Senior Manager - Network and Information Security

Atomic Machines•Santa Clara, CA

3d•$250,000 - $290,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Manager, Network and Information Security is a strategic leadership role within the IT team, responsible for architecting, building, and governing enterprise network and security infrastructure across a high-tech manufacturing environment. The role combines deep technical expertise in network architecture, cloud networking, and cybersecurity with people management, leading a small team of engineers and vendor resources to provide secure, resilient, and scalable connectivity across production and corporate sites. The position is the principal authority on network and security and works across IT, engineering, and business teams to align network capabilities with manufacturing goals. The role owns enterprise network architecture, including LAN/WAN, SD-WAN, wireless, interconnects, and OT/IT segmentation, as well as AWS networking and hybrid connectivity. It leads network security policy and controls, compliance support, network operations, incident response, and vendor management. The position also sets team priorities, manages on-call coverage, develops staff, and communicates network strategy, risk, and project progress to stakeholders. This is a full-time, onsite position based in either the Emeryville or Santa Clara office, with occasional work from the other office as needed.

Requirements

10 or more years of progressive network engineering experience.
At least 3 years of experience in a people management or technical lead role.
Demonstrated experience architecting enterprise-grade network solutions in a manufacturing, industrial, or highly regulated environment.
At least 5 years of hands-on experience with AWS networking services, including VPC, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, Route 53, WAF, and Security Groups.
Experience managing network security devices and platforms, including NGFWs (Palo Alto, Fortinet, or Cisco), IDS/IPS, NAC, CASB/SASE, and web filtering.
Strong background in routing and switching protocols, including BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, MSTP, VLANs, and QoS.
Experience designing and managing wireless networks across large, distributed campuses, using Cisco Meraki, Aruba, or equivalent.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Network Engineering, or a related field; equivalent experience is considered.
Experience with network platforms including Cisco IOS-XE/XR/NX-OS, Palo Alto, Juniper, Meraki, or Fortinet.
Knowledge of AWS VPC, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, VPN, WAF, Security Groups, and NACLs.
Knowledge of firewalls, IDS/IPS, SIEM tools such as Rapid7, Splunk, or Palo Alto, NAC such as Cisco FrISE or Aruba ClearPass, and vulnerability scanners.
Knowledge of BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, STP/MSTP, VXLAN, DMVPN, MPLS, 802.1x, and QoS.
Knowledge of enterprise Wi-Fi 6/6E, WPA3, WLAN controllers, RF design, and site surveys.

Nice To Haves

Certifications such as CCNP Enterprise or CCIE, AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty, CISSP or CISM, Palo Alto PCNSE, AWS Solutions Architect – Professional, or ITIL v4 Foundation.

Responsibilities

Directly supervise, mentor, and develop a small team of network and security engineers, providing technical guidance and career development.
Set team priorities, manage workloads, and ensure 24/7 network operational coverage through on-call rotations and escalation protocols.
Foster continuous improvement, knowledge sharing, and operational excellence within the network security team.
Recruit, onboard, and retain networking and security talent.
Manage external network and security vendors against service-level agreements, quality standards, and outcomes.
Own the end-to-end enterprise network architecture strategy, including LAN/WAN, SD-WAN, wireless, interconnects, and OT/IT segmentation.
Architect scalable, highly available network solutions for manufacturing operations, IoT devices, and enterprise applications.
Evaluate and recommend network technologies, vendors, and platforms to address capability gaps and future requirements.
Maintain network architecture drawings, topology diagrams, standards documentation, and lifecycle roadmaps.
Lead routing and switching design, including BGP, OSPF, VLAN segmentation, QoS, and equipment lifecycle management.
Design, implement, and manage AWS networking constructs, including VPCs, Transit Gateways, Direct Connect, VPN connections, Security Groups, and NACLs.
Architect secure, resilient, low-latency hybrid connectivity between manufacturing sites and AWS environments.
Partner with engineering and DevOps teams on network guardrails, tagging standards, and AWS Organizations-level networking policies.
Optimize AWS networking costs and performance through right-sizing, traffic engineering, and architectural reviews.
Design and enforce network security policies, including firewall rules, ZTNA, NAC, and micro-segmentation.
Oversee network vulnerability assessments and penetration-test scoping, ensure remediation, and provide risk assessment reports.
Manage installation, configuration, and lifecycle of firewalls, IDS/IPS, proxies, and related security appliances.
Support compliance activities such as NIST, SOC 2, and ISO 27001 through network-control documentation, audit evidence, and remediation.
Establish processes to keep network equipment current and hardened against known vulnerabilities.
Work with team members to facilitate Purple Team and tabletop exercises.
Lead day-to-day network operations to ensure availability, performance, and reliability across enterprise and manufacturing network segments.
Resolve network-security break/fix incidents and serve as the senior technical escalation point for internal engineers and vendors.
Oversee network monitoring platforms, defining alert thresholds, dashboards, and response runbooks.
Lead response to high-severity network outages as the escalation point from the 24/7 operational support team.
Drive root cause investigations and publish reports and corrective action plans for senior leadership.
Manage ticketing workflows and ensure SLA adherence for network work orders and user-reported issues.
Serve as the primary network engineering liaison to IT leadership, OT engineering, manufacturing operations, and engineering teams.
Participate in capacity planning, capital expenditure budgeting, and vendor contract negotiations.
Present network strategy, risk posture, and project updates to IT leadership and business stakeholders.