Senior Manager, Networking

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Lead and cultivate a high-achieving networking engineering team that specializes in architecture, solution design, implementation, automation, and modernization.

• Take ownership of the technical roadmap for enterprise networking, translating business and technology strategies into scalable architectures, engineering priorities, and multi-quarter initiatives.

• Design and implement solutions encompassing routing, switching, wireless, VPN, firewalls, load balancing, SD-WAN, secure access, cloud networking, and hybrid connectivity.

• Establish reference architectures, engineering standards, reusable design patterns, and guidelines.

• Promote network automation and infrastructure-as-code practices utilizing Python, Ansible, Terraform, PowerShell, APIs, and CI/CD workflows.

• Collaborate with Information Security, Cloud Engineering, Infrastructure, End User Computing, application teams, and business stakeholders on new capabilities, migrations, site changes, cloud adoption, and security initiatives.

• Conduct technical design reviews, proofs-of-concept, vendor evaluations, capacity planning, and advanced troubleshooting.

• Modernize networking platforms including Cisco/Juniper, Aruba/Mist, Palo Alto, Zscaler, Aviatrix, Azure, and AWS.

• Develop network observability through telemetry, performance metrics, health indicators, and actionable monitoring.

• Manage architecture documentation, design specifications, implementation plans, testing, validation, change readiness, and knowledge transfer.

• Oversee strategic vendor and service-provider relationships, focusing on technology selection, technical performance, roadmap alignment, commercial planning, and lifecycle decisions.

• Drive hiring, coaching, performance management, and career development initiatives.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent hands-on experience.

• At least 8 years of progressively responsible network engineering experience, including complex enterprise network solutions.

• Proven people leadership experience in guiding technical teams and nurturing senior-level engineers.

• Extensive expertise in routing, switching, wireless, VPN, firewalls, load balancing, secure access, and hybrid/cloud networking.

• Practical architecture and engineering experience with Cisco/Juniper, Aruba/Mist, Palo Alto, Zscaler, Aviatrix, Azure, and AWS.

• Proficient in translating business and security requirements into network architectures, detailed designs, implementation strategies, and technical roadmaps.

• Familiarity with network automation, infrastructure as code, or API-based engineering using Python, Ansible, Terraform, PowerShell, or similar technologies.

• Competence in network resiliency, observability, capacity planning, performance engineering, and complex problem-solving.

• Strong cross-functional leadership and communication abilities.

• Advanced technical certifications such as CCNP/CCIE, Aruba, PCNSE, Zscaler, or Aviatrix are preferred.

• Experience with SD-WAN, Zero Trust Network Access, SASE/SSE, cloud connectivity, or multi-cloud networking is preferred.

• Familiarity with observability platforms, Git, CI/CD, automated testing, configuration validation, or policy-as-code is preferred.

• Experience in leading large-scale network transformation, migration, or platform modernization efforts is preferred.

• Experience working within regulated industries is preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• A diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace culture.

• Access to employee resource groups.

• Competitive base salary ranging from $127,800 to $204,400 (excluding additional compensation elements and benefits).

• Commitment to equal opportunity employment.