Manager - Network Operations

Are you someone who never rests on their laurels, always strives to go above and beyond, and is committed to keeping your PROMISES? Do you appreciate a company culture that is open, fosters work-life balance, and a dynamic team environment? Then Old Dominion is the home for you. We take pride in being the best in the industry, and from our humble beginnings we know that our People and our Family Spirit are the main ingredient in our secret sauce to success. At Old Dominion we are looking for individuals to join the OD Family that will provide innovative solutions and exceed expectations to keep OD the premier transportation solutions provider.

Responsible for the reliability, performance, security and continuous improvement of the company's enterprise network infrastructure. This role leads a team of network and telecommunications engineering staff, ensuring 24x7 availability of critical network services that support business operations across the corporate office, data centers, cloud environments, service center locations and remote workforce.

Primary Responsibilities

• Manage and develop a team of network and telecommunications engineering staff, including on-call coverage and performance management.
• Manage and coordinate all infrastructure projects to ensure the highest level of infrastructure performance.
• Manage availability, performance, and reliability of the enterprise network services (LAN, WAN, WLAN, SDWAN, VPN, and Internet).
• Lead day-to-day network operations including monitoring, incident response, escalation, and root cause analysis.
• Manage and develop a team of network and telecommunications engineering staff, including on-call coverage and performance management.
• Ensure Network operations align with enterprise security standards, compliance requirements, and risk management practices.
• Oversee network lifecycle management including upgrades, capacity planning, and technology refresh.
• Manage vendors, carriers, and service providers, including SLAs, performance reviews, and cost optimization.
• Maintain network documentation, architecture diagrams, and operational runbooks, ensuring alignment with disaster recovery and business continuity plans.
• Contribute to budget planning, forecasting, and financial management for network operations.

Job Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems or related field or equivalent education and experience.

Required Experience:

• 8+ years of network infrastructure experience
• 2+ years of leadership experience with an infrastructure team
• LAN/WAN design and operations
• Routing and switching
• Network monitoring
• Load balancers, proxies, DNS/DHCP/IPAM services
• Data center and cloud networking
• Ability to participate within a multi-disciplinary team as well as acting autonomously as appropriate
• Demonstrated proficiency with project completion
• Strong interpersonal and time management skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong analytical and quantitative abilities with excellent written and verbal communications

Working Days:

Shift and hours to be determined.

Working Shift:

Shift and hours to be determined.

Work Days and Shift are estimates and are subject to change, at any given time, based on job scheduling and/or business levels. Any information listed regarding Days and Shifts shall be considered a guideline of expectations for the specific position at the time of posting.

Join the OD Family Today!

As a Full Time member of our Family, you and your family are eligible to receive:

• Great Health Benefits including a Zero premium medical plan for employee only coverage
• Vision & Dental
• Short Term & Long Term Disability
• Flex Spending Accounts
• 401k Retirement plan with company match and additional company annual discretionary match opportunity
• Life Insurance
• Wellness Program
• Tuition Reimbursement for Drivers and Technicians
• Training and growth opportunities to build a career
• We prioritize our OD family of employees
• Ability to advance through our promote from within philosophy
• National Career Opportunities Available at our 260+ service centers

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, gender identity, and/or gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, pregnancy, genetic information, military status, Vietnam Era and/or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law(s).

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