Senior Network Lead: Enterprise WAN/LAN & Zero-Trust

Safe Fleet; Southfield, Northern (MI, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Clarience Technologies is seeking a Network Team Lead for our corporate field office in Southfield, MI. The role oversees enterprise-wide WAN, LAN, WLAN, and cloud-connected networks across multiple business units, and acts as the senior technical authority on network initiatives.

The candidate will design, deploy, and maintain enterprise-grade network solutions, mentor regional admins, and coordinate with IT leadership during M&A activities while aligning with security/compliance objectives

Qualifications

• 8+ years of progressive network engineering experience.
• 3+ years in a senior or lead role.
• Experience managing multi-tenant or multi-organization network environments.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a technical field.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the design and operation of enterprise-wide WAN, LAN, WLAN, and cloud-connected networks.
• Develop and enforce network architecture standards, policies, and procedures across the portfolio.
• Act as the senior technical authority for all network-related initiatives, ensuring alignment with corporate security and performance objectives.
• Architect, deploy, and maintain enterprise-grade network solutions.
• Lead advanced troubleshooting for network and security issues, coordinating with internal teams and external vendors.
• Design and implement network segmentation, zero trust architectures, and scalable VPN/remote access solutions.
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to regional and local network administrators supporting the 30 companies.
• Collaborate with corporate IT leadership to support mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures (M&A).
• Partner with cybersecurity teams to ensure networks are hardened against threats and compliance requirements (e.g., NIST, ISO 27001, CMMC).

Skills

Network engineering

Leadership

Vendor management

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Tools

Networking certifications

Job description

Clarience Technologies is seeking a Network Team Lead for our corporate field office in Southfield, MI. The role oversees enterprise-wide WAN, LAN, WLAN, and cloud-connected networks across multiple business units, and acts as the senior technical authority on network initiatives.

The candidate will design, deploy, and maintain enterprise-grade network solutions, mentor regional admins, and coordinate with IT leadership during M&A activities while aligning with security/compliance objectives