Senior Manager, IT (Global Networking)

Sr. IT Manager, Infrastructure & Network Operations

Location: NYC

Travel: Up to 10%

Skills, Experience, Qualifications, If you have the right match for this opportunity, then make sure to apply today.

Position:

We are looking for a strategic Sr. IT Manager to lead our Network and Systems Infrastructure organization across a fully cloud-connected environment. In this role, you will set the vision for network operations, AWS-hosted infrastructure, enterprise DNS architecture, and VPN across multiple office locations, empowering a skilled team to execute. Our organization is exploding with growth.

In this position you will manage a team of two Senior Network Engineers and two Systems Engineers, with close partnership across Information Security, IT Enterprise Applications, and the Service Desk.

Responsibilities:

• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing infrastructure team. Define goals, drive career
• growth, and own the infrastructure roadmap in partnership with IT leadership.
• Establish the strategic direction for network infrastructure, including Meraki, Palo Alto, AWS VPC and Transit Gateway, and enterprise DNS, ensuring reliability, scalability, and security across all office and cloud environments.
• Provide oversight and guidance on AWS environments supporting microservices and Kubernetes workloads.
• Champion best practices for hybrid connectivity and cloud architecture, enabling the team to execute effectively.
• Partner with InfoSec on governance frameworks, security posture, and incident response strategy.
• Collaborate with the Service Desk to reduce recurring incidents and build organizational
• capability over time.
• Drive architecture documentation standards, lead root cause analysis reviews, manage key vendor relationships, and contribute to infrastructure budgeting and lifecycle planning.

Desired Experience:

• 7+ years of experience across on-premises and cloud network environments, including 4+ years leading technical teams.
• Sufficient technical grounding in DNS architecture, IPSec/VPN, BGP/OSPF, AWS VPC, and hybrid cloud to lead expert engineers and make sound architectural decisions.
• Familiarity with monitoring tools such as ThousandEyes and Grafana.
• Exposure to Kubernetes and containerized environments is a plus.
• Excellent communicator and collaborator, able to translate technical complexity for leadership, manage vendor relationships, and align cross-functional partners.
• CCNP or PCNSE certification a plus.