Staff Network Security Engineer

Dive in and do the best work of your career at DigitalOcean. Journey alongside a strong community of top talent who are relentless in their drive to build the simplest scalable cloud. If you have a growth mindset, naturally like to think big and bold, and are energized by the fast-paced environment of a true industry disruptor, you’ll find your place here. We value winning together—while learning, having fun, and making a profound difference for the dreamers and builders in the world. We are looking for a Staff Network Security Engineer to play a critical role in securing our global network infrastructure. As a Staff Network Security Engineer at DigitalOcean, you will join a dynamic team dedicated to revolutionizing cloud computing and AI. In this role, you will act as a key technical leader, responsible for securing our global network infrastructure by partnering with engineering teams to advise on secure architecture. This position, which reports to the Manager, Security Defense Engineering, involves architecting and building automated security tools and championing best practices to ensure our network remains resilient against evolving threats across our edge, backbone, and datacenter environments. What You’ll Do: Define and enforce network security architecture standards and principles to ensure our networks are architected with security as a foundational element Provide technical leadership and mentorship to security and network engineering teams, serving as a subject matter expert on network security-related matters Lead network security assessments, including threat modeling, intrusion detection, and protocol-level analysis to identify and mitigate sophisticated attack vectors Develop and deploy advanced security automation, tooling, and infrastructure-as-code to continuously validate security posture and enforce compliance at scale Collaborate with network engineers to integrate security controls and telemetry within SDN, BGP/MPLS, and network automation pla