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As the Director, Public Cloud Engineering you will staff, manage and lead teams responsible for the design, development and implementation of strategies and solutions for Netskope’s Public Cloud footprint and related support systems. You will lead strategic and tactical initiatives by ensuring the cross functional teams execute the design, build, and ongoing management of complex computing systems based primarily on microservice architectures. In addition, you will provide management and technical leadership by establishing processes, scope of teams/individuals, sharing best practices and technology trends, and acting as a mentor related to their area(s) of expertise.
Essential Functions:
- Embrace our corporate culture by fostering collaboration without boundaries, encouraging teamwork and communication that is clear, open, and honest.
- Staff and lead the cloud engineering teams by establishing roles and responsibilities, processes, and expectations
- Oversee the recruitment, training, and development of managers, team leads, and staff level members.
- Establish and execute on a multi-quarter roadmap for services owned, created, or adopted by the team. Integrate cross-functional and organization wide priorities into the multi-quarter roadmap and establish the necessary processes to communicate and track status.
- Act as a product owner for services owned, supplying requirements, prioritizing and grooming the backlog, and providing clarification of scope.
- Act as the program manager and agile lead for projects spanning one or more areas, teams, and technologies.
- Mentor managers and team leads in the establishment of roadmaps, definition of done, team/individual performance, and the execution of agile/scrum methodologies.
- Mentor and direct others in their technology evaluations, technical designs, and technical implementations.
- Direct and establish processes for the development of implementations, service definitions, component interfaces and experimental prototypes to the operations, and engineering teams for systems within a product or service family.
- Direct and establish processes for the design, development, testing, documentation, and implementation of strategies, automation, and solutions for Netskope’s production services.
- Establish, understand, document, and be able to communicate, the nonfunctional requirements for the system (security, reliability, scalability, maintainability, etc.).
- Direct the team and ensure the coverage of subject matter expertise on all aspects of designated Netskope products, services, and their dependent infrastructure in order to support and improve the reliability, function, and scalability of these solutions.
Required Experience:
- Masters’’s Degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, or combination of comparable education and experience typically obtained by 10 or more years related work experience.
- 15+ years demonstrated expertise in designing, building and managing complex computing systems and teams. This includes a mix of on-prem and offsite teams, as well as managing offshore contractors.
- Comprehensive understanding of Public Cloud architecture and design to include working knowledge of specific details and design of some of the prominent Public Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP,etc…).
- Experience with business requirements and functional specifications regarding interface development, functional architecture, and distributed software design/implementation.
- Demonstrated ability to staff multiple and direct teams capable of developing large-scale functional system and data architectures; implementation designs in collaboration with stakeholders in a distributed workforce environment.
- Demonstrated ability and willingness to act as subject matter expert, tracking technology/industry trends, and to provide data-driven reasoning for recommending technology paths.
- Demonstrated ability to mentor or direct others in their technology evaluations.
Desired Experience:
- Demonstrated ability to sanitize and drive automation in a rapidly growing global system
- Deep expertise with operational support systems, automation, and CI/CD tools
- Knowledge of the Agile project management methodologies.
- Knowledge in a variety of programming languages including Python, C, C++, Go.
- Experience with modern cloud technologies (AWS, GCP, Microsoft Azure, etc…)
- Established track record for providing valuable technical details to developers and engineers.
- Established track record for providing valuable feedback during planning and implementation of existing projects.
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Compensation:
At Netskope, salary is one component of our competitive total rewards package. The salary range for this position is as listed below. This is a national range. For purposes of complying with applicable laws, the range applies to candidates in California, Colorado, Illinois, Maryland, New York, Washington, and other states.
The successful candidate’s starting pay will also be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, location, and market conditions.
For all sales roles, the posted salary range is the On Target Earnings (OTE) range for the role, which is the sum of base salary and target commission amount at 100% goal achievement.
In addition to salary, candidates may be eligible for other forms of compensation such as participation in a bonus plan (for non-sales roles) and a stock award program. Candidates may also be eligible for a comprehensive health plan and other benefits that can be reviewed at Netskope Benefits site.
Netskope is committed to implementing equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants for employment. Netskope does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices based on religion, race, color, sex, marital or veteran statues, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), or any other characteristic protected by the laws or regulations of any jurisdiction in which we operate.
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The application window for this position is expected to close within 50 days. You may apply by filling out the below information, or visiting our Netskope Careers site.
Skills Required
- Master's degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, or comparable education and experience
- 15+ years of experience designing, building, and managing complex computing systems and teams
- Experience managing on-premises, offsite, and offshore teams or contractors
- Comprehensive understanding of public cloud architecture and design
- Working knowledge of AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform
- Experience with business requirements, functional specifications, interface development, functional architecture, and distributed software design and implementation
- Ability to lead multiple teams developing large-scale functional system and data architectures
- Ability to collaborate with stakeholders in a distributed workforce environment
- Ability to serve as a subject matter expert and recommend technology directions using data-driven reasoning
- Ability to mentor or direct others in technology evaluations
- Experience driving automation in rapidly growing global systems
- Expertise with operational support systems, automation, and CI/CD tools
- Knowledge of Agile project management methodologies
- Knowledge of Python, C, C++, and Go
- Experience with modern cloud technologies including AWS, GCP, and Microsoft Azure
- Track record of providing technical details and feedback during project planning and implementation
Netskope Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Netskope and has not been reviewed or approved by Netskope.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered competitive in U.S. technical roles, with indications that total compensation benchmarks strongly versus peers. Employees are generally pleased with total compensation that includes pay, stock, equity, and benefits.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage offers multiple medical plan choices alongside dental, vision, disability, HSA/FSA, and EAP, and is often characterized as very good. Employer-verified plan options and regional choices reinforce the breadth and quality of coverage.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off includes flexible/unlimited PTO, paid holidays, and quarterly wellness days that support rest and flexibility. Paid parental leave is available, commonly cited at 12 weeks for birth parents and 8 weeks for non‑birth parents.
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What We Do
Netskope, the SASE leader, safely and quickly connects users directly to the internet, any application, and their infrastructure from any device, on or off the network. With CASB, SWG, and ZTNA built natively in a single platform, the Netskope Security Cloud provides the most granular context, via patented technology, to enable conditional access and user awareness while enforcing zero trust principles across data protection and threat prevention everywhere. Unlike others who force tradeoffs between security and networking, Netskope’s global security private cloud provides full compute capabilities at the edge. Netskope is fast everywhere, data-centric, and cloud-smart, all while enabling good digital citizenship and providing a lower total-cost-of-ownership.
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