IT Network Engineering Manager Encore Boston Harbor in Everett, MA at Wynn Careers

Job Description

ABOUT ENCORE BOSTON HARBOR
Encore Boston Harbor is a luxury global destination gaming resort that features 671 hotel rooms with sweeping views of the Boston skyline and Boston Harbor, ultra-premium spa, luxury retail, high-end dining, and state-of-the-art ballroom and meeting spaces. At a total cost of $2.6 billion, it is the largest private single-phase development in the history of the Commonwealth.  Situated on the waterfront along the Mystic River and connected to Boston Harbor, Encore Boston Harbor includes a six-acre park along the water that features a harbor walk, an events lawn, public viewing areas, ornate floral displays and retail and dining experiences that overlook the Encore Harbor Walk. 

The Encore Boston Harbor Manager- Network Engineering is responsible for managing all routers, switches, firewalls, F5, Load balancers, PBX switch and associated equipment located in the Data Centers and telecom rooms including other appliances and Cyber Security hardware.  This position works together with the Server Manager to ensure the total solution that forms the framework of the backbone of IT is resilient, documented, supported and provides minimum down time.  This position also works closely with the Business Intelligence Group, CISO and Compliance teams. This includes, but is not limited to; the management of the department strategy and ensuring alignment with overall Encore Boston Harbor strategy; maximizing opportunities for departmental and company success; maintaining all Encore Standards: and ensuring excellent guest and team member experience.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:  

• Ensures all Encore Boston Harbor core values and property and department standards are implemented and applied.
• Manages short-and long-term departmental goals, objectives, policies, and operating procedures; monitors and evaluates operational effectiveness; effects changes required for improvement. Identifies key drivers of success.
• Manages the departmental performance, and the accuracy, confidentiality, and thoroughness of departmental policies and procedures; records and reports.
• Manages the performance of team members under his/her area of responsibility.
• Monitors all activities of the department to ensure that all applicable internal policies, federal and state laws, rules, regulations and controls property wide are enforced.
• Ensures department delivers and maintains a maximum level of property-wide service and satisfaction.
• Facilitates communication throughout the property by organizing and presiding over regularly scheduled meetings with team members within the department and with other departments as appropriate to ensure property wide communication.
• Responsible for hiring, performance management, and employee engagement within the department. Provides training opportunities, constructive and positive feedback to team members within area of responsibility.  Creates a motivating environment.
• Keeps informed of all new developments within the department and makes recommendations designed to maximize department and company success.
• Effectively manages internal and external guest relations, which will require levels of patience, tact and diplomacy. Responsible for addressing guest and team member issues as appropriate.
• Manages multiple priorities simultaneously and meets deadlines, often in stressful and high-pressure situations.
• Must have the ability to promote positive, fair, and ethical relations with all team member, with all Encore contractors, and in all interactions within the Host and Surrounding communities as an ambassador of the Encore brand.
• Plans, directs and coordinate activities of departmental technology projects to ensure that goals or objectives of projects are accomplished within prescribed time frames and funding parameters.
• Provides timelines and other project documents in a professional manner
• Works closely with the assigned user community (and through business technologists) to determine how technology might assist in addressing its needs, and then translates these needs into system requirements and design specifications.
• Leverages applications for competitive advantage.
• Manages a dynamic team of individuals who constantly search for creative ways to elevate the capabilities of technology systems to meet business needs, partly by capitalizing on emerging technologies and partly by adapting technologies to the needs of the customer.
• Creates strategy for products within the assigned vertical and translate that strategy into a product roadmap. The roadmap identifies the major areas, which are then detailed out as specific actionable requirements, making sure that the right features are built in the right order and at the right time.
• Ensures proper communication with the business ensuring that internal customers participate, drive many elements of this strategy and mediate competing needs among stakeholders. Work with the Senior Manager of the Business Intelligence Group (BIG) to find solutions to conflicting ideas and priorities while making progress on strategy and while keeping everyone satisfied.
• Works with the BIG Team and the Server Team to identify product improvement opportunities (based on problem management analysis). These will be prioritized with the business in conjunction with enhancements etc.
• Works with product vendors to ensure visibility of problems identified above and/or enhancement opportunities.
• Identifies new product development opportunities where solutions do not exist in the market.
• Works with business partners to review and screen products and vendors as needed.
• Provides subject matter/domain expertise within the assigned vertical.
• Works with safety as a priority and follows department and company safety standards.
• Maintains relevant knowledge of industry through continuing education and training.
• Performs any other job-related duties as assigned.