Network Security Manager (m/f/d)

The Network Security Manager will be responsible for the day-to-day Operations for this region. This individual will be the primary lead and main point of contact for all EMEA offices for issues related to network, security, voice and telecom services. A large and important part of this person’s responsibility will be to ensure 100% reliability of these services for the manufacturing plant located in Dresden along with delivering strong service quality to the other site offices in Munich, Sofia.

Responsibilities:

• Manage a team of highly skilled network & security engineers, technicians in the delivery of network, security, voice and video services
• Responsible for mentoring team members with latest trends and best practices in network & security technologies
• Responsible for setting goals and objective for direct reports that align with the overall business goals
• Conduct strategic planning to deliver 100% reliability of Network Security services for this region
• Responsible for the overall performance, availability and security of the Network Security infrastructure.
• Responsible for implementing global, enterprise wide IT network strategies, architecture and solutions in alignment with Company goals
• Drive planning to stabilize and improve service delivery
• Lead in the effort to collaborate across Regions (US and APAC) and establish strong partnerships with counterparts in US & APAC.
• Work closely with Data Center Operations, Service Desk, End User Computing, Enterprise Application, Geographic Leads to drive excellence and apply IT best practices
• Represent team in Daily Operations Meetings when needed to review Integrated Manufacturing Information Technology (IMIT) initiatives or review service outages, if necessary
• Work globally across various cultures to deliver on solutions in a timely manner
• Conduct strategic analysis of existing, new and evolving Network & Security technologies
• Ability to develop, describe and communicate Security Baselines and Policies
• Provide subject matter expertise to IT Compliance during IT internal and external audits
• Ability to research and understand the latest vulnerabilities and threats and direct team to mitigate the risk
• Good understanding of TCP/IP networking skills with good experience in managing large Cisco network infrastructure
• Good understanding of Checkpoint, PA, Cisco firewalls, IPS devices, Proxy and DLP systems
• Customer facing skills are highly required

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor degree preferred in Computer Science, Information Systems or equivalent field of study
• 4 – 6 years experience in Network & Security operations with minimum 3 years experience as manager of network security operations
• Must have experience working in a global team
• General knowledge of a telecom and backbone network infrastructure
• General knowledge of Layer 2 & 3 Networking Concepts
• Demonstrated experience in integration, planning, coordination, and facilitating network information system related activities such as upgrade of hardware and software, and implementation of internet and intranet sites
• Strong awareness of Security technologies and products
• Must possess excellent interpersonal skills to relate to management, business customers, vendors and the technical IT team
• Experience and understanding of IT infrastructure services that include LAN’s, WAN’s, telecommunications
• Experience in using all office products, especially Visio, MS Project, PowerPoint, Excel and Word.
• Project Management experience for handling large network & Security projects
• Good communication skills, both written and verbal, and excellent presentation skills
• Demonstrated strong work ethic and commitment to professional continuous development
• Able to direct resources that do not directly work for the incumbent
• Very much a self-starter as the job will be interrupt driven
• Able to manage vendors in terms of problem tracking, quality, deliverable s, timely responses
• Very strong negotiating skills, clear thinker, able to perform under pressure
• Calm, and even tempered in handling stressful situations that require composure
• Experience in Manufacturing, in particular, Semiconductor is good to have
• Experience in project managing technology implementations
• Industry Certification in network and security is good to have