Senior IT Infrastructure & Network Leader — Cloud & AWS

Stealth Startup; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Stealth Startup in New York City seeks a strategic Sr. IT Manager to lead Network and Systems Infrastructure in a fully cloud-connected environment.

You will set the vision for network operations, AWS-hosted infrastructure, enterprise DNS, and VPN across multiple offices. You will mentor two Senior Network Engineers and two Systems Engineers while partnering with Information Security and the Service Desk to improve reliability, security, and performance as the company grows.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience across on-premises and cloud networks.
• 4+ years leading technical teams and setting roadmaps.
• Strong DNS, IPSec/VPN, BGP/OSPF, AWS VPC, and hybrid cloud knowledge.
• Experience with monitoring tools like ThousandEyes and Grafana.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes and containerized environments is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop an infrastructure team; define goals and roadmap.
• Set strategic direction for network infrastructure including AWS and VPN.
• Provide guidance on DNS, security posture, and incident response.
• Collaborate with InfoSec, Service Desk, and IT Enterprise Applications.
• Drive architecture documentation standards and vendor relationships.

Skills

Network management

Team leadership

Cloud infrastructure

AWS

DNS architecture

VPN

Kubernetes

Communications

Tools

Meraki

Palo Alto

AWS VPC

Transit Gateway

DNS monitoring (ThousandEyes)

Grafana

BGP/OSPF

Job description

Stealth Startup in New York City seeks a strategic Sr. IT Manager to lead Network and Systems Infrastructure in a fully cloud-connected environment.

You will set the vision for network operations, AWS-hosted infrastructure, enterprise DNS, and VPN across multiple offices. You will mentor two Senior Network Engineers and two Systems Engineers while partnering with Information Security and the Service Desk to improve reliability, security, and performance as the company grows.