# Senior Manager - Network and Information Security

**Company:** [Atomicmachines](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/atomicmachines)
**Location:** Emeryville, CA, Santa Clara, CA, California
**Role:** Security Engineering
**Salary:** $200k – $280k/yr
**Experience:** 10+ years
**Skills:** Aws Vpc, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, BGP, Ospf, Palo Alto, Cisco Ios-Xe, Cisco Meraki, Fortinet, Ids/Ips, Nac, SIEM, Kubernetes, Sd-Wan, Ztna
**Posted:** 2026-04-22

> Leads enterprise network architecture, cloud networking (AWS), and security infrastructure in a manufacturing environment. Manages team, vendors, and operations while ensuring high availability, compliance, and cross-functional alignment. Requires 10+ years experience including AWS and security tools.

## Job Description

## What You'll Do

### Leadership, Team and Vendor Management
- Lead, mentor, and develop a small team of network and security engineers, providing technical guidance and career development.
- Set team priorities, manage workloads, and ensure 24/7 operational coverage through on-call rotations and escalation protocols.
- Manage external vendors, holding all parties accountable to defined SLAs, quality standards, and outcomes.

### Network Architecture and Design
- Own end-to-end enterprise network architecture, including LAN/WAN, SD-WAN, wireless, and OT/IT segmentation.
- Architect scalable, high-availability solutions supporting manufacturing operations, IoT devices, and enterprise applications.
- Lead routing and switching design (**BGP**, **OSPF**, **VLAN** segmentation, **QoS**) and manage equipment lifecycle.
- Maintain network architecture diagrams, standards documentation, and lifecycle roadmaps; evaluate emerging technologies and vendors to address capability gaps.

### Cloud Networking
- Design, implement, and manage networking constructs including **VPCs**, **Transit Gateways**, **Direct Connect**, **VPN**, **Security Groups**, and **NACLs**.
- Architect hybrid connectivity between on-premises sites and cloud services, ensuring low-latency, secure, and resilient integration.
- Partner with engineering and DevOps teams to define network guardrails, tagging standards, and organization-level policies.
- Optimize cloud networking costs and performance through right-sizing and architectural reviews.

### Network Security
- Lead design and enforcement of network security policies, including firewall rule management, **ZTNA**, **NAC**, and micro-segmentation.
- Manage firewalls, **IDS/IPS**, proxies, and related security appliances through their full lifecycle.
- Oversee vulnerability assessments and penetration test scoping; ensure timely remediation and report risk to stakeholders.
- Support compliance activities (**NIST**, **SOC 2**, **ISO 27001**, etc.) through controls documentation, audit evidence, and remediation execution.

### Operations & Incident Management
- Lead day-to-day network operations, ensuring high availability and performance across enterprise and manufacturing segments.
- Serve as the senior escalation point for network and security incidents, both internal and vendor-related.
- Oversee network monitoring platforms (e.g. **Grafana**, **Datadog**, **LogicMonitor**, etc.); define alerting thresholds, dashboards, and response runbooks.
- Drive root cause analysis (**RCA**) investigations and publish findings and corrective action plans for senior leadership.
- Manage ticketing workflows, ensuring SLA adherence for network-related work orders.

### Stakeholder Collaboration & Governance
- Act as the primary network engineering 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 IT leadership and business stakeholders.

## What You’ll Need
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Network Engineering, or related field. Equivalent experience considered.
- **10+ years** of progressive network engineering experience, with at least **3 years** in a people management or technical lead role.
- Demonstrated experience architecting enterprise-grade network solutions in a manufacturing, industrial, or highly regulated environment.
- **5+ years** of hands-on experience with **AWS** networking services (**VPC**, **Transit Gateway**, **Direct Connect**, **Route 53**, **WAF**, **Security Groups**).
- Proven experience in network security device management including **NGFWs** (**Palo Alto**, **Fortinet**, **Cisco**), **IDS/IPS**, **NAC**, **CASB/SASE**, and Web Filtering platforms.
- Strong background in routing and switching protocols: **BGP**, **OSPF**, **EIGRP**, **MSTP**, **VLANs**, and **QoS**.
- Experience with wireless network design and management (**Cisco Meraki**, **Aruba**, or equivalent) across large, distributed campuses.
- Certification(s) in **CCNP Enterprise** or **CCIE**, **AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty**, **CISSP** or **CISM**, **Palo Alto PCNSE**, **AWS Solutions Architect – Professional**, **ITIL v4 Foundation**, etc.

## Technical Skills
- Network platforms: **Cisco** (**IOS-XE/XR/NX-OS**), **Palo Alto**, **Juniper**, **Meraki**, **Fortinet**
- Cloud Networking: **AWS VPC**, **Transit Gateway**, **Direct Connect**, **VPN**, **WAF**, **Security Groups**, **NACLs**
- Security Tools: Firewalls, **IDS/IPS**, **SIEM** (**Rapid7/Splunk/Palo Alto**), **NAC** (**Cisco ISE/Aruba ClearPass**), Vulnerability Scanners
- Protocols: **BGP**, **OSPF**, **EIGRP**, **STP/MSTP**, **VXLAN**, **DMVPN**, **MPLS**, **802.1x**, **QoS**
- Wireless: Enterprise **Wi-Fi 6/6E**, **WPA3**, WLAN controllers, RF design and site surveys

**Compensation:** Salary Range $200,000—$280,000 USD, plus equity and benefits.

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