Head of Enterprise Network Operations

About the role

A leading commercial bank is looking for a Department Head of Enterprise Networks in Lahore, recruited through Recruit AI. The role leads the implementation and operation of the enterprise network across all sites, supporting business continuity and ensuring uninterrupted network availability, strong network security and high-quality performance.

Key responsibilities

• Support the development of network strategy and architecture by defining the enterprise network roadmap for LAN, WAN, WLAN and cloud networks.
• Design highly available, scalable architectures and evaluate new technologies for a trusted network.
• Lead and monitor network operations to ensure 24/7 uptime for all branches, back offices and data centers.
• Provide root cause analysis for major outages and technical guidance when incidents or complex issues are escalated.
• Implement and manage firewalls in coordination with the InfoSec team for vulnerability remediation, firewall audits and ISO 27001 compliance.
• Own network backup and disaster recovery strategies, and maintain records of WAN, LAN, routers, firewalls and load balancers.
• Assist in formulating capital and operating expenditure for network hardware and licenses, and negotiate with vendors and ISPs within assigned budgets.
• Maintain IP schemas, network diagrams, SOPs and disaster recovery plans, ensuring all changes follow an advisory quorum with a rollback plan.
• Lead, mentor and build a team of network engineers, define KPIs with line management and HRMG, and plan training and certifications.