CareerPlan

Manager I, Engineering - Zero Trust Networking

BostonFull-time$192k–$240k2026-11-03 → 2026-11-10

Core

Lead a team of engineers building workload-identity, authorization, network-segmentation, and egress-control mechanisms to secure service connectivity across Datadog's production platform.

Role type

Engineering Manager (Zero Trust Networking)

Builds

Secure service connectivity platforms, identity-based authorization, network-segmentation mechanisms, and egress controls for Datadog's infrastructure.

Domain

Cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, networking, and security.

Required skills

Distributed systems architecture, backend infrastructure operations, networking fundamentals, security principles, team leadership, technical roadmap planning, cross-team collaboration, production rollout management, observability, incident response.

Preferred skills

Experience with TLS/mTLS enforcement, identity-based authorization, migration tooling, policy abstraction.

Technologies

TLS, mTLS, distributed systems, networking protocols, security frameworks.

Responsibilities

Lead, coach, and grow a team of software engineers; set technical direction and roadmap for secure service connectivity; lead development of identity-based authorization and network-segmentation; ensure reliable and safe production rollouts; collaborate with Security and production-infrastructure partners.

Seniority

Manager, hands-on leadership