Network Infrastructure Program Lead

Sunrise Systems, Inc.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Sunrise Systems, Inc. in Austin is seeking an IT Network Program Manager 1 to plan, coordinate, and execute network infrastructure projects and initiatives across LAN, WAN, wireless, and SD-WAN.

You will collaborate with Network Engineering, IT infrastructure, site teams, vendors, and stakeholders to ensure projects are well-planned, tracked, and completed on schedule. The role requires handling multiple projects concurrently, managing deadlines, and maintaining thorough documentation.

Qualifications

• 2–5 years of experience supporting IT infrastructure, networking, technical projects, or project/program management.
• Basic understanding of enterprise network technologies, including LAN/WAN, routing and switching, wireless networking, internet and WAN circuits, firewalls, SD-WAN, DNS, and DHCP.
• Experience coordinating technical teams, vendors, or telecommunications providers.
• Ability to manage multiple projects, priorities, deadlines, and dependencies.
• Strong organizational and documentation skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to communicate technical project information to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to follow through on assigned actions.
• Ability to identify project risks and escalation issues appropriately.
• Self-motivated with a collaborative and positive working style.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate network infrastructure projects involving LAN, WAN, wireless, internet circuits, SD-WAN, and site network deployments.
• Maintain project schedules, milestones, action items, risks, dependencies, and status updates.
• Coordinate activities between Network Engineering, vendors, carriers, site teams, and other IT organizations.
• Track equipment ordering, circuit delivery, installation, implementation, and project readiness.
• Schedule and facilitate project meetings and document decisions and action items.
• Follow up with project owners to ensure assigned tasks are completed by agreed due dates.
• Assist with site expansions, network refreshes, migrations, upgrades, and infrastructure deployments.
• Identify project risks, delays, and dependencies and escalating them to the appropriate technical or program lead.
• Maintain project documentation, trackers, implementation schedules, and status reports.
• Provide clear project status updates to technical teams and management.
• Support multiple projects simultaneously and help prioritize activities based on project requirements.
• Coordinate project handoff to Network Operations after implementation.

Skills

Project management

Networking fundamentals

Vendor coordination

Tools

Cisco

Aruba

Arista

Palo Alto

Job description

Sunrise Systems, Inc. in Austin is seeking an IT Network Program Manager 1 to plan, coordinate, and execute network infrastructure projects and initiatives across LAN, WAN, wireless, and SD-WAN.

You will collaborate with Network Engineering, IT infrastructure, site teams, vendors, and stakeholders to ensure projects are well-planned, tracked, and completed on schedule. The role requires handling multiple projects concurrently, managing deadlines, and maintaining thorough documentation.