Senior Manager, Zscaler

The Vanguard Group; Wayne (PA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

The Vanguard Group is seeking an experienced network security leader to hire, evaluate, and supervise a crew, setting performance standards and guiding development in line with IT policies. You will oversee the network team delivering secure, scalable infrastructure across on-prem and cloud environments.

Responsibilities include overseeing Zero Trust architectures with ZIA and ZPA, ensuring regulatory compliance, and driving continuous improvement in network security services and vendor

Qualifications

• Ten years of related work experience with network and cloud security.
• Strong knowledge of Zero Trust design models and security architecture.
• Experience managing Zscaler platforms (ZIA/ZPA) and integration with identity providers.

Responsibilities

• Hire, evaluate, and supervise crew and set performance standards.
• Oversee network services design, installation, configuration, and integration.
• Ensure security policies align with IT and information security requirements.
• Lead Zero Trust architecture initiatives using ZIA and ZPA.
• Drive continuous improvement and vendor management across hybrid environments.

Skills

Network security

Zero Trust

Zscaler ZIA

Zscaler ZPA

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Graduate degree

Tools

Zscaler ZIA

Zscaler ZPA

Firewall integration

Job description

Responsibilities

Hires, evaluates, and supervises crew. Provides guidance and training as necessary to develop crew. Sets performance standards, reviews performance, and makes informed compensation decisions in accordance with all applicable Human Resources policies and procedures. Oversees the network team, which provides network services, including designing, installing, configuring, and integrating new network technologies. Ensures network installations meet standards and align with the divisional strategy. Manages the resolution of the most complex issues elevated from Support Center and Technical Services groups. Ensures problem identification, escalation, and resolution occurs in an expedient manner on all platforms. Oversees the implementation and maintenance of policies and procedures, system monitoring and automation, and troubleshooting activities. Identifies opportunities for continuous improvement. Ensures the maintenance of the telecom network documentation repository. Participates in the development of short and long term department goals. Implements operational plans to achieve department objectives. Ensures service level commitments are clearly understood to meet business needs. Manages the testing, evaluation, and selection of vendor products and manages relationships with vendors. Ensures compliance with Information Technology and Information Security policies and procedures within the team, an ensures deliverables meet Information Security Requirements. Manages enterprise and data center network security strategies leveraging modernized cloud-delivered security services. Manages and governs the team responsible for Zero Trust access architectures using Zscaler Internet Access (ZIA) and Zscaler Private Access (ZPA), enabling secure user to application connectivity without traditional network based trust models. Leads security services in application hosting environments with Zscaler Cloud Connector and Zscaler Branch Connector. Leads architectural patterns for secure internet access, private application access, and SaaS security, including traffic steering, identity based access controls, and policy enforcement across hybrid and remote work scenarios. Ensures Zscaler architecture aligns with Zero Trust principles, regulatory requirements, and enterprise security standards, including data protection and compliance controls. Partners with security operations teams to ensure architectures support operational visibility, threat prevention, user experience monitoring, and lifecycle management across both on prem and cloud delivered security platforms. Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Minimum of ten years related work experience. Network experience preferred. Undergraduate degree in a related field or the equivalent combination of training and experience. Graduate degree preferred. Strong working knowledge of network and cloud security architecture principles, segmentation strategies, and Zero Trust design models. Management experience with Zscaler platforms, including ZIA and ZPA, and their role in secure internet access, private application access, and Zero Trust network transformations. Strong understanding of integrating firewall and Zscaler architectures with identity providers, routing, load balancing, application delivery, and hybrid cloud connectivity models.

Special Factors Sponsorship Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.

About Vanguard

At Vanguard, we don't just have a mission—we're on a mission. To work for the long-term financial wellbeing of our clients. To lead through product and services that transform our clients' lives. To learn and develop our skills as individuals and as a team. From Malvern to Melbourne, our mission drives us forward and inspires us to be our best.

How We Work

Vanguard has implemented a hybrid working model for the majority of our crew members, designed to capture the benefits of enhanced flexibility while enabling in-person learning, collaboration, and connection. We believe our mission-driven and highly collaborative culture is a critical enabler to support long-term client outcomes and enrich the employee experience.

Vanguard, one of the world's leading investment management companies, serves individual investors, institutions, employer-sponsored retirement plans, and financial professionals. We have a diverse and talented crew with a culture that promotes teamwork, along with an unwavering focus on serving our clients' best interests.