Hybrid IT Network & Broadcast Engineering Manager

National Public Radio, Inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 159,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work option

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

National Public Radio is seeking an IT Network Manager to lead a team of network and voice engineers responsible for NPR's enterprise and broadcast networks in a hybrid Washington, DC area setting.

You will drive architecture, incident response, and collaboration with security, DevOps, and broadcast engineering, ensuring high availability, low latency IP transport, and scalable, secure networking.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in enterprise networking.
• 3+ years directly managing and developing technical teams in a network leadership or manager role.
• Proven track record of talent development, performance management, team building, and leading engineering teams through major operational projects.
• Strong hands-on experience with Cisco Nexus (NX-OS), Cisco Firepower (FTD), Cisco Routing and Switching, Cisco ACI, Cisco SD-WAN, Cisco Meraki, Enterprise Wireless Networks.
• Strong expertise in routing and switching (BGP, EIGRP).
• Experience with monitoring and management platforms like SolarWinds, Cisco Nexus Dashboard, Cisco Intersight, or similar tools.

Responsibilities

• Build, lead, and mentor a high-performing team of network and voice engineers; set goals and drive professional development.
• Oversee design and optimization of enterprise network infrastructure (Cisco ACI, Catalyst/Nexus, Firepower, SD-WAN, Meraki).
• Partner with broadcast engineering to maintain a low-latency IP broadcast network for NPR’s content production.
• Lead network operations, incident management, and root-cause analysis; coach teams through high-pressure troubleshooting.
• Develop and maintain network architecture documents, SOPs, and routing protocols (BGP, EIGRP).
• Collaborate with Security, DevOps, Systems, and Enterprise Application teams; report to senior leadership.

Skills

Network leadership

Cisco Networking

Team Development

Troubleshooting

Communications

Tools

Nexus Dashboard

SolarWinds

Cisco Firepower

SD-WAN

Meraki

Job description

National Public Radio is seeking an IT Network Manager to lead a team of network and voice engineers responsible for NPR's enterprise and broadcast networks in a hybrid Washington, DC area setting.

You will drive architecture, incident response, and collaboration with security, DevOps, and broadcast engineering, ensuring high availability, low latency IP transport, and scalable, secure networking.