Engineering Manager - Secure Access

Babel Street; Reston, Boston, Cleveland (VA, MA, OH); Remote; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) match

Unlimited leave

Paid holidays

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Babel Street is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead the Secure Access team. The role focuses on balancing reliability of on-premises systems with delivery of new features, across infrastructure and application development.

As a hands-on leader, you will set technical direction, manage priorities, and mentor engineers across disciplines, ensuring secure, scalable deployments in both on-prem and cloud environments for diverse customers.

Qualifications

• Must have leadership experience overseeing software/platform engineers.
• Hands-on background in infrastructure and application engineering.
• Experience managing on-premises virtualized infrastructure (VMware).
• Cloud experience with GCP and containerized workloads.
• Strong Linux administration, containers, and CI/CD familiarity.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Secure Access team through full lifecycle of the application.
• Set technical direction and priorities across on-prem and cloud environments.
• Mentor engineers across software and infrastructure disciplines.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to align product vision with delivery.

Skills

Engineering management

Platform/infrastructure software

VDI/remote-access infrastructure

Linux administration

Containers

CI/CD pipelines

Communication with nontechnical Stakeh

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Tools

VMware vSphere/ESXi

GCP

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

Babel Street is the trusted technology partner for the world’s most advanced identity intelligence and risk operations. We deliver advanced AI and data analytics solutions providing unmatched, analysis-ready data regardless of language, proactive risk identification, 360-degree insights, high-speed automation, and seamless integration into existing systems. Babel Street empower s government and commercial organizations to transform high-stakes identity and risk operations into a strategic advantage . The actionable insights we deliver safeguard lives and protect critical assets around the world . Babel Street is headquartered in Reston, Virginia , with regional offices in Boston, MA and Cleveland, OH, and international offices in Australia, Canada, Israel, Japan, and the U.K. For more information, visit www. babelstreet.com .

Position Summary:

We are seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead our Secure Access team. The platform operates primarily on-premise, with one component residing in the cloud. The ideal candidate is a hands-on leader with engineering leadership experience who can work across infrastructure and application development while balancing reliability for existing customers with the delivery of new features.

What you will do:

In this role, you will lead a team of Software and Platform Engineers responsible for the Secure Access application throughout its lifecycle, including its integration with our on-premises and cloud environments. You will set the technical direction, manage priorities and delivery, and mentor engineers across both disciplines.

Required Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• At least three years of direct engineering management experience
• At least five years of hands-on experience in platform, infrastructure, or software engineering
• Experience managing virtualized on-premises infrastructure, particularly VMware vSphere/ESXi
• Experience with VDI or remote-access infrastructure
• Experience deploying and operating workloads on a major cloud platform, preferably GCP
• Working knowledge of Linux administration, containers, and CI/CD pipelines
• Ability to break down a product vision into workable engineering tasks
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely to nontechnical stakeholders

Nice to Have:

• Experience with networking technologies, including VLANs, routing, firewalls, VPNs, load balancing, and DNS
• Experience extending or migrating on-premises workloads to GCP
• Experience with automation tools, such as Terraform and Ansible
• Experience working in regulated or security-sensitive environments, including FedRAMP, CMMC, or SOC 2
• Knowledge of identity and access management protocols, including SSO, OIDC, and SAML

Benefits at Babel Street (just to name a few...)

• Health Benefits: Babel Street covers 85-100% monthly premium costs for Medical, Dental, Vision, Life & Disability insurances – for you and your family!
• Retirement Plans:Babel Street offers both a Traditional and Roth 401(K) with a very competitive match.
• Unlimited Flexible Leave: We trust our employees to manage their own time and balance their personal and work lives.
• Holidays: Babel Street provides employees with 12 paid Federal Holidays
• Tuition Reimbursement: We are committed to investing in our employees. One way we do that is with our Tuition Reimbursement Program for continuing education.

Range for this position based on qualifications and experience

$140,000 - $170,000 USD