Network Manager

Ready to lead mission-critical technology initiatives while making a meaningful impact? Our client is a well-established, financially strong organization with a long history of serving millions of individuals and families across North America. Combining purpose with innovation, the organization invests heavily in technology, cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure, and employee development to support its continued growth and success.

With a collaborative culture, stable leadership, outstanding benefits, and a commitment to giving back, this is an opportunity to join a company where your technical expertise will directly influence enterprise operations while contributing to a larger mission that positively impacts communities around the world.

What Employees Saying:

• "Leadership empowers employees to take ownership, innovate, and make a real impact on the business."
• "The culture is collaborative and supportive. You're surrounded by talented professionals who genuinely want to help each other succeed."
• "The combination of stability, strong benefits, and meaningful work makes this one of the best organizations I've worked for."

Why work here:

• A Purpose-Driven Mission: Join an organization where success is measured not only by business outcomes but also by the positive impact made in communities around the world.
• Enterprise-Scale Technology Environment: Work with cutting-edge networking, cloud, cybersecurity, and infrastructure technologies while leading critical transformation initiatives.
• Stability, Growth & Exceptional Benefits: Enjoy the advantages of a financially strong organization that invests in its people through competitive compensation, strong benefits, career development, and long-term opportunities.

Title: Associate Director of Network Engineering

Location: New Haven County, CT

Salary: $150,000 to $170,000 Bonus

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the day-to-day operations of the Network Engineering team, providing technical leadership, mentoring, and guidance.
• Design, implement, and support enterprise networking infrastructure, including LAN, WAN, SD-WAN, firewalls, VPNs, wireless networks, and UCaaS/CCaaS platforms.
• Act as the escalation point for complex network incidents, driving troubleshooting efforts and root cause analysis.
• Ensure the availability, performance, and reliability of enterprise network services through monitoring and optimization initiatives.
• Partner closely with cybersecurity teams to maintain secure network environments and ensure compliance with organizational standards.
• Oversee lifecycle planning, upgrades, and maintenance for routers, switches, firewalls, and related network technologies.
• Support the architecture and implementation of hybrid cloud networking environments across Azure and other cloud platforms.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, application, and security teams to deliver seamless enterprise technology solutions.
• Maintain accurate network documentation, architecture diagrams, and operational procedures.
• Manage vendor relationships, support contracts, and technology service providers.
• Lead strategic networking projects, including cloud integrations, infrastructure modernization initiatives, office expansions, and data center migrations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 12 years of hands-on network engineering experience within complex enterprise environments.
• 3-5 years of leadership, supervisory, or team management experience.
• Strong expertise with enterprise networking technologies, including Cisco, Fortinet, Aruba, Meraki, Arista, and Azure networking solutions.
• Advanced knowledge of routing and switching protocols, including BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, QoS, VLANs, and STP.
• Experience managing firewalls, VPN technologies, and Zero Trust security architectures.
• Strong background in cloud networking, including Azure ExpressRoute, VPN Gateways, Azure Firewalls, Virtual WAN, BGP, and VNET design.
• Experience with network monitoring, automation, and management tools such as SolarWinds and LogicMonitor.
• Familiarity with cloud-based UCaaS and CCaaS platforms.
• Outstanding analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate across technical and business teams.

If you're a hands-on networking leader looking to architect and support enterprise-scale infrastructure while mentoring a talented engineering team, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today!