Sr Infrastructure Security Product Manager

Kentik is the network observability company. Our platform is a must-have for the network front line, whether digital business, corporate IT, or service provider. Network professionals turn to the Kentik Network Observability Cloud to plan, run, and fix any network, relying on our infinite granularity, AI-driven insights, and insanely fast search.

Kentik makes sense of network, cloud, host, and container flow, Internet routing, performance tests, and network metrics. We show network pros what they need to know about their network performance, health, and security to make their business-critical services shine. Networks power the world’s most valuable companies, and those companies trust Kentik. Market leaders like IBM, Box, and Zoom rely on Kentik for network observability. Visit us at kentik.com and follow us at @kentikinc.

• Play an active role alongside with our Sales, Field Engineering and Support teams to drive growth and retention for Kentik’s DDoS prevention/protection/mitigation product line
• Be the market expert and Internal Champion on DDoS Detection, Protection, Scrubbing: gather intel on market trends, competitor portfolios and technologies to fuel your product evolutions, as well as support Product Marketing’s pitch
• Be Kentik’s customers’ voice for requirements associated to DDoS Detection & Protection, define the associated roadmap for the platform to support these, work with our Engineering Team to deliver them and Product Marketing to bring them to market
• Oversee Kentik’s DDoS Detection and Protection Roadmap for both Enterprise and Service Providers, partner with engineering to deliver it, and provide support to ensure company readiness to sell and support these features
• Evangelize, train, document internally and externally for use cases, market segments and point features as well as the mid & long term vision for our Infrastructure Security portfolio
• Facilitate and maintain a high level of transparency and alignment within the company on short/mid/long term vision and feature release schedules
• Own adoption metrics around your portfolio and pull from them extensively for analytical product decision making and adoption tracking

What you'll bringStudies have shown that some candidates tend to apply to jobs only if they meet 100% of the qualifications. We encourage you to apply if you meet most of the criteria - even if you don’t match all of the qualifications, your skills and experience could be valuable in this role!

• 5+ years experience of Product Management or Engineering in one or more of these areas: Infrastructure Security, DDoS detection, prevention and protection
• You have practitioner-level knowledge of standard networking technologies: TCP/IP, Routing, BGP, SNMP, Streaming Telemetry, Network Flow Monitoring
• Hands-on knowledge of both Network-based security at scale such as: Remote Triggered Black-holing, BGP Flowspec and the homegrown solutions out there built upon these
• You are tuned into the Infrastructure Security ecosystem: appliance-based DDoS detection and protection, in-house and cloud scrubbing services
• Excellent written and verbal communication and are skilled at presenting ideas to technical and non-technical crowds
• Strong collaboration skills - you will need to communicate effectively with and orchestrate many other functions within the organization
• Well versed in the Engineering and Operational best practices at for both Service Provider and Enterprise networks, and are able to navigate their specificities
• You don't only craft products, you deliver the accompanying vision and strive to deliver a compact yet clearly defined message around it to both customers and partners within the company
• Ability to drive project independently - our staff is geographically distributed, and our employees need to be able to map out steps towards a successful future target
• Creative and curious mindset - you exhibit constant technical curiosity and strive to rope your collaborators into the crafting process
• Analytical mindset: whether it is SQL or Product Analytics, you back your assumptions and assess risks with numbers

Nice to haves:

• Familiar with the ITOPs ecosystem (ticketing, incident management, chatops…) - whether it is best practices or vendors in this quadrant
• Successful field experience of managing or partnering with infrastructure security suppliers such as DDoS detection, protection, scrubbing and clean pipes services
• Experience with newer infrastructure SaaS products such as NDR and SASE
• Insights on where AI and ML meet Infrastructure Security and the current and future resulting products
• Practical or theoretical knowledge around Network Automation and Source of Truth platforms in the field
• Prior experience with SaaS companies: their complexities, their scale, their pricing models
• You have prior experience with Metrics platforms, Network Flow Monitoring (for a Network Equipment Vendor or Network Engineering/Operations Team) or Inter Domain Routing (Peering, Transit…).

What we offer

Kentik is a fully remote company that operates globally. We seek professionals that will help us thrive as an organization, and in turn, to broaden and enhance your career. We’re very thorough in the interview process to understand your skills and how they will relate to your successful growth here at Kentik. Our compensation philosophy encompasses a fair program for all in order to attract, engage and retain talented individuals who will drive our business and wow our customers.

The compensation range for this position is: $185,000 - $255,000. This range reflects the low and high end of the U.S. compensation range Kentik reasonably and generally expects to pay the hired candidate in this role. The actual compensation offered may be lower or higher than the stated range depending on various factors, including but not limited to:

• Experience with the skill sets required for success
• Demonstrated competencies and potential 
• A geographic market-based approach

In addition to a great career opportunity, Kentik offers stellar benefits for our employees, which include:

• 100% of premiums are paid by company for health, vision and dental coverage for you and your dependents
• Additionally, an annual Health Reimbursement Account (HRA) of $3,000 for an individual or $4,500 for a family
• Paid family & medical leave 
• Open PTO, a quarterly Wellness Day, and a minimum of 10 paid holidays
• 401(k) retirement account
• Home office reimbursement 
• Stock options

Note: Benefits are as listed for all US full-time employees. For compensation, international applicants will be treated equitably in relation to the laws applicable within the countries in which we operate.

The true meaning of Kentik is visibility. We’re committed to making sure everyone feels empowered to use their voice, has a sense of belonging, and is represented at Kentik. 

We don’t look for individuals who fit the culture, but those who will continue to add to the culture.
We encourage everyone to apply, especially those individuals who are underrepresented in the industry: people of color, LGBTQI+ community, women, individuals with disabilities (both seen and unseen), veterans, and people of any age or family status. 

Kentik is committed to creating an inclusive interview process. If you require a reasonable accommodation during the application or interview process, please reach out to recruiting@kentik.com.

Come as you are!
You will be working at a fast-growing, well-funded startup alongside industry thought leaders and network aficionados as we build the future of observability and set the high bar for how network operations and digital businesses should run. With a competitive salary and amazing benefits on top of the meaningful and challenging projects you’ll take on, we’re sure you’ll enjoy joining the Kentik team.

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