Manager, Network & Cybersecurity Engineering-816

Hillsborough County•Tampa, FL

About The Position

This position leads the combined Network and Cybersecurity Engineering teams and serves as both a hands-on senior engineer and working manager. The role is responsible for providing day-to-day technical and operational leadership while remaining directly involved in complex engineering work across enterprise networking and cybersecurity domains. The Manager of Network & Cybersecurity Engineering is responsible for the design, configuration, implementation, maintenance, monitoring, and continual improvement of the organization’s enterprise network and cybersecurity platforms. This includes technical leadership for network infrastructure, perimeter security, network security, endpoint security, application security, data security, threat prevention, security monitoring, and incident response. This role functions as the organization’s lead network engineer and primary cybersecurity engineering leader. The position is expected to establish technical standards, guide platform strategy, oversee engineering and operational readiness, support incident response efforts, evaluate new technologies, assist with budgeting and lifecycle planning, and ensure alignment between infrastructure, security, and organizational goals. While the role includes supervisory responsibilities, it is intentionally structured to remain highly hands-on, particularly as the network and cybersecurity teams continue to integrate and mature.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Network Engineering, Cybersecurity, or a related field; or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
7+ years of progressively responsible hands-on experience in enterprise network engineering and/or cybersecurity engineering.
Significant experience working in a complex enterprise environment.
Strong hands-on experience with Cisco network infrastructure, including switches, routers, routing, switching, and network troubleshooting.
Strong hands-on experience with Check Point firewalls, including configuration, troubleshooting, policy management, and maintenance.
Demonstrated experience leading or coordinating complex technical work across both infrastructure and security domains.
Experience in team leadership, supervision, or mentorship, whether formal or informal.
Demonstrated experience supporting or leading cybersecurity functions such as incident response, security engineering, monitoring, prevention, or security platform administration.

Nice To Haves

Cisco CCNP certification strongly preferred; equivalent advanced enterprise network engineering experience may be considered.
Additional Cisco certifications such as CCIE are a plus.
CISSP or equivalent cybersecurity certification is preferred.
Candidates may be required to complete technical assessments.
Candidates may be required to provide certification verification where applicable.

Responsibilities

Provide day-to-day leadership, guidance, and mentorship to network and cybersecurity engineers.
Supervise team member performance, development, skill progression, and work prioritization.
Support staffing, recruiting, onboarding, retention, and succession planning efforts.
Build and maintain a unified culture across the combined network and cybersecurity teams.
Collaborate with IT leadership, operational directors, business stakeholders, and project teams to align priorities and resources.
Serve as the primary technical escalation point for complex network and cybersecurity issues.
Function as the organization’s lead engineer for enterprise network infrastructure and related security technologies.
Configure, troubleshoot, optimize, and maintain Cisco switches, routers, wireless, VPN, and related network technologies.
Administer, configure, troubleshoot, and support Check Point firewalls and related perimeter security platforms.
Lead complex troubleshooting efforts involving infrastructure, connectivity, segmentation, firewall policy, secure remote access, and security enforcement layers.
Perform and support upgrades, migrations, lifecycle replacements, patching, and performance optimization across network and security platforms.
Maintain direct involvement in technical design, implementation, root-cause analysis, and production support.
Serve as the senior technical leader for cybersecurity engineering, security operations coordination and incident response.
Lead or coordinate technical incident response activities for cybersecurity and network-related events, including containment, eradication, recovery, and post-incident improvement.
Develop, maintain, and improve cybersecurity engineering standards, response procedures, and technical playbooks.
Evaluate, recommend, implement, and optimize technologies that strengthen prevention, visibility, monitoring, and response capabilities.
Partner with internal teams and external providers to support vulnerability management, logging, alerting, investigation, and remediation efforts.
Maintain awareness of emerging threats, attack techniques, defensive controls, and relevant technologies.
Design and implement scalable, resilient, and secure infrastructure solutions.
Define and maintain architecture standards, engineering baselines, hardening standards, and best practices.
Ensure layered security controls are incorporated across network, endpoint, application, identity, and data environments.
Evaluate new products, platforms, and services for business value, risk reduction, and technical fit.
Recommend strategic improvements in enterprise architecture, security posture, redundancy, and resilience.
Monitor network and security platform performance, capacity, health, and reliability.
Maintain operational readiness through patching, updates, backups, lifecycle planning, and configuration management.
Enforce security policies, technical standards, and regulatory or compliance requirements.
Ensure systems and platforms are maintained in a secure, supported, and auditable manner.
Support vulnerability remediation and operational follow-through on identified infrastructure and security risks.
Assist with long-term infrastructure and cybersecurity strategy, planning, and roadmap development.
Prepare, support, and track budgets for network and security initiatives, maintenance, renewals, and capital planning.
Lead or participate in technical projects from planning through implementation and operational transition.
Develop and maintain documentation related to architecture, standards, operational procedures, configurations, and recovery processes.
Identify opportunities for modernization, risk reduction, service improvement, and operational efficiency.
Work with vendors and partners to evaluate solutions, procure equipment and services, and resolve technical issues.
Oversee support relationships, maintenance agreements, renewals, and service expectations.
Coordinate with service providers, security partners, and other third parties to support operational and strategic objectives.
Ensure vendor-delivered solutions align with technical standards, security requirements, and business needs.