Manager, Network Engineering

Liberty Personnel Services, Inc.

Denver (CO)

Hybrid

USD 140,000 - 190,000

Full time

5 hours ago

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Job summary

Liberty Personnel Services, Inc. seeks a Manager of Network Engineering and Operations to lead reliability, performance, security, and continuous improvement across a large, distributed network.

You will manage a team supporting ~6,000 devices across 500+ locations, including datacenter, cloud, WAN, LAN, wireless, SD-WAN, and internet environments. You will drive KPIs, proactive operations, major infrastructure initiatives, and Azure transformation.

Qualifications

6+ years in enterprise network engineering, infrastructure operations, or network operations management.

Responsibilities

Lead day-to-day network engineering and operations, including monitoring, incident response, escalations, troubleshooting, and service restoration.

Skills

Enterprise routing

TCP/IP

BGP/OSPF/EIGRP

Cisco networking

Network security

WAN/LAN/Wireless/SD-WAN

Python scripting

Infra as Code

Cloud networking

Networking automation

Tools

Cisco Meraki

Palo Alto firewalls

Cisco ISE

SolarWinds

ServiceNow

Job description

Job Details:

Manager of Network Engineering and Operations

Hybrid onsite

We are seeking a Manager of Network Engineering and Operations to lead the reliability, performance, security, and continuous improvement of a large, geographically distributed enterprise network. This leader will manage a team of network engineering and operations professionals supporting approximately 6,000 network devices across 500+ locations, including datacenter, cloud, WAN, LAN, wireless, SD-WAN, internet, and telecommunications environments.

This role requires a hands-on technology leader who can develop and hold a team accountable to performance, establish meaningful KPIs, drive proactive network operations, and lead major infrastructure initiatives. The manager will also play a key role in the organization’s Azure transformation and partner closely with infrastructure, cloud, cybersecurity, architecture, and business teams.

Responsibilities

Lead day-to-day network engineering and operations, including monitoring, incident response, escalations, troubleshooting, and service restoration.
Manage, mentor, develop, and conduct performance reviews for network engineering and operations team members.
Establish clear KPIs and performance metrics for the team and network environment; use data and dashboards to drive accountability and continuous improvement.
Build a proactive operating culture that identifies and addresses network issues before they impact the business.
Lead major incidents, root-cause analysis, problem management, and corrective action initiatives.
Oversee a large enterprise network supporting approximately 6,000 devices across 700 locations.
Manage enterprise WAN, LAN, wireless, datacenter, cloud, SD-WAN, internet, telecommunications, and load-balancing environments.
Drive network automation, standardization, orchestration, and operational efficiency using Python, Ansible, APIs, and Infrastructure-as-Code.
Lead network infrastructure projects including branch deployments, datacenter upgrades, cloud connectivity, hardware refreshes, and network modernization.
Support and help lead the organization's Azure transformation, including hybrid cloud connectivity and network architecture.
Maintain and improve network security through technologies including Palo Alto firewalls, Cisco ISE, and related security controls.
Establish and enforce network standards, ITIL processes, change management, operational procedures, and best practices.
Partner with cybersecurity and compliance teams on governance, vulnerability remediation, audits, risk management, and regulatory requirements.
Manage network vendors, telecom providers, contracts, SLAs, support agreements, and service performance.
Develop capacity plans, performance reporting, network dashboards, and operational metrics.
Work closely with architecture, infrastructure, security, cloud, and business teams to deliver enterprise technology initiatives.

Requirements

6+ years of experience in enterprise network engineering, infrastructure operations, or network operations management.
2+ years of experience leading technical network engineering or operations teams.
Demonstrated experience managing and developing technical employees, including performance reviews and accountability for team KPIs.
Experience supporting large, geographically distributed enterprise environments.
Experience leading major incidents, infrastructure projects, network modernization, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Strong leadership skills with the ability to take initiative, drive change, and develop a proactive team culture.
Experience managing telecom providers, technology vendors, service contracts, and SLAs.
Experience with hybrid cloud networking and enterprise cloud transformation, preferably Azure.

Technical Skills