IT Network Manager

ENABLE your future through light.

Excelitas is a global technology leader with more than 7,500 employees, focused on delivering market-driven solutions to fulfill the illumination, optical, detection and imaging needs of OEMs and end-users across the biomedical, semiconductor, industrial, consumer products, scientific, security, defense and aerospace sectors.

ENGAGE with us today and make your contribution to the future! Join the team that leading technology companies turn to for cutting-edge photonic innovation. At Excelitas Technologies you are how we EXCEL.

About Excelitas Technologies

Excelitas is a global technology leader with more than 7,500 employees, focused on delivering market-driven solutions to fulfill the illumination, optical, detection and imaging needs of OEMs and end-users across the biomedical, semiconductor, industrial, consumer products, scientific, security, defense and aerospace sectors.

Excelitas is a global leader in advanced photonics, powering innovation across life sciences, aerospace, defense, semiconductor manufacturing, industrial instrumentation, and more. We design and build everything from individual optical components to fully integrated photonic systems—delivering the technology that enables our customers’ most mission-critical breakthroughs.

Role Overview

We are excited to welcome a hands-on, people-centric IT Network Manager to our Pittsburgh headquarters. In this role, you’ll lead a talented team while staying deeply involved in the engineering work that keeps our enterprise networks secure, scalable, and high-performing.

This is an ideal opportunity for someone who thrives in both leadership and technical execution—and wants to make a meaningful impact on a growing global organization.

What You’ll Do

• Lead and develop a high-performing network/IT team—providing coaching, guidance, and growth opportunities while driving a culture of collaboration and accountability.
• Stay hands-on with daily operations, including the configuration, deployment, and maintenance of routers, switches, firewalls, wireless access points, and core infrastructure.
• Design and evolve our enterprise network architecture, ensuring our LAN/WAN and cloud environments are secure, resilient, and ready for the business needs of today and tomorrow.
• Own complex troubleshooting and escalations, quickly diagnosing and resolving issues to protect uptime and performance.
• Drive major network and IT projects, managing scope, budgets, timelines, and communication across the organization.
• Strengthen our security posture by developing and enforcing policies around firewalls, VPNs, IDS/IPS, and access control.
• Build strong relationships with vendors and internal partners, helping shape requirements, negotiate SLAs, and ensure successful delivery of solutions.
• Maintain clear, accessible documentation for architectures, configurations, processes, and disaster recovery plans—supporting reliability, governance, and continuity.

What You Bring

A strong candidate will have

• Deep, hands-on experience with enterprise LAN/WAN environments, routing, switching, TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, and wireless systems.
• Proficiency with enterprise-grade routers, switches, firewalls, WLAN controllers, and cloud networking concepts.
• Solid understanding of network security practices—including VPNs, IDS/IPS, threat detection, and secure architecture principles.
• Experience deploying and managing enterprise wireless networks.
• Familiarity with cloud networking in AWS (VPC, Direct Connect) or Azure (VNet, ExpressRoute).
• Knowledge of network monitoring, automation, and performance tools.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, especially in high-pressure or time-sensitive environments.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to translate technical topics for non-technical audiences.
• Experience with ITIL practices and disciplined approaches to change, incident, and problem management.
• Leadership strengths—mentorship, delegation, performance management, and team motivation.

Highly Preferred Certifications & Experience

To stand out even more, you may also bring

• CCNA, CCNP, Network+, or similar industry certifications
• 7+ years of progressive experience in networking roles
• 3+ years directly managing or leading an engineering team
• Proven success delivering large-scale infrastructure projects

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Network Engineering, or a related field OR equivalent practical experience with strong demonstration of capability

No relocation offered for this position

Must be a US Persons/No sponsorship offered for this position

This is an on-site position

Our hiring criteria meets the requirements of the OLF

All applicants must comply with the CGP (Controlled Goods Program).

Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer

Minorities/Females/Disability/Gender Identity/Sexual Orientation

Excelitas is seeking leaders and innovators to join our global team! Visit: www.excelitas.com/join-our-team

This position requires the use of information which is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR)

Visa sponsorship is not available for any position at Excelitas

Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer

Minorities/Females/Disability/Veteran/Gender Identity/Sexual Orientation

Excelitas is seeking leaders and innovators to join our global team!

Visit: https://jobs.excelitas.com/