Manager, Security Defense Engineering

DigitalOcean • Seattle, WA

3d • Remote

About The Position

Dive in and do the best work of your career at DigitalOcean. Journey alongside a strong community of top talent who are relentless in their drive to build the simplest scalable cloud. If you have a growth mindset, naturally like to think big and bold, and are energized by the fast-paced environment of a true industry disruptor, you’ll find your place here. We value winning together—while learning, having fun, and making a profound difference for the dreamers and builders in the world.
We’re looking for a security manager passionate about defending the enterprise to lead a team of Security Engineers and Analysts.
You will manage a team dedicated to defending DigitalOcean’s corporate and production environments, reporting to the Director of Security. At the heart of this team's mission lies a commitment to building and maintaining robust systems that keep DigitalOcean's production and corporate infrastructure safe, secure, and defensible. We protect DigitalOcean from internal and external threats by implementing security tools and processes. We collaborate with teams to provide secure-by-design solutions that remove obstacles to productivity, embodying a "yes, and" philosophy rather than "no."

Requirements

• You have 2+ years of experience leading a team of security engineers or analysts.
• You are comfortable stepping into a role with 6 direct reports and have a track record of elevating talent across all levels (junior to staff) and keeping them engaged and unblocked.
• You possess a deep background in Infrastructure Security, Security Operations, or Security Engineering.
• You lead with technical credibility, providing meaningful feedback on complex systems across Identity (IAM, ZTNA), Infrastructure (VPNs, Endpoint, IDS, Vault), and Security Observability platforms.
• You have direct experience with security monitoring programs and a passion for maturing enterprise defense.
• You measure your own success by the success of your team.
• You have a track record of defining clear priorities to reduce context switching, clearing operational paths so your engineers and analysts can focus on technical execution, and ensuring they receive visibility and credit for their work.
• You translate complex security risks into business context for leadership and teach your team to communicate with empathy and clarity.
• You effectively communicate roadmaps, milestones, target dates, and project status to both your direct leadership and the extended security leadership team.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow the team
• Scale security infrastructure
• Maintain the operational health of the team’s platforms and services by overseeing a sustainable on-call rotation, serving as a secondary escalation point to support your engineers during major infrastructure disruptions or outages.
• Mature detection engineering
• Build bridges, not walls

Benefits

• We prioritize career development.
• We care about your well-being.
• We reward our employees.
• We also provide equity compensation to eligible employees, including equity grants upon hire and the option to participate in our Employee Stock Purchase Program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed