Senior Enterprise Network Manager (SD-WAN/Cisco)

Randstad USA; Independence (MO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 103,000; Full time

Job summary

Randstad Digital is seeking a hands-on Network Manager to lead an engineering team overseeing global WAN, LAN, wireless and SD-WAN operations from Independence, MO. You will own Cisco ISE/NAC policies, incident resolution per ITIL, and drive vulnerability remediation and hardware lifecycle planning.

Ideal candidate has 5+ years in enterprise networking, deep Cisco routing/switching and SD-WAN experience, and a proven track record in outage leadership and mentoring.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of enterprise networking experience.
• Strong hands-on experience with Cisco routing, switching and wireless technologies.
• Experience with WAN/LAN, SD-WAN, VLANs, BGP, OSPF, DNS, DHCP, SNMP, syslog and 802.1X.
• Working knowledge of Cisco ISE/NAC and enterprise network monitoring.
• Experience managing network infrastructure hardware lifecycle and EOL/EOS replacement.
• Experience with ITIL-based incident, problem and change management.
• Ability to lead complex outages and root-cause analysis.
• Experience managing vendors or managed network-service providers.
• Strong leadership, communication and documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead global WAN, LAN, wireless and SD-WAN operations and engineering.
• Manage Cisco ISE/NAC, including authentication, authorization, device profiling, posture, network access policies and approved exceptions.
• Own the lifecycle of network infrastructure hardware, including routers, switches, wireless controllers, wireless access points, SD-WAN appliances, network security appliances and related components.
• Maintain network hardware standards, inventory, configuration standards and EOL/EOS replacement plans.
• Ensure WAN redundancy and failover capabilities are implemented, monitored and regularly validated.
• Lead major network incidents, root-cause analysis, problem management and corrective actions.
• Drive proactive monitoring, alerting, capacity planning and network performance management.
• Maintain accurate diagrams, configurations, asset information and operational documentation.
• Manage network vulnerabilities, firmware and software upgrades, and configuration compliance.
• Ensure network changes follow testing, approval, validation and rollback practices.
• Lead and develop network engineers and coordinate vendors and managed-service partners.
• Partner with Cybersecurity, Infrastructure, Cloud, Service Desk, manufacturing sites and Caterpillar network teams.

Skills

Cisco routing

Cisco switching

SD-WAN

ITIL

Outage leadership

Vendor management

Network monitoring

Documentation

Leadership

WAN/LAN

Wireless tech

Tools

SolarWinds

ServiceNow

Infoblox

ThousandEyes

Job description

Randstad Digital is seeking a hands-on Network Manager to lead an engineering team overseeing global WAN, LAN, wireless and SD-WAN operations from Independence, MO. You will own Cisco ISE/NAC policies, incident resolution per ITIL, and drive vulnerability remediation and hardware lifecycle planning.

Ideal candidate has 5+ years in enterprise networking, deep Cisco routing/switching and SD-WAN experience, and a proven track record in outage leadership and mentoring.