Senior Director of Managed Services, Network and Security-Advizex

Myriad360

20d•$175,000 - $275,000•Remote

About The Position

This position will join the Advizex team, a Myriad360 company. Advizex, a Myriad360 company, brings together over 50 years of innovation and client commitment. As part of Myriad360’s growing portfolio, Advizex continues to operate with the same trusted expertise and customer-first philosophy—now strengthened by broader resources and reach. For over 50 years, Advizex has done more than simply keep pace with technology—it has helped organizations stay ahead of it. With deep, real-world experience across healthcare, education, government, manufacturing, and retail, Advizex delivers IT solutions that solve meaningful business challenges across infrastructure, cloud, cybersecurity, automation, and AI. This role will join the Advizex team and play a key part in continuing that legacy. We are seeking a Senior Director of Networking & Security to lead and scale high-performing teams responsible for enterprise networking and cybersecurity services across managed services and MSSP environments. This is a people-first leadership role with primary accountability for building, managing, mentoring, and transforming teams of network and security engineers across global delivery environments. The ideal candidate is a transformational leader with a proven history of building and scaling high-performance teams, leading MSSP growth and maturity, delivering results in complex, global enterprise environments, and driving operational excellence and continuous improvement. This leader will serve as a strategic executive advisor to customers and internal stakeholders, responsible for defining infrastructure roadmaps, evolving managed services capabilities, and ensuring scalable, resilient, and cost-optimized environments. The ideal candidate brings a blend of deep technical expertise, strong business acumen, and proven experience leading high-performing engineering and architecture teams within a managed services or enterprise environment. This position plays a critical role in expanding managed services offerings, improving service delivery maturity, and aligning infrastructure services with modern hybrid cloud and consumption-based models. Candidate should be able to serve as a trusted advisor, with the ability to simplify complex issues and speak to C-Suite executives. Excellent customer service skills are a must. The successful candidate will lead managers and drive initiatives around processes, training, delivery quality, and customer service to support a growing managed services business.

Requirements

Proven experience as a senior people leader managing large networking and security teams
Demonstrated success building, scaling, and transforming high-performance teams
Experience leading global delivery operations within MSP/MSSP environments
Expertise across core networking fundamentals and advanced security domains
Deep experience in networking infrastructure, protocols, and architecture
Deep experience in SASE / SSE / ZTNA
Deep experience in Identity-first security (IAM, Okta, Azure AD, PAM)
Deep experience in XDR / MDR and security operations
Deep experience in Cloud security (CNAPP, CSPM, CWPP)
Deep experience in Compliance frameworks (NIST, SOC2, HIPAA)
Deep experience in OT / IoT / edge security
Deep experience in DDoS and network protection strategies
Strong understanding of Zero Trust architecture and modern security frameworks
Experience building or scaling managed services portfolios and delivery frameworks
Familiarity with automation and monitoring tools (e.g., LogicMonitor, ServiceNow, scripting frameworks)
Strong financial acumen related to infrastructure cost models and consumption-based services
Prior experience building or turning around high-performance managed services teams
Prior experience implementing and scaling ITIL and LEAN process frameworks
Strong financial and operational acumen
Strong understanding of ITSM frameworks, operational processes, and managed services delivery models
Experience in performance tuning, capacity planning, and large-scale infrastructure optimization
Excellent executive communication skills with the ability to simplify complex technical concepts
15-20+ years of experience in enterprise networking and security, with at least 10+ years in leadership roles, and at least 5+ years in people leadership roles showing increasing levels of seniority
Prior experience in a Managed Services Provider (MSP) or consulting organization
Prior experience leading and developing managers
Proven track record of growing a business with documented cases of close collaboration with sales executives
Experience building training programs and engineering career paths
Strong experience in resource planning, utilization, and service profitability
Familiarity with ServiceNow, SIEM, SOAR, and monitoring platforms
Deep LEAN experience, including Kaizen and continuous improvement, waste elimination and process optimization, standardization and operational governance, and transformation of service delivery organizations
Must be based in United States

Nice To Haves

CISSP, CISM, CCIE, or equivalent
Cloud security certifications (AWS, Azure)
LEAN / Six Sigma

Responsibilities

Build, lead, and scale high-performance teams of network and security engineers, architects, and technical leaders
Develop structured training, certification, and career progression programs
Lead global hiring, onboarding, and workforce planning strategies
Drive organizational transformation and turnarounds for underperforming teams
Establish strong coaching, mentorship, and leadership development frameworks
Lead globally distributed teams supporting 24x7 managed services and MSSP operations (NOC/SOC alignment)
Scale delivery across multi-client, multi-region environments
Own SLAs, KPIs, and customer satisfaction metrics
Drive automation, standardization, and service delivery maturity
Oversee enterprise network infrastructure including physical components (routers, switches, cabling) and virtual networking layers across data center and cloud environments
Ensure deep expertise across network protocols, including TCP/IP, UDP, HTTP/HTTPS, DNS, SMTP/IMAP
Govern architecture and standards for IP addressing (IPv4/IPv6) and subnetting strategies, MAC addressing and Layer 2/Layer 3 segmentation, and Ports and service communication models
Define and standardize network topologies, including star, mesh, hybrid, and distributed architectures
Drive performance across network availability, throughput, latency, and fault tolerance, and high availability (HA) and redundancy architectures
Lead modernization of cloud networking, including virtual networks, VPCs, hybrid connectivity, and secure segmentation
Lead SASE / SSE / ZTNA strategy and service delivery
Enable secure, identity-driven access across distributed environments
Oversee IAM (Okta, Azure AD) and Privileged Access Management (PAM)
Implement Zero Trust identity models and governance
Lead XDR / MDR capabilities and service delivery
Drive SIEM / SOAR integration, threat detection, and response maturity
Own security capabilities across CNAPP, CSPM, CWPP
Secure hybrid and multi-cloud environments
Align services to NIST, SOC 2, HIPAA frameworks
Embed compliance into managed service delivery models
Secure operational technology, IoT, and edge environments
Drive segmentation, monitoring, and risk reduction strategies
Lead DDoS protection, firewall strategy, IDS/IPS, and segmentation
Ensure proactive defense and threat containment across network layers
Own end-to-end delivery performance across networking and security services
Drive maturity in incident, problem, and change management, and monitoring and observability
Lead LEAN-driven continuous improvement, including process optimization and waste reduction, standard work and performance metrics, and operational transformation across global teams
Serve as an executive leader in client engagements and escalations
Lead strategic reviews, service improvement initiatives, and roadmap discussions
Partner with sales and solutions teams to expand MSSP and networking offerings