Senior Manager, Security & Cloud Operations

Summary

Join Headspace as the Sr Manager, Security & Cloud Operations and lead the cloud team responsible for the consumer-facing product impacting millions globally. You will lead cloud and cybersecurity operations, designing, implementing, and maintaining robust security measures. This role involves overseeing cloud and security strategies, influencing architecture decisions, collaborating with various teams, and ensuring compliance. You will bring technical innovation and leadership to a fast-paced environment, supporting our efforts to bring innovative features to life and ensure platform reliability and scalability. The position requires extensive experience in cloud technologies, security, and team management. Headspace offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or Engineering or equivalent
• Demonstrated ability to drive technical innovation and deliver high-impact projects in a fast-paced environment
• Minimum of 7 years of hands-on experience in a technical environment maintaining AWS technologies and servers in hybrid and cloud environments
• Minimum of 3 years of managing people, specifically network and/or system engineering resources
• At least 3 years of experience in cloud architecture or engineering organization
• Cloud certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect Associate or Professional and GCP Professional Cloud Architect
• Proven experience in designing, implementing, and maintaining network solutions and infrastructure with a strong understanding of networking protocols, architectures, and technologies
• Hands-on experience with network and identity security tools and technologies, including firewalls, IDS/IPS, VPNs, SIEM, etc
• Experience with network security protocols and standards, such as IPsec, SSL/TLS, DNSSEC, SNMP, etc
• Domain experience in public cloud technologies such as AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud
• The candidate should possess excellent problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team
• Strong problem-solving skills with a proactive approach to identifying and addressing security vulnerabilities, along with strong communication skills, are critical for this position
• Excellent team player with great leadership, interpersonal and influential skills
• Ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams and communicate technical information to non-technical stakeholders
• Must have excellent technical writing skills

Responsibilities

• Provide oversight and challenge to our public cloud and security operations strategy, tooling, processes, and requirements
• Influence Headspace’s cloud and security architecture and design decisions, representing our corporate risk appetite
• Work closely with enterprise architects, product managers, cloud engineers, security engineers to understand our processes and approaches and influence change where appropriate
• Challenge platform architecture and engineering standards and ensure compliance
• Advise on best practices and approaches to implementation
• Provide oversight and challenge to our containerization and serverless strategies and implementations

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in healthcare

Benefits

• Base salary, stock awards, comprehensive healthcare coverage, monthly wellness stipend, retirement savings match, lifetime Headspace membership, unlimited, free mental health coaching, generous parental leave
• Paid performance incentives are also included for those in eligible roles