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Corporate Overview
Proofpoint is a leading cybersecurity company protecting organizations’ greatest assets and biggest risks: vulnerabilities in people. With an integrated suite of cloud-based solutions, Proofpoint helps companies around the world stop targeted threats, safeguard their data, and make their users more resilient against cyber-attacks. Leading organizations of all sizes, including more than half of the Fortune 1000, rely on Proofpoint for people-centric security and compliance solutions mitigating their most critical risks across email, the cloud, social media, and the web. We are singularly devoted to helping our customers protect their greatest assets and biggest security risk: their people. That’s why we’re a leader in next-generation cybersecurity. Protection Starts with People.
About this role
As the DevOps/Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Team Lead, you will drive the development of next-generation cloud and data security solutions. In this role, you will lead a high-performing team while remaining hands-on—designing and implementing tools for deployment, automation, and monitoring to ensure the high availability, security, and performance of our DSPM solutions.
This is an opportunity to be at the forefront of cloud security, collaborating with a world-class engineering team to solve complex challenges. If you're passionate about scaling secure infrastructure, optimizing performance, and growing your career in an innovative environment, this is the role for you.
Requirements:
5+ years of experience in operating services in AWS.
Strong experience in working with micro-service architecture & cloud-native services.
Experience using observability tools for log management, metrics, alerting etc.
A good sense of database performance monitoring, building and setting up new infrastructure as code (Terraform, CFT, etc.)
Working on ways to automate and improve deployment and related processes.
Ensuring that systems are safe and secure against threats.
Identifying technical problems, strong ability to troubleshoot live production issues and developing software updates.
Working with software developers and software engineers to ensure that development follows established processes and works as intended
Our culture values and respects individuals who are hands-on, honest, focused, and committed. In this role, success means:
Deep expertise in your area of work, with a strong grasp of the details.
An intuitive sense of ROI, prioritizing tasks that drive meaningful impact.
End-to-end ownership, seeing projects through from ideation to execution.
Independence and accountability, delivering results with minimal guidance.
Relentless curiosity, driven by a desire to learn and make a real impact.
A problem-solving mindset, taking pride in identifying and resolving challenges.
Cautious confidence, building products for a highly technical audience.
A commitment to simplicity, avoiding unnecessary complexity.
This role is for those who thrive in a high-impact, fast-moving environment where ownership and execution matter.
Why Proofpoint
As a customer focused and driven-to-win organization with leading edge products, there are many exciting reasons to join the Proofpoint team. We believe in hiring the best the brightest and cultivating a culture of collaboration and appreciation. As we continue to grow and expand globally, we understand that hiring the right people and developing great teams is key to our success! We are a multi-national company with locations in many countries, with each location contributing to Proofpoint’s amazing culture! #LI-AN1
If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!
Consistent with Proofpoint values and applicable law, we provide the following information to promote pay transparency and equity. Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several U.S. geographic markets, and we pay differently based on those defined markets as set out below. Pay within these ranges varies and depends on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The actual offer will be based on the individual candidate. The range provided may represent a candidate range and may not reflect the full range for an individual tenured employee. This role may be eligible for variable compensation and/or equity. We offer a competitive benefits package, including flexible time off, a comprehensive well-being program with two paid Wellbeing Days and two paid Volunteer Days per year, plus a three-week Work from Anywhere option.
Base Pay Ranges:
SF Bay Area, New York City Metro Area:
Base Pay Range: 194,475.00 - 285,230.00 USDCalifornia (excludes SF Bay Area), Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Washington DC Metro, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Texas, Washington, Virginia, and Alaska:
Base Pay Range: 162,375.00 - 238,150.00 USDAll other cities and states excluding those listed above:
Base Pay Range: 148,425.00 - 217,690.00 USDSimilar Jobs
What We Do
We provide the most effective cybersecurity and compliance solutions to protect people on every channel including email, the web, the cloud, and social media.
