Key skills
AnsibleAzureCloudFirewallsPythonSwitchingPowerShellLeadershipCommunicationNetwork Security
About this role
Role Overview
- Provide senior technical leadership for enterprise network and cloud networking platforms, ensuring reliability, scalability, and security.
- Partner with technology leadership to support large, cross organizational initiatives and address complex technical challenges.
- Collaborate with engineering, architecture, and product teams to design and deliver network and identity solutions aligned with business needs.
- Influence technical standards, patterns, and best practices across teams, with an emphasis on security, automation, and operational efficiency.
- Lead design and implementation efforts for network access control (NAC) and identity-based network security solutions.
- Mentor and guide engineers through technical reviews, design discussions, and problem resolution.
- Participate in on-call rotation to support scheduled change windows and incident response for enterprise networks.
- Display high level leadership skills, being able to drive the overall vision of the organization.
- Stay current with industry trends in networking, cloud connectivity, automation, and identity services, and apply relevant advancements where appropriate.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Decision Science, Engineering, Statistics, or a related field, or equivalent alternative education, skills, and/or practical experience is preferred.
- 7+ years of work experience required in Network, Cloud Network, Network Security, and other areas directly relevant to Network/Cloud/Automation responsibilities and tasks; multiple certifications preferred.
- Demonstrated experience working in large, complex enterprise environments.
- 7+ years of experience with enterprise routing, switching, firewalls, and wireless networks, with HPE Aruba and Fortinet experience preferred.
- 5+ years of experience designing, building, and operating network infrastructure in cloud platforms, with Azure preferred.
- Strong understanding of hybrid networking models connecting on ‑ premise environments with public cloud platforms.
- Experience with network automation and scripting using languages such as Python, Ansible or PowerShell.
- Proven ability to design and support highly available and resilient network architectures.
- Hands-on experience designing, implementing, and supporting Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) in enterprise environments.
- Strong knowledge of Network Access Control (NAC) concepts and implementations for wired, wireless, and device administration use cases.
- Experience configuring authentication and authorization policies within Cisco ISE.
- Experience implementing and supporting TACACS+ for device administration and role-based access control.
- Ability to act as a technical subject matter expert for ISE and NAC, providing guidance to engineering teams and stakeholders.
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, with the ability to resolve complex technical issues.
- Clear and effective communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Ability to work independently while also collaborating across teams and disciplines.
- Attention to detail and a focus on operational stability and security.
- Interest in continuous improvement through automation and process optimization.
Tech Stack
- Ansible
- Azure
- Cloud
- Firewalls
- Python
- Switching
Benefits
- Health insurance
- 401(k) matching
- Professional development opportunities
- Flexible work hours
- Paid time off