Job Description
About ITT
ITT Inc. (NYSE: ITT) is a diversified global leading manufacturer of highly engineered critical components and customized technology solutions serving the flow, aerospace and defense, transportation, industrial, and energy markets. Through operational execution, innovation, and disciplined capital deployment, including strategic acquisitions such as SPX FLOW, ITT partners with its customers to deliver enduring solutions to the key industries that underpin our modern way of life.
Headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, ITT has a market cap of roughly $20 billion and employs more than 15,000 people across 40 countries and serves customers in approximately 125 countries. Following the acquisition of SPX FLOW, the company is expected to generate $5.4 billion in annual revenue.
Our businesses are organized in three distinct segments, each based around our core engineering DNA:
Flow Technologies: A global leader in, providing a broad portfolio of pumps, valves, mixing and agitation equipment, heat transfer, homogenizers, separation, water and wastewater treatment, and engineered process solutions.Our leading brands include the iconic Goulds Pumps (with more than 175 years of history), Anhydro, APV, Bornemann, Bran+Luebbe, C’treat, Engineered Valves, Gerstenberg Schröder, Habonim, Johnson Pump, Lightnin, Philadelphia, Plenty, PRO Cast, Rheinhütte, Seital Separation, Stelzer, Svanehøj, Tigerholm, Uutechnic, VIDAR, Waukesha Cherry-Burrell.
Motion Technologies: A global leader in brake pads (ICE and electrified brake pads) and shock absorbers (energy absorption solutions) for transportation applications. Our leading brands include Friction Technologies, KONI and Axtone.
Connect and Control Technologies: A leader in critical applications for the aerospace, defense and industrial markets, including harsh environment connectors and control components. Our leading brands include ITT Cannon, Enidine, Aerospace Controls and kSARIA.
Position Summary
The Network Engineer III plays a key role in ensuring the operational health, reliability, security, performance, and modernization of ITT's global network and communications infrastructure. This is a hands-on engineering role responsible for both project delivery and ongoing operational support of ITT's enterprise network environment. Under the direction of the Manager of Network Operations & Delivery, this role is responsible for the administration, support, engineering, and continuous improvement of enterprise networking, network security, cloud connectivity, voice and collaboration, remote access, and network observability platforms across ITT's global environment.
As part of a high-performing global team, this individual supports the platforms, tools, and processes that enable secure and reliable connectivity for users, applications, manufacturing facilities, cloud services, data centers, and business partners worldwide. This includes the full lifecycle management of network infrastructure and services, including but not limited to design, deployment, configuration management, monitoring, troubleshooting, performance optimization, security hardening, capacity planning, technology refreshes, automation, and comprehensive documentation. The role requires close collaboration with infrastructure, security, cloud, application, service desk, and business-aligned IT teams to deliver secure, scalable, and cost-effective network services.
A successful candidate is perpetually curious, highly accountable, technically proficient, detail-oriented, and thrives in a collaborative, team-oriented environment. They are highly driven, customer-focused, capable of balancing multiple active priorities, and approach tasks with thoughtful planning and operational discipline. They demonstrate a strong sense of ownership and a commitment to delivering secure, reliable, and modern network services that support ITT's global business operations.
Essential Responsibilities
- Executes Enterprise Network Services team objectives supporting global networking, network security, voice, connectivity, and cloud networking platforms.
- Administers enterprise network infrastructure including routing, switching, wireless networking, firewalls, NAC, voice, and cloud connectivity services.
- Provides ongoing operational support for global network environments to ensure secure, reliable, scalable, and cost-effective service delivery.
- Implements changes, upgrades, migrations, and retirements of network infrastructure, security platforms, and communications systems.
- Partners with infrastructure, security, cloud, and business stakeholders to deliver network transformation and modernization initiatives.
- Plans and executes network projects supporting cloud adoption, data center initiatives, compliance requirements, and business growth objectives.
- Identifies opportunities to improve policies, standards, and operational processes and recommends enhancements to strengthen service delivery.
- Ensures network security and compliance standards are enforced and takes corrective action when deficiencies are identified.
- Participates in disaster recovery and business continuity testing as required.
- Resolves incidents, service requests, and escalations related to enterprise networking, cloud connectivity, voice, security, and communications services.
- Leads troubleshooting and root-cause analysis of complex network incidents involving routing, switching, firewalls, WAN/SD-WAN, wireless, cloud connectivity, and network performance.
- Develops and maintains automation solutions to improve efficiency, consistency, and scalability of network operations.
- Identifies opportunities to improve network reliability, performance, security, and operational effectiveness through standardization and automation.
- Provides global support for the following platforms and technologies:
- Cisco routing, switching, and wireless networking infrastructure
- Meraki cloud-managed networking solutions
- Palo Alto firewalls, VPN, and network security technologies
- Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) and network access control services
- Microsoft Teams Telephony and enterprise collaboration connectivity
- Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM) and voice services
- Citrix NetScaler application delivery and load balancing services
- Imperva web application security technologies
- Azure networking and hybrid cloud connectivity services
- SolarWinds monitoring, observability, and reporting platforms
- Expectations of the role include but are not limited to:
- Manage enterprise network infrastructure and communications platforms.
- Support LAN, WAN, WLAN, SD-WAN, firewall, voice, NAC, cloud, and remote access services.
- Maintain secure and highly available network services supporting global business operations.
- Perform troubleshooting across networking, security, cloud, voice, and connectivity domains.
- Implement configuration changes to ensure secure, standardized, and reliable infrastructure environments.
- Develop automation and operational efficiencies that reduce manual effort and improve service quality.
- Participate in network security, compliance, segmentation, and modernization initiatives.
- Support mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and business integration projects.
- Be a team player and participate in an on-call rotation.
- Additional responsibilities as assigned by department leadership.
Position Requirements
- College Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field and 5+ years of experience; OR 7+ years of relevant experience.
- Strong knowledge of enterprise networking technologies including LAN, WAN, WLAN, routing, switching, and network architecture.
- Strong hands-on experience with enterprise routing protocols and technologies including BGP, OSPF, VLANs, STP, HSRP/VRRP, QoS, and related Layer 2/Layer 3 networking technologies.
- Strong hands-on experience with Cisco networking technologies including Catalyst, Nexus, ISR, and related platforms.
- Strong hands-on experience with Meraki networking solutions and cloud-managed network environments.
- Strong experience administering and supporting Palo Alto firewalls, security policies, VPN technologies, and network segmentation.
- Experience with SD-WAN technologies, WAN optimization, and global connectivity solutions.
- Strong knowledge of network access control technologies including Cisco ISE and related identity-based access solutions.
- Experience supporting enterprise, IP address management, and network services platforms.
- Experience designing, implementing, and supporting secure remote access and site-to-site VPN solutions.
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Teams Telephony and enterprise voice technologies.
- Experience supporting Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM) and related voice infrastructure.
- Experience supporting application delivery and load balancing technologies including Citrix NetScaler.
- Experience supporting web application security technologies including Imperva or comparable solutions.
- Experience with network monitoring, observability, performance management, and reporting platforms such as SolarWinds.
- Experience designing, building, operating, and maintaining Azure network services in conjunction with enterprise on-premises network environments.
- Strong knowledge of cloud networking concepts including ExpressRoute, VPN Gateway, virtual networking, security controls, and hybrid connectivity.
- Experience supporting network security frameworks including Zero Trust, segmentation, NAC, SASE, and secure access architectures.
- Experience planning and executing network infrastructure upgrades, lifecycle refreshes, migrations, and transformation initiatives.
- Experience supporting mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and enterprise integration activities.
- Familiarity with Operational Technology (OT) networking and industrial network segmentation within manufacturing environments is a plus.
- Experience with network automation, scripting, and infrastructure-as-code technologies is a plus.
- Experience working in large-scale enterprise environments supporting globally distributed users and sites.
- Experience in environments with outsourced or hybrid service models is a plus.
Competencies/Traits
- Recognizes when alternative technical solutions are required and proactively engages IT management and business partners to drive improvements to network services and operational effectiveness.
- Effectively collaborates across global, cross-cultural teams and actively builds working relationships across technical and non-technical groups.
- Shares information proactively, coordinates work across teams, and promotes a collaborative, team-oriented delivery model.
- Delivers solutions aligned with approved enterprise standards and industry best practices, ensuring requirements for security, risk, scalability, performance, resiliency, and maintainability are met. Escalates non-standard requirements appropriately.
- Leverages existing platforms, tools, and knowledge bases, operating within defined governance and policy frameworks.
- Builds trust through clear communication, transparency, and consistent delivery of reliable results that support business needs.
- Takes ownership of work quality and demonstrates accountability for outcomes and follow-through.
- Communicates effectively in both written and verbal formats, adapting messaging for technical and non-technical audiences.
- Demonstrates strong documentation skills and contributes to maintaining operational standards, network diagrams, and knowledge bases.
- Conducts technical research and quickly absorbs new information to resolve complex infrastructure issues.
- Presents ideas clearly and concisely to stakeholders at all levels.
- Maintains strong attention to detail while managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Works effectively in team-oriented, collaborative environments with a strong sense of accountability.
- Self-directed and proactive, with strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
- Performs effectively under pressure and maintains composure during critical incidents, outages, or high-priority situations.
Work Conditions
- Working Hours: Standard US Eastern Time (ET) business hours, with flexibility required to support global operations.
- Must meet applicable U.S. Person requirements for access to export-controlled and regulated systems and data.
- Participation in an on-call rotation to support critical incident response as needed.
- Flexibility to work outside standard business hours when required to support global operations or major incidents.
- Occasional second or third shift coverage may be required based on operational needs.
- Flexible working hours required to accommodate global time zones and scheduled collaboration with international teams.
- Must carry a company-issued smartphone 24x7 for escalation and incident response purposes.
- Ability to remain in a stationary position for extended periods while performing system monitoring and administrative tasks.
- Regular use of hands and fingers for computer operation, including keyboard, mouse, and endpoint/device interaction.
- Ability to lift and transport moderately heavy equipment such as laptops, desktops, and peripheral devices when required.
- Travel of less than 10% may be required to support projects, deployments, or site-specific initiatives.
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Equal Pay Act Statement
We aim to pay our ‘ITT’ers’ fairly and competitively in the locations that they live and work. Pay-for-performance is a principle that we believe in, and employees are rewarded based not only on ‘what’ they accomplish, but also on ‘how’ they reflect ITT’s values. ITT offers a competitive salary and robust total rewards package, such as health insurance, 401(k), short and long-term disability, paid time off, growth and developmental opportunities, and other incentive compensation programs. Specific benefits are dependent upon whether or not the position is part of a collective-bargaining agreement. The salary offered to a candidate is based several factors such as candidate experience and qualifications, location, as well as market and business considerations.
Equal Pay Act Range
Annual salary range is from $99,900.00 to $149,100.00, plus benefits & incentive plan