Manager, Network & Cybersecurity Engineering

About the role

This position provides leadership for the integrated Network and Cybersecurity Engineering functions and operates as both a senior technical resource and working manager. The role maintains direct responsibility for complex engineering activities while overseeing daily operational direction across enterprise networking and cybersecurity domains.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day leadership, guidance, and mentorship to network and cybersecurity engineers.
• Supervise team member performance, development, skill progression, and work prioritization.
• Support staffing, recruiting, onboarding, retention, and succession planning efforts.
• Build and maintain a unified culture across the combined network and cybersecurity teams.
• Collaborate with IT leadership, operational directors, business stakeholders, and project teams to align priorities and resources.
• Serve as the primary technical escalation point for complex network and cybersecurity issues.
• Function as the organization's lead engineer for enterprise network infrastructure and related security technologies.
• Configure, troubleshoot, optimize, and maintain Cisco switches, routers, wireless, VPN, and related network technologies.
• Administer, configure, troubleshoot, and support Check Point firewalls and related perimeter security platforms.
• Lead complex troubleshooting efforts involving infrastructure, connectivity, segmentation, firewall policy, secure remote access, and security enforcement layers.
• Perform and support upgrades, migrations, lifecycle replacements, patching, and performance optimization across network and security platforms.
• Maintain direct involvement in technical design, implementation, root-cause analysis, and production support.
• Serve as the senior technical leader for cybersecurity engineering, security operations coordination, and incident response.
• Lead or coordinate technical incident response activities for cybersecurity and network-related events, including containment, eradication, recovery, and post-incident improvement.
• Develop, maintain, and improve cybersecurity engineering standards, response procedures, and technical playbooks.
• Evaluate, recommend, implement, and optimize technologies that strengthen prevention, visibility, monitoring, and response capabilities.
• Partner with internal teams and external providers to support vulnerability management, logging, alerting, investigation, and remediation efforts.
• Maintain awareness of emerging threats, attack techniques, defensive controls, and relevant technologies.
• Design and implement scalable, resilient, and secure infrastructure solutions.
• Define and maintain architecture standards, engineering baselines, hardening standards, and best practices.
• Ensure layered security controls are incorporated across network, endpoint, application, identity, and data environments.
• Evaluate new products, platforms, and services for business value, risk reduction, and technical fit.
• Recommend strategic improvements in enterprise architecture, security posture, redundancy, and resilience.
• Monitor network and security platform performance, capacity, health, and reliability.
• Maintain operational readiness through patching, updates, backups, lifecycle planning, and configuration management.
• Enforce security policies, technical standards, and regulatory or compliance requirements.
• Ensure systems and platforms are maintained in a secure, supported, and auditable manner.
• Support vulnerability remediation and operational follow-through on identified infrastructure and security risks.
• Aid in long-term infrastructure and cybersecurity strategy, planning, and roadmap development.
• Prepare, support, and track budgets for network and security initiatives, maintenance, renewals, and capital planning.
• Lead or participate in technical projects from planning through implementation and operational transition.
• Develop and maintain documentation related to architecture, standards, operational procedures, configurations, and recovery processes.
• Identify opportunities for modernization, risk reduction, service improvement, and operational efficiency.
• Work with vendors and partners to evaluate solutions, procure equipment and services, and resolve technical issues.
• Oversee support relationships, maintenance agreements, renewals, and service expectations.
• Coordinate with service providers, security partners, and other third parties to support operational and strategic objectives.
• Ensure vendor-delivered solutions align with technical standards, security requirements, and business needs.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Network Engineering, Cybersecurity, or a related field; or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• 7+ years of progressively responsible hands-on experience in enterprise network engineering and/or cybersecurity engineering.
• Significant experience working in a complex enterprise environment.
• Strong hands-on experience with Cisco network infrastructure, including switches, routers, routing, switching, and network troubleshooting.
• Strong hands-on experience with Check Point firewalls, including configuration, troubleshooting, policy management, and maintenance.
• Demonstrated experience leading or coordinating complex technical work across both infrastructure and security domains.
• Experience in team leadership, supervision, or mentorship, whether formal or informal.
• Demonstrated experience supporting or leading cybersecurity functions such as incident response, security engineering, monitoring, prevention, or security platform administration.
• Cisco CCNP certification strongly preferred; equivalent advanced enterprise network engineering experience may be considered.
• Additional Cisco certifications such as CCIE are a plus.
• CISSP or equivalent cybersecurity certification is preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Network Engineering, Cybersecurity, or a related field; or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• 7+ years of progressively responsible hands-on experience in enterprise network engineering and/or cybersecurity engineering.
• Significant experience working in a complex enterprise environment.
• Strong hands-on experience with Cisco network infrastructure, including switches, routers, routing, switching, and network troubleshooting.
• Strong hands-on experience with Check Point firewalls, including configuration, troubleshooting, policy management, and maintenance.
• Demonstrated experience leading or coordinating complex technical work across both infrastructure and security domains.
• Experience in team leadership, supervision, or mentorship, whether formal or informal.
• Demonstrated experience supporting or leading cybersecurity functions such as incident response, security engineering, monitoring, prevention, or security platform administration.
• Cisco CCNP certification strongly preferred; equivalent advanced enterprise network engineering experience may be considered.
• Additional Cisco certifications such as CCIE are a plus.
• CISSP or equivalent cybersecurity certification is preferred.