Network Engineering Team Lead

CSC•Tallahassee, FL

14d•Remote

About The Position

The Network Engineering Team Lead (Cloud) leads a team of network engineers responsible for designing, implementing, securing, and maintaining the organization's cloud and hybrid network infrastructure. This role combines hands-on technical leadership with people management, ensuring network reliability, scalability, and security across multi-cloud and on-premises environments while mentoring engineers and driving process improvement.

Requirements

7+ years of experience in network engineering, infrastructure engineering, or a related field, with significant experience designing and supporting enterprise-scale cloud and hybrid network environments.
2+ years of experience leading, supervising, or mentoring network engineering teams, including experience with performance management, work prioritization, and technical development.
Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure networking , including VNets, subnets, peering, routing, load balancing, network security groups, Azure Firewall, DNS, and related cloud networking services.
Proven experience designing and managing hybrid cloud connectivity , including VPN, ExpressRoute, SD-WAN, and connectivity between cloud and on-premises environments.
Strong understanding of core networking concepts and technologies, including TCP/IP, routing, switching, DNS, DHCP, firewalls, network segmentation, VPNs, and load balancing.
Experience with network security and zero-trust principles , including segmentation, encryption, firewall policy, identity-based access, and vulnerability remediation.
Experience with network automation and infrastructure as code , using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, PowerShell, Python, or similar technologies.
Experience with network monitoring and observability , including implementing or supporting tools such as Elastic Observability, Azure Monitor, or comparable platforms.
Demonstrated experience leading incident response, troubleshooting complex network issues, performing root-cause analysis, and driving remediation in high-availability environments.
Experience working cross-functionally with Cloud, DevOps, Security, and application teams, with the ability to communicate complex technical concepts and risks to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Experience working in environments subject to security, compliance, and regulatory requirements such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, or PCI-DSS .
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Responsibilities

Supervise, mentor, and develop a team of cloud network engineers, including performance management, scheduling, and career development.
Assign and prioritize project work, incident response, and on-call rotations.
Conduct 1:1s, performance reviews, and support hiring/onboarding of team members.
Design and oversee implementation of secure, scalable network architectures primarily in Azure (VPCs/VNets, subnets, peering, transit gateways, load balancers).
Manage hybrid connectivity solutions (VPN, Direct Connect, ExpressRoute, SD-WAN).
Own network segmentation, routing, DNS, and firewall policy design in cloud environments.
Ensure high availability and performance of cloud network infrastructure; lead incident response and root-cause analysis for network outages.
Establish and monitor SLAs/SLOs for network performance and uptime.
Drive automation of network provisioning and configuration management.
Drive Elastic Observability implementation.
Partner with security teams to enforce network security best practices (zero trust, micro-segmentation, encryption in transit).
Ensure compliance with relevant standards (SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI-DSS as applicable).
Support audits and vulnerability remediation efforts related to network infrastructure.
Work closely with Cloud, DevOps, Security, and application teams to support infrastructure and deployment needs.
Serve as an escalation point for complex network issues.
Communicate network strategy, risks, and roadmap to IT leadership