Primary Purpose of Job
Leads and develops a network engineer operations team while actively contributing to the design and architecture of enterprise network solutions - planning, configuration, and installation of network systems, including LANs, LAN internetworking, and WAN environments, inclusive of connections to partner networks. This role ensures reliable, secure, and scalable network services through a balance of operational excellence, forward-looking architecture, and collaborative leadership that fosters accountability, urgency, and positive team engagement.
Major Job Accountabilities
- Leads, mentors, and manages the network administration team to deliver reliable, secure, and high-performing network services.
- Oversee 24/7 network operations, ensuring rapid response and resolution of production issues with minimal business impact.
- Establishes and monitors KPIs/SLAs to measure operational effectiveness and continuously improve team performance.
- Serves as a hands-on network architect, contributing to the design and evolution of LAN, WAN, cloud, and hybrid network environments.
- Collaborates with network engineering teammates with architectural planning for scalability, resilience, and security aligned with business and technology strategies.
- Collaborates with engineering teammates to review and approve network designs, configurations, and changes to ensure alignment with enterprise architecture standards.
- Evaluates emerging technologies and recommend innovations to improve performance, reliability, and cost efficiency.
- Partners with leadership to define and execute network infrastructure strategy and roadmap.
- Identifies opportunities for automation, optimization, and modernization of network services.
- Balances short-term operational needs with long-term architectural goals.
- Collaborates closely with infrastructure, security, application, and business teams to deliver integrated solutions.
- Acts as a key liaison between technical teams, vendors, and business stakeholders.
- Promotes a team-first mindset, encouraging open communication, knowledge sharing, and mutual support.
- Ensures disciplined execution of change management processes with minimal risk to production systems.
- Leads root cause analysis and implement preventative measures to reduce recurring issues.
- Champions continuous improvement in ITIL-based processes.
- Coaches, mentors, and develop team members technically and professionally.
- Fosters a positive, inclusive, and high-morale team environment that encourages innovation and growth.
- Leads by example with a proactive, solution-oriented, and adaptable mindset.
- Ensure network infrastructure adheres to security policies, regulatory requirements, and internal standards.
- Implements and maintains appropriate controls to safeguard systems and data integrity.
Experience Required
Minimum five (5) years of experience in the following:
- 5+ years managing network or infrastructure teams in a production environment.
- Proven experience in both:
- Network operations leadership, and
- Network design/architecture (enterprise-scale preferred)
- Experience leading incident response and driving operational improvements in time-sensitive environments.
Required Skills or Training
- Possesses experience in managing projects to deliver IT solutions in a time-critical manner.
- Strong leadership presence with the ability to inspire, motivate, and unify teams.
- Demonstrated ability to operate with urgency while maintaining quality and strategic focus.
- Deep technical expertise in network architecture (routing, switching, firewalls, cloud networking, etc.).
- Proven ability to balance hands-on technical work with leadership responsibilities.
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities, especially in high-pressure situations.
- Commitment to fostering a positive team culture and high employee engagement.
Professional Certifications, Licenses, And/or Registration Requirements
- Cisco CCNA Certification preferred.
- Relevant architecture or cloud networking certifications (e.g., AWS, Azure) are a plus.
EOE, including disability/veterans
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Skills Required
- At least 5 years managing network or infrastructure teams in a production environment
- Experience leading network operations
- Experience with enterprise network design and architecture
- Experience leading incident response and operational improvements in time-sensitive environments
- Experience managing projects delivering IT solutions in a time-critical manner
- Deep technical expertise in routing, switching, firewalls, cloud networking, and network architecture
- Ability to balance hands-on technical work with leadership responsibilities
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities in high-pressure situations
- Cisco CCNA certification
- Relevant architecture or cloud networking certification, such as AWS or Azure
What We Do
American Savings Bank (ASB) has served Hawaii’s businesses and communities for over 100 years, offering a full range of financial services including business and consumer banking, home loans, insurance and investments. One of Hawaii’s leading financial institutions, ASB provides convenient online banking and branch locations statewide with evening, weekend and holiday hours. For six years, Forbes has named ASB America’s Best In-State Bank, recognizing its performance in trust, branch and digital services, customer service, financial advice, and terms and conditions. ASB pairs its customer experience with a nationally recognized employee experience. It has been named one of Hawaii Business Magazine’s Best Places to Work for 15 years and honored by American Banker as one of the Best Banks to Work For, by Newsweek as one of America’s Greatest Workplaces, and by Fortune as one of the 100 Best Workplaces for Women and 50 Best Workplaces for Diversity. Through its Seeds of Service program, ASB teammates have contributed more than 136,000 volunteer hours, with millions of dollars donated to Hawaii nonprofits and community organizations. For more information, follow American Savings Bank on Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn.







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