Senior Network Edge Security Manager
About The Position
The Senior Manager, Network Security Operations & Engineering leads the strategy, engineering, operations, and continuous improvement of critical network security and internet infrastructure platforms. The role oversees a team responsible for the availability, security, scalability, and performance of services supporting internal users, external customers, and business-critical applications. It owns the operational excellence and lifecycle management of Akamai CDN, certificate management, domain name management, DHCP, DNS, and WAF platforms. This position combines technical leadership, operational discipline, strategic planning, and people management. The manager develops platform roadmaps and architectural standards, leads modernization and automation, ensures 24x7 operational readiness, manages service reliability and risk, and works with technology partners, vendors, and senior leadership. The role is based in Raleigh, North Carolina, with travel of up to 10% as required.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
- 10+ years of experience in network engineering, network security, infrastructure engineering, or related disciplines.
- 5+ years of leadership experience managing technical engineering and operations teams.
- Demonstrated expertise in one or more of DNS architecture and administration, DHCP services, domain name management, SSL/TLS certificate management and PKI, web application firewalls, or content delivery networks; Akamai is preferred.
- Strong understanding of TCP/IP networking, internet architecture, HTTP/HTTPS protocols, DNS and security frameworks, and enterprise network security principles.
- Experience leading highly available, mission-critical production environments.
- Proven ability to manage vendors, budgets, and strategic technology initiatives.
- Strong communication, leadership, and relationship management skills.
Nice To Haves
- Experience administering and optimizing Akamai CDN and Akamai security solutions.
- Experience with enterprise DNS platforms such as Active Directory, BlueCat, Route 53, Azure DNS, or equivalent.
- Experience supporting hybrid and multi-cloud environments, including Azure and AWS.
- Knowledge of Zero Trust architectures and modern cybersecurity practices.
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code and automation tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Python, or PowerShell.
- Relevant certifications, including CISSP, CCNP, GIAC certifications, or Microsoft Azure Security Certifications.
Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor, and develop a team of network security and infrastructure engineers; establish objectives, performance metrics, and career development plans.
- Drive workforce planning, talent acquisition, succession planning, and employee engagement initiatives, and serve as the senior escalation point for critical incidents.
- Develop and execute the roadmap for enterprise network security and internet infrastructure services.
- Define architectural standards and engineering best practices for secure, highly available, and scalable services.
- Partner with Architects, Cybersecurity, Cloud Engineering, and Application teams on strategic technology initiatives.
- Lead platform modernization, automation programs, and technology lifecycle management.
- Oversee the engineering, operations, security, and optimization of Akamai CDN, certificate management, domain name management, DNS, DHCP, and WAF platforms.
- Maintain platform availability, resiliency, and performance; establish operational standards and service-level objectives.
- Manage technology upgrades, migrations, vendor support relationships, monitoring, health management, and appropriate automation and self-service capabilities.
- Ensure 24x7 operational readiness for critical enterprise internet-facing services.
- Lead incident, problem, change, and release management; conduct root cause analyses and implement corrective actions.
- Establish and report on SLAs, KPIs, and operational metrics; oversee capacity planning, disaster recovery preparedness, and business continuity requirements.
- Partner with Information Security to strengthen the security posture of internet-facing services and ensure secure deployment and operation of DNS, WAF, CDN, and certificate management environments.
- Lead vulnerability remediation, risk mitigation, compliance initiatives, audit support, and improvements to threat prevention, detection, and response.
- Collaborate with business units and technology partners to align services with business objectives.
- Communicate strategy, service health, risks, and investment requirements to senior leadership.
- Manage vendor and service-provider relationships, budgets, forecasts, and vendor contracts.
- Deliver projects within scope, schedule, and budget while improving service reliability, security, and operational efficiency.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
