63424M-Software Engineering Sr Mgr

Juniper Networks is a leading telecommunications equipment vendor building high-performance network products for service providers, enterprises, data centers, campus, and metro customers. Juniper products like MX-Series, QFX-Series, EX-Series, ACX-Series and AI driven control points are used to perform complex network functions in diverse customer networks.

The software engineering group at Juniper Networks responsibility is to design, develop, build, qualify and release software and networking products. The software engineering group comprises of highly skilled professionals who are responsible in delivering production grade quality release and products through agile and adaptive engineering methodologies.

The role of software engineering senior manager plays an important role by leading and managing the team of skilled professional engineers in qualifying solutions and use-case for Juniper customers. This role entails a highly skilled technical professional along with exemplary leadership qualities to meet business objectives. As a decision-maker, he/she would be responsible for planning the project work, managing professional team, promoting best practices, hiring talented professionals, and maintaining ecosystem to maximum his/her direct-report employee’s potential.

Responsibilities:

• Drive the execution and delivery of product/software solution by managing and leading a team of skilled professional engineers. 
  1. Being in a leadership role, work closely with the team to strategize and execute on delivering production grade solutions across market segment.
  2. Gather requirements, implement, and deliver committed scope meeting release schedule without compromising the quality.
  3. Identify and allocate resources which includes human resources, tools, techniques, equipment based on KPI metrics.
  4. Optimize CAPEX/OPEX during project delivery, extend for future use in regressions.
  5. Agility through automation.
• Guide the team in building test plans based on specifications and customer use-case across segments. 
  1. Own functional qualifications right from inception to production in regression.
  2. Must educate the team on the goals and business objectives.
  3. Build and maintain strong professional relationships with the team.
  4. Stay up to date on product roadmaps, specifications, performance criteria, in addition to competitors’ solutions, amongst others.
• Work collaboratively with cross functional teams, architects, and executives. 
  1. Working closely with Juniper product development and business unit architecture teams to understand product/feature requirements and solutions in alignment with customer business/network priorities.
  2. Build strong relationships with the senior leadership to understand the business objectives and translate into project deliverables.
  3. Highlight and brainstorm emerging technologies and customer use cases for betterment of the product deliverables.
• Make critical decisions which attributes to the success of the product and solution. 
  1. Work with stakeholders to review project and execution plan.
  2. Define entry and exit criteria for each phase of the project.
  3. Identify and have mitigation plans for identified risks.
• Consolidation and projection of project deliverables on preset regular intervals. 
  1. Should be able to gather and consolidate the deliverables using appropriate tools.
  2. Project and report the deliverables to all stakeholders.
  3. Identify and manage the risks.
• Influence and maintain high morale by motivating engineers to deliver to their maximum potential. 
  1. Lead by an example by influencing and building trust among the team.
  2. Reward and recognize talented individuals.
  3. Provide technical guidance on career development. 
• Build and expand the team. 
  1. Hire talented professional engineers to bring in the right mix for the team.
  2. Identify subject matter experts for specific areas.
• Drive Innovation and transformation within the team. 
  1. Encourage team for active participation in internal and external tech forums.
  2. Encourage and recognize contributions towards IETF, Patents, Certifications.
  3. Assist with developmental needs.
  4. Lead and be a catalyst for transformation.

Required Skills:

1. Leadership qualities to hire, reward and retain talented professional team.
2. Talented individual to participate in technical discussions and translate it into business objectives.
3. Excellent ability to influence internal and external stakeholders and build consensus.
4. Technically capable of defining specific product requirements and understands how they will affect customer networks.
5. Should have exceptional communication and writing skills.
6. Must be a strong advocate for sales while building relationships across business groups.
7. Should possess outstanding problem-solving capabilities.
8. Should have prior experience as a catalyst for transformation within a team and organization.
9. Must be able to multitask in a role with little supervision and many demands from many constituents.

ABOUT JUNIPER NETWORKS

Juniper Networks is in the business of network innovation. From devices to data centers, from consumers to cloud providers, Juniper Networks delivers the software, silicon and systems that transform the experience and economics of networking. Our products and technology run the world's largest and most demanding networks today, enabling service providers, enterprises, and governments to create value and accelerate business success. Everyday our 9,000+ colleagues come together across 46 countries to realize our company vision - Connect Everything, Empower Everyone. We are innovating in ways that empower our customers, our partners and ultimately, everyone, in a connected world. These customers include the top 130 global service providers, 96 of the Fortune 100 and hundreds of public sector organizations.

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