Network Manager

Network Manager

We are seeking an experienced, hands-on Network Manager to lead and support enterprise network and infrastructure operations. This role combines technical leadership with day-to-day engineering responsibilities, requiring an individual who actively works alongside the team to design, implement, troubleshoot, and optimize network services.

The Network Manager will oversee a small team of Network Engineers/Administrators while ensuring the reliability, security, scalability, and performance of the organization's network and infrastructure environment. This individual will play a key role in infrastructure modernization, network expansion, cloud initiatives, disaster recovery planning, and multi-site technology projects.

Responsibilities: - Lead, mentor, and develop a team of Network Engineers/Administrators while remaining actively involved in technical operations. - Manage and maintain enterprise network infrastructure, including routers, switches, firewalls, wireless networks, SD-WAN, LAN/WAN, VPN, VoIP, and internet connectivity. - Install, configure, and support network hardware, including Cisco switches, routers, firewalls, wireless controllers, access points, and voice technologies. - Design, deploy, monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize secure network solutions across multiple locations. - Administer network security, intrusion detection/prevention systems, access controls, authentication services, and vulnerability remediation efforts. - Monitor network performance, capacity, utilization, throughput, and latency while proactively identifying and resolving issues. - Lead infrastructure upgrades, technology refreshes, site migrations, and network expansion projects. - Support Active Directory, Entra ID integrations, and hybrid cloud environments including Azure and other cloud platforms. - Maintain network inventories, documentation, topology diagrams, policies, and vendor relationships. - Participate in disaster recovery, business continuity testing, and after-hours support rotations. - Work closely with business leaders, technology teams, vendors, and service providers to ensure reliable and secure operations.

Requirements: - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field. - 7+ years of progressive experience in network administration, engineering, and infrastructure support, including leadership responsibilities. - Experience leading a team of Network Administrators. - Strong expertise in routing, switching, network security, TCP/IP, QoS, flow control, VPNs, and associated protocols. - Hands-on experience with Cisco networking technologies, including switches, routers, firewalls, wireless controllers, and SD-WAN solutions. - Experience managing and supporting LAN, WAN, wireless, VoIP, and cloud-connected environments. - Knowledge of Active Directory, Entra ID, Windows Server environments, and hybrid cloud infrastructure. - Experience evaluating, tuning, monitoring, and optimizing network performance and capacity. - Proven ability to analyze and resolve complex network issues while minimizing downtime. - Strong project management, documentation, vendor management, and communication skills. - Ability to work effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders at all levels of the organization. - CCNA required; CCNP or higher certification is a plus. - Experience with Azure, cloud networking, and Infrastructure-as-a-Service platforms. - Experience with enterprise email and collaboration platforms, including Microsoft 365. - Experience with OCI (Oracle Cloud Infrastructure) is a huge plus. - Experience with Zero Trust is a huge plus. - Familiarity with out-of-band management and cellular failover technologies. - Experience managing operational and capital technology budgets.

We are looking for someone who is a technically strong and collaborative leader who enjoys rolling up your sleeves and working directly with your team. Someone who combines deep networking expertise with strong people leadership, helping drive secure, reliable, and scalable infrastructure while supporting business growth and operational excellence.