Staff Network Security Engineer

This senior network-security role is a strong match for IT Support Group readers who secure cloud, backbone, edge, and datacenter infrastructure. You would serve as a technical leader for DigitalOcean’s global network security architecture while building automation and partnering closely with network engineering teams. What you would work on: - Define network security architecture standards and review infrastructure or product changes. - Lead threat modeling, intrusion-detection work, protocol analysis, and network security assessments. - Build security automation, tooling, and infrastructure-as-code to validate posture and enforce controls. - Integrate security controls and telemetry with SDN, BGP/MPLS, and network-automation platforms. - Participate in network security incident response and promote reusable practices through documentation and tooling. Good fit if: - You have 8–10 years in network security engineering, network penetration testing, or security-focused infrastructure roles. - You understand Layer 2/3/4 protocols, DDoS defenses, secure network design, and routing or DNS security. - You have experience with BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, MPLS, SDN, firewalls, Linux, and network intrusion detection. - You can automate with Python or Go and work with Git-based workflows. - You have used observability tooling such as Prometheus, Grafana, or the ELK stack and can guide cross-functional technical work. Curated from DigitalOcean Careers for IT Support Group readers. This is an external listing; use the apply link for the source listing and latest details.