions while empowering engineers to execute
  • Lead data center operations and architecture across on-prem and colocation environments
  • Own standards for physical infrastructure including rack design, structured cabling, power distribution, cooling, and environmental monitoring
  • Oversee systems platforms including Linux environments, virtualization, provisioning, and lifecycle management
  • Drive capacity planning for compute, storage, and network resources
  • Guide network architecture and operations, including switching, routing, redundancy, and connectivity between data centers and cloud environments
  • Manage vendor relationships for hardware, colocation, networking, and support services
  • Ensure strong disaster recovery, resiliency, and business continuity practices
  • Expand automation for provisioning, configuration management, and operational workflows
  • Partner with security and compliance teams on physical and logical controls

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience in infrastructure, systems, or data center engineering
  • 3+ years in a leadership or management role
  • Strong hands-on background in physical data center infrastructure, systems engineering, and operations
  • Solid understanding of networking fundamentals and architecture (switching, routing, redundancy, traffic flows, and troubleshooting)
  • Experience with Linux environments, virtualization platforms (VMware, KVM, Proxmox, etc.), and automation tools
  • Familiarity with observability platforms and reliability best practices
  • Proven ability to lead complex projects while developing engineers and technical leaders
  • Clear communicator across technical and business audiences
  • A leadership style rooted in curiosity, accountability, and collaboration

Tech stack

LinuxVMwareKVMProxmoxnetworkingautomation toolsobservability platforms

Benefits

medical insurancedental insurancevision insurancedisability insurance401(k)Employee Assistance Program (EAP)parental leaveunlimited vacationcompany-paid holidays

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