Senior Network & Systems Engineering Manager

Socket.dev; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full-time exempt

Annual bonus (15%)

Dining reimbursement

401(k) with match

Health plan options

Flexible spending accounts

Commuter benefits

Life insurance

Hybrid work in Chicago

Job summary

Rewards Network in Chicago is seeking a Manager, Network & Systems Engineering to lead a senior team while making hands-on contributions to ensure stability and modernization of our network and systems infrastructure.

The role reports to the Senior Manager, Infrastructure & Site Reliability Engineering, collaborates with Security, SRE, DBA, and product engineering teams, and requires in-office presence three days a week (Tue-Thu) in Chicago.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in network engineering, systems administration, or a combined infrastructure role.
• 2+ years in a lead or management capacity with direct reports.
• Demonstrated experience with enterprise networking (routing, switching, firewalls, VLANs).
• Proficiency administering Windows Server and Linux/Unix environments.
• Working knowledge of AWS or comparable public cloud platform.
• Experience supporting or migrating relational databases (SQL Server, PostgreSQL).
• Strong written and verbal communication; able to translate technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders and leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop, and support a team of network and systems engineers; manage performance, career growth, and day-to-day prioritization while remaining technically engaged alongside the team.
• Architect, maintain, and continuously improve on-premises network infrastructure including routing, switching, firewalls, and physical datacenter topology.
• Own the health and reliability of Windows and Linux server environments, including patching cadence, configuration management, and OS lifecycle planning.
• Drive infrastructure modernization initiatives such as datacenter consolidation, network stabilization and cloud expansion in partnership with the broader engineering organization.

Skills

Network engineering

Systems administration

People management

AWS knowledge

SQL PostgreSQL

Windows Server

Linux/Unix

Documentation

Job description

Rewards Network in Chicago is seeking a Manager, Network & Systems Engineering to lead a senior team while making hands-on contributions to ensure stability and modernization of our network and systems infrastructure.

The role reports to the Senior Manager, Infrastructure & Site Reliability Engineering, collaborates with Security, SRE, DBA, and product engineering teams, and requires in-office presence three days a week (Tue-Thu) in Chicago.