at State of Delaware in Newark, Delaware, United States
Job Description
The Network Manager is responsible for overseeing the design, implementation, and maintenance of the organization’s network infrastructure to ensure high levels of availability, performance, and security. This role provides leadership to network engineering staff, manages vendor relationships, and drives strategic planning for network growth and modernization. The Network Manager collaborates closely with IT leadership and cross-functional teams to deliver reliable connectivity and optimize network operations. The ideal candidate is also a meticulous task manager who effectively prioritizes workloads, manages resources with discipline, and pushes teams and vendors to meet service goals and timelines.To view the entire job announcement and apply, Click Here.
Applicants must have education, training and/or experience demonstrating competence in each of the following areas:
- Minimum of 8 years of network engineering/administration experience.
- At least 5 years of leadership or supervisory experience.
- Proficiency in routing, switching, firewalls, VPNs, SD WAN, and load balancers.
- Demonstrated skills in performance monitoring and vulnerability management.
- Strong vendor and contract management abilities.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Valid professional certifications.
Applicants who do not possess the preferred qualification will still be eligible to compete for this position if job requirements are met.
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Networking, or a related field; a master’s degree is a plus.
- Accept a combination of education + experience (as supported internally).
Experience:
- Demonstrated success in directing technical teams, managing workloads, and driving resources to meet service goals and project timelines.
- Demonstrated incident response, change management, and security protocols.
- 5–12 years progressively responsible network engineering and operations work with at least three years in a leadership/management role.
- Strong proficiency with enterprise network technologies (routing, switching, firewalls, wireless, VPN, SD‑WAN, load balancing).
- Experience managing network infrastructure in hybrid cloud environments such as Azure, AWS.
- Strong understanding of network security standards, system administration, and IT operations.
- Proven ability to coach and develop staff.
- Strong communication, planning, and organizational skills.
- Experience with incident response, vulnerability management, and infrastructure
