Senior Manager, Network Operations

The role

The Senior Network Operations Manager is responsible for the design, deployment, and day-to-day health of the enterprise network. This leader manages the Global Network Operations Center, the Telecommunications Design team, and the Network Site Deployment team.

What you will do

• Lead, mentor, and develop engineers and technicians across GNOC, Telecom Design, and Network Deployment disciplines.
• Set team goals, define performance expectations, and conduct regular 1:1s.
• Partner with senior IT leadership to develop network roadmaps.
• Oversee day-to-day network operations and ensure rapid triage and resolution of incidents.
• Own the enterprise monitoring, alerting, and observability stack.
• Drive incident response processes, including severity tiers, escalation paths, and post-mortem frameworks.
• Define and enforce network configuration standards.
• Track and report on key NOC metrics to IT leadership.
• Coordinate change management for network modifications.
• Lead the Telecom Design team in planning and engineering low-voltage infrastructure.

Required qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive experience in enterprise networking
• At least 3 years in a people-management role leading multi-discipline teams
• Demonstrated expertise in LAN/WAN, routing and switching (BGP, OSPF, STP/RSTP), wireless networks, and network security fundamentals
• Hands-on experience managing or overseeing a Network Operations Center
• Experience with monitoring and alerting platforms (e.g., SolarWinds, PRTG, Datadog, Grafana/Prometheus, or similar)
• Proven track record coordinating network infrastructure deployments for new facilities in partnership with construction or real estate teams
• Solid understanding of low-voltage/telecommunications infrastructure standards (structured cabling, TIA-568/569)
• Strong project management skills with experience managing concurrent, geographically distributed projects
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Eligible to obtain and maintain a US Secret clearance

Nice to have

• Industry certifications such as CCNP or equivalent
• Experience with network automation and infrastructure-as-code tooling (Ansible, Terraform)
• Experience with ITSM platforms (Jira Service Management)
• Background supporting global or multi-region enterprise environments
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Network Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent experience

Benefits

• Comprehensive, competitive benefits package available at little to no cost to employees

Before you apply

• Eligible to obtain and maintain a US Secret clearance
• Consent to Anduril Industries using a third-party service provider to conduct pre-employment risk, integrity, and due diligence screening

About the company

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. Their family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system.