Senior Manager - Network and Information Security

Responsibilities

Leadership, Team, and Vendor Management

• Lead, mentor, and develop network and security engineers.
• Set priorities, manage workloads, and ensure 24/7 operational coverage through on-call rotations and escalation protocols.
• Manage external vendors against SLAs, quality standards, and outcomes.

Network Architecture and Design

• Own end-to-end enterprise network architecture across LAN/WAN, SD-WAN, wireless, and OT/IT segmentation.
• Architect highly available solutions for manufacturing operations, IoT devices, and enterprise applications.
• Lead routing and switching design and equipment lifecycle management.
• Maintain architecture diagrams, standards documentation, and lifecycle roadmaps.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and vendors.

Cloud Networking

• Design and manage AWS VPCs, Transit Gateways, Direct Connect, VPNs, Security Groups, and NACLs.
• Architect secure, resilient hybrid connectivity between on-premises sites and cloud services.
• Define network guardrails, tagging standards, and organization-level policies with engineering and DevOps teams.
• Optimize cloud networking costs and performance.

Network Security

• Design and enforce policies for firewalls, ZTNA, NAC, and micro-segmentation.
• Manage firewalls, IDS/IPS, proxies, and security appliances throughout their lifecycles.
• Oversee vulnerability assessments and penetration-test scoping and remediation.
• Support NIST, SOC 2, and ISO 27001 compliance through control documentation, audit evidence, and remediation.

Operations and Incident Management

• Lead network operations across enterprise and manufacturing environments.
• Serve as the senior escalation point for network and security incidents.
• Oversee monitoring platforms, alerting thresholds, dashboards, and response runbooks.
• Drive root-cause analyses and corrective action plans.
• Manage ticketing workflows and SLA adherence.

Stakeholder Collaboration and Governance

• Act as the primary liaison to IT leadership, OT engineering, manufacturing operations, and engineering teams.
• Participate in capacity planning, capital budgeting, and vendor contract negotiations.
• Present network strategy, risk posture, and project updates to stakeholders.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Network Engineering, or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered.
• 10+ years of progressive network engineering experience, including at least 3 years in people management or a technical lead role.
• Experience architecting enterprise-grade network solutions in manufacturing, industrial, or highly regulated environments.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience with AWS networking services, including VPC, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, Route 53, WAF, and Security Groups.
• Experience managing network security devices and platforms, including NGFWs, IDS/IPS, NAC, CASB/SASE, and web filtering.
• Strong knowledge of BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, MSTP, VLANs, and QoS.
• Experience designing and managing wireless networks across large, distributed campuses.

Nice-to-Haves

• Cisco IOS-XE/XR/NX-OS, Palo Alto, Juniper, Meraki, or Fortinet experience.
• AWS networking and security services, including VPN, WAF, Security Groups, and NACLs.
• SIEM platforms such as Rapid7, Splunk, or Palo Alto.
• NAC platforms such as Cisco ISE or Aruba ClearPass.
• Vulnerability scanning tools.
• VXLAN, DMVPN, MPLS, 802.1x, and enterprise Wi-Fi 6/6E, WPA3, WLAN controllers, RF design, and site surveys.
• Certifications such as CCNP Enterprise, CCIE, AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty, CISSP, CISM, Palo Alto PCNSE, AWS Solutions Architect – Professional, or ITIL v4 Foundation.

Compensation

• Salary range: $200,000–$280,000 USD.
• Additional compensation includes equity and benefits.