Network Manager

Required Skills & Experience

5+ years of enterprise networking experience Technical leadership experience Strong hands-on experience with Cisco routing, switching, and wireless technologies Experience with WAN/LAN, SD-WAN, VLANs, BGP, OSPF, DNS, DHCP, SNMP, syslog, and 802.1X Working knowledge of Cisco ISE/NAC Experience with enterprise network monitoring Experience managing network infrastructure hardware lifecycle and EOL/EOS replacement Experience with ITIL-based incident, problem, and change management Ability to lead complex network outages and root-cause analysis Experience managing vendors and/or managed network service providers Strong leadership, communication, and documentation skills

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

CCNP or equivalent experience Cisco ISE Cisco Catalyst Center SolarWinds ServiceNow Infoblox Check Point SD-WAN Sumo Logic ThousandEyes or similar network monitoring tools Experience supporting manufacturing, industrial, or distributed enterprise environments

Job Description

The Network Manager will lead the operation, reliability, security, and modernization of enterprise network infrastructure. This is a hands-on leadership role responsible for WAN/LAN, wireless, Cisco ISE/NAC, SD-WAN, network monitoring, network hardware lifecycle, and major incident/problem management.

This individual will lead network engineers, coordinate with vendors and managed service providers, and ensure network services remain reliable, secure, and scalable across a distributed enterprise environment.

Key Responsibilities

Lead enterprise WAN, LAN, wireless, and SD-WAN operations and engineering. Manage Cisco ISE/NAC, including authentication, authorization, device profiling, posture, and network access policies. Oversee the lifecycle of network infrastructure, including routers, switches, wireless controllers, access points, SD-WAN appliances, and other network components. Maintain network hardware standards, inventory, configuration standards, and EOL/EOS replacement plans. Ensure WAN redundancy, failover capabilities, monitoring, and availability. Lead major network incidents, root-cause analysis, problem management, and corrective actions. Manage proactive network monitoring, alerting, capacity planning, and performance management. Oversee network vulnerabilities, firmware/software upgrades, and configuration compliance. Ensure network changes follow appropriate testing, approval, validation, and rollback practices. Maintain network diagrams, configurations, asset information, and operational documentation. Lead and develop network engineers while coordinating with vendors and managed service providers. Partner with cybersecurity, infrastructure, cloud, service desk, and other technology teams.