Sr Infrastructure Security Product Manager

Who we are

Kentik is the network intelligence platform for modern infrastructure teams. Unlike traditional monitoring and observability tools we demystify complex network operations enabling organizations to deliver applications and innovation at scale. Built by network experts to make critical insight accessible to every engineer Kentik is the realtime source of truth that understands every network in context from data center to cloud to the internet. This single platform unifies and correlates cloud device flow synthetic data to turn telemetry into action. Market leaders like Akamai Booking Dropbox and Zoom rely on Kentik to run manage and optimize their networks.

• Play an active role alongside with our Sales Field Engineering and Support teams to drive growth and retention for Kentiks 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 Marketings pitch
• Be Kentiks 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 Kentiks 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 youll bring

Studies 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 dont 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 practitionerlevel knowledge of standard networking technologies: TCP/IP Routing BGP SNMP Streaming Telemetry Network Flow Monitoring
• Handson knowledge of both Networkbased security at scale such as: Remote Triggered Blackholing BGP Flowspec and the homegrown solutions out there built upon these
• You are tuned into the Infrastructure Security ecosystem: appliancebased DDoS detection and protection inhouse and cloud scrubbing services
• Excellent written and verbal communication and are skilled at presenting ideas to technical and nontechnical 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 dont 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. Were 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: $185000 $255000.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 marketbased 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 $3000 for an individual or $4500 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 fulltime employees. For compensation international applicants will be treated equitably in relation to the laws applicable within the countries in which we operate.

Come work with us

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

We dont 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

Come as you are!
You will be working at a fastgrowing wellfunded 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 youll take on were sure youll enjoy joining the Kentik team.

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