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The role is responsible for providing day-to-day technical and operational leadership while remaining directly involved in complex engineering work across enterprise networking and cybersecurity domains.\nThe Manager of Network & Cybersecurity Engineering is responsible for the design, configuration, implementation, maintenance, monitoring, and continual improvement of the organization’s enterprise network and cybersecurity platforms. This includes technical leadership for network infrastructure, perimeter security, network security, endpoint security, application security, data security, threat prevention, security monitoring, and incident response.\nThis role functions as the organization’s lead network engineer and primary cybersecurity engineering leader. The position is expected to establish technical standards, guide platform strategy, oversee engineering and operational readiness, support incident response efforts, evaluate new technologies, assist with budgeting and lifecycle planning, and ensure alignment between infrastructure, security, and organizational goals.\nWhile the role includes supervisory responsibilities, it is intentionally structured to remain highly hands-on, particularly as the network and cybersecurity teams continue to integrate and mature.\nSalary Range: $140,000-$150,000 annually\nCORE COMPETENCIES\nCustomer Commitment - Demonstrates responsiveness and high-quality service.\nProfessionalism & Integrity - Upholds ethical, fair, and trustworthy behavior.\nOrganizational Excellence - Commits to continuous improvement and operational quality.\nSuccess Through Teamwork - Collaborates effectively and fosters open communication.\nJOB SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES\nAdvanced technical knowledge of enterprise network architecture and cybersecurity platforms.\nStrong hands-on engineering capability across routing, switching, firewalls, segmentation, secure access, monitoring, and response technologies.\nDemonstrated leadership in cybersecurity practices including incident response, security standards, platform strategy, and risk reduction.\nStrong skills in leadership, mentorship, and team development.\nExcellent communication, analytical, and troubleshooting capabilities.\nExperience developing technical standards, architecture documentation, procedures, and roadmaps.\nProficiency in evaluating, adopting, and implementing infrastructure and security technologies.\nStrong organizational, prioritization, and project management abilities.\nSkilled in conflict resolution, stakeholder engagement, and cross-functional collaboration.\nREPRESENTATIVE DUTIES\nNote: The following duties are illustrative and not exhaustive. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position.\nTeam Leadership & Collaboration\nProvide day-to-day leadership, guidance, and mentorship to network and cybersecurity engineers.\nSupervise team member performance, development, skill progression, and work prioritization.\nSupport staffing, recruiting, onboarding, retention, and succession planning efforts.\nBuild and maintain a unified culture across the combined network and cybersecurity teams.\nCollaborate with IT leadership, operational directors, business stakeholders, and project teams to align priorities and resources.\nServe as the primary technical escalation point for complex network and cybersecurity issues.\nHands-On Engineering Responsibilities\nFunction as the organization’s lead engineer for enterprise network infrastructure and related security technologies.\nConfigure, troubleshoot, optimize, and maintain Cisco switches, routers, wireless, VPN, and related network technologies.\nAdminister, configure, troubleshoot, and support Check Point firewalls and related perimeter security platforms.\nLead complex troubleshooting efforts involving infrastructure, connectivity, segmentation, firewall policy, secure remote access, and security enforcement layers.\nPerform and support upgrades, migrations, lifecycle replacements, patching, and performance optimization across network and security platforms.\nMaintain direct involvement in technical design, implementation, root-cause analysis, and production support.\nCybersecurity Leadership & Operations\nServe as the senior technical leader for cybersecurity engineering, security operations coordination and incident response.\nLead or coordinate technical incident response activities for cybersecurity and network-related events, including containment, eradication, recovery, and post-incident improvement.\nDevelop, maintain, and improve cybersecurity engineering standards, response procedures, and technical playbooks.\nEvaluate, recommend, implement, and optimize technologies that strengthen prevention, visibility, monitoring, and response capabilities.\nPartner with internal teams and external providers to support vulnerability management, logging, alerting, investigation, and remediation efforts.\nMaintain awareness of emerging threats, attack techniques, defensive controls, and relevant technologies.\nNetwork & Security Architecture\nDesign and implement scalable, resilient, and secure infrastructure solutions.\nDefine and maintain architecture standards, engineering baselines, hardening standards, and best practices.\nEnsure layered security controls are incorporated across network, endpoint, application, identity, and data environments.\nEvaluate new products, platforms, and services for business value, risk reduction, and technical fit.\nRecommend strategic improvements in enterprise architecture, security posture, redundancy, and resilience.\nOperations, Maintenance & Compliance\nMonitor network and security platform performance, capacity, health, and reliability.\nMaintain operational readiness through patching, updates, backups, lifecycle planning, and configuration management.\nEnforce security policies, technical standards, and regulatory or compliance requirements.\nEnsure systems and platforms are maintained in a secure, supported, and auditable manner.\nSupport vulnerability remediation and operational follow-through on identified infrastructure and security risks.\nStrategic Planning & Project Management\nAssist with long-term infrastructure and cybersecurity strategy, planning, and roadmap development\n\nPrepare, support, and track budgets for network and security initiatives, maintenance, renewals, and capital planning.\nLead or participate in technical projects from planning through implementation and operational transition.\nDevelop and maintain documentation related to architecture, standards, operational procedures, configurations, and recovery processes.\nIdentify opportunities for modernization, risk reduction, service improvement, and operational efficiency.\nVendor & Stakeholder Management\nWork with vendors and partners to evaluate solutions, procure equipment and services, and resolve technical issues.\nOversee support relationships, maintenance agreements, renewals, and service expectations.\nCoordinate with service providers, security partners, and other third parties to support operational and strategic objectives.\nEnsure vendor-delivered solutions align with technical standards, security requirements, and business needs.\nThis role requires a high-performing engineering leader who is ready to work shoulder-to-shoulder with both network and Cybersecurity teams while driving innovation, stability, and security across the enterprise infrastructure.\nMINIMUM EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS\nBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Network Engineering, Cybersecurity, or a related field; or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.\n7+ years of progressively responsible hands-on experience in enterprise network engineering and/or cybersecurity engineering.\nSignificant experience working in a complex enterprise environment.\nStrong hands-on experience with Cisco network infrastructure, including switches, routers, routing, switching, and network troubleshooting.\nStrong hands-on experience with Check Point firewalls, including configuration, troubleshooting, policy management, and maintenance.\nDemonstrated experience leading or coordinating complex technical work across both infrastructure and security domains.\nExperience in team leadership, supervision, or mentorship, whether formal or informal.\nDemonstrated experience supporting or leading cybersecurity functions such as incident response, security engineering, monitoring, prevention, or security platform administration.\nCERTIFICATION, LICENSE AND SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS\nCisco CCNP certification strongly preferred; equivalent advanced enterprise network engineering experience may be considered.\nAdditional Cisco certifications such as CCIE are a plus.\nCISSP or equivalent cybersecurity certification is preferred.\nCandidates may be required to complete technical assessments.\nCandidates may be required to provide certification verification where applicable.\nPhysical Demands\nThe work is light to medium and requires exerting up to fifty (50) pounds of force occasionally and/or one (1) to ten (10) pounds of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body; may also require balancing, manual dexterity, hearing, mental acuity, repetitive motion, speaking, talking, and visual acuity.\nWORK ENVIRONMENT\nWork is performed in a dynamic environment that requires sensitivity and responsiveness to changes in organizational goals, 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The role may require participation in after-hours support, incident response, maintenance windows, and critical outage response.\nJOB CLASS\nUnclassified - At-will Employees who serve at the pleasure of the Clerk and do not have appeal rights should they be demoted, suspended, or terminated.\nCAREER PATH\nSenior Manager, IT Infrastructure\n\nDirector, IT Infrastructure\n\nSenior Director, IT Infrastructure\n\nChief Information Officer\n\nTo perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the essential job functions satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary job functions described herein. 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