Senior Technical Network & Security Lead

Job Summary: Designs, secures and supports enterprise network, telecommunications and security infrastructure. Evaluates technologies and proposes future-state architectures to address business requirements; presents recommendations to the VP, Information Services, who retains final decision and approval authority. Leads approved projects, advances security, data and AI governance, develops policies and procedures, and mentors junior staff. Essential Responsibilities: Design, configure and troubleshoot LAN/WAN, wireless, Netskope and Cisco/Meraki routing and switching; apply BGP, OSPF, segmentation, VLANs and ACLs.Operate, secure and maintain network, telecom, collaboration, security and Meraki camera infrastructure; ensure availability, performance and controlled changes.Evaluate business needs and recommend future-state network, telecom and security architectures, standards, policies and multi-year technology plans for leadership review and approval.Implement and validate security controls; investigate alerts, vulnerabilities and incidents; coordinate escalation, remediation and recovery with IS teams and MSPs.Lead approved network, infrastructure and security projects through closeout; manage approved scope, schedules, budgets, resources, risks, dependencies, communications and delivery outcomes; escalate decisions outside delegated authority.Assess technology options, costs, risks and benefits; prepare business cases and present architecture and investment recommendations to the VP, Information Services, who makes all final technology, strategy and expenditure decisions.Administer and interpret monitoring and security tools, including Darktrace, CrowdStrike, Varonis, Cyera and ManageEngine; track risks, service metrics and effectiveness.Maintain accurate architecture diagrams, configurations, procedures, runbooks and training materials; train and mentor junior staff to build independent support capability.Manage MSPs, vendors and cross-functional project teams; track milestones, costs and deliverables, resolve issues, enforce change control and provide clear status reporting to leadership.Develop and maintain security awareness programs; contribute to data governance and AI governance, including data protection, access controls, AI use policies, risk assessments and security reviews.Understand data-center dependencies including compute, virtualization, storage, backup and disaster recovery to support integrated infrastructure.