Senior Production Security Lead — Automation & IR

Threat X, Inc.; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

A10 Networks is seeking a Senior Manager of Production Operations & Data Center Security to lead security strategy and operational execution across production infrastructure, cloud environments, and data centers. Reporting to the CISO, you will build and operate security controls, mentor engineers, and drive automation to improve security posture across hybrid environments.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in cybersecurity and 5+ years leading technical teams in production or security

Qualifications

• 10+ years in cybersecurity, infrastructure security, or production security engineering.
• 5+ years leading technical teams in production or security operations environments.
• Strong hands-on experience operating in data center infrastructure, cloud, and hybrid environments.
• Strong scripting or automation experience (Python, Go, Bash, or similar).
• Experience leading during high-severity production incidents.
• Understanding of network and application-layer security, identity and access models.

Responsibilities

• Own lifecycle of security controls including detection, preventative, compensating, and response controls.
• Lead control validation and continuous verification programs.
• Drive automation to reduce manual operational overhead.
• Ensure security telemetry is actionable and aligned to response automation.
• Serve as senior incident commander for production security incidents.
• Lead security reviews of production architecture, traffic flows, and service dependencies.
• Lead security across public cloud and hybrid infrastructure environments.
• Mentor engineers in secure production design and incident response practices.

Skills

Scripting / automation

Cloud platforms

Security controls

Job description

A10 Networks is seeking a Senior Manager of Production Operations & Data Center Security to lead security strategy and operational execution across production infrastructure, cloud environments, and data centers. Reporting to the CISO, you will build and operate security controls, mentor engineers, and drive automation to improve security posture across hybrid environments.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in cybersecurity and 5+ years leading technical teams in production or security