Versa Networks - Lead Engineer - Change Management

Lead Engineer Change Management

Highly experienced and strategic Senior SD-WAN / SASE / Network Infrastructure Change Management Lead to oversee enterprise-level SD-WAN change initiatives.

This role combines technical leadership, process governance, and stakeholder collaboration to ensure all SD-WAN changes are implemented smoothly, securely, and with minimal disruption to business operations.

The ideal candidate brings deep SD-WAN / Networking / Security knowledge, a strong change management background, and proven experience in leading global change programs.

Key Responsibilities :

• Own and drive the change management strategy across global enterprise environments.
• Lead planning, governance, and execution of high-impact changes, including lab testing, rollouts, migrations, upgrades, and policy changes.
• Collaborate with network architecture, engineering, operations, security, and third-party vendors to align change activities with strategic goals.
• Provide leadership in Change Advisory Board (CAB) sessions, presenting change plans, risk assessments, and rollback strategies.
• Ensure alignment with ITIL best practices and enterprise ITSM processes.
• Develop and enforce change control policies, standard operating procedures, and compliance requirements.
• Monitor and report on change KPIs, success rates, trends, and lessons learned; drive continuous improvement initiatives.
• Mentor and guide junior change leads or coordinators; provide escalation support for complex changes and incidents.
• Influence change automation strategies and help integrate DevOps / network automation tools (e.g., Ansible, CI / CD pipelines, Jira, ServiceNow) into change workflows.
• Serve as the escalation point for post-change incidents, leading root cause investigations and resolution planning.

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