Director, Virtual Networking

Digital Ocean
Seattle
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 198,000 - 248,000Function: Executive & General ManagementSkills: ["Technical leadership","Cross-functional leadership","Influencing stakeholders","Communication","Operational excellence","Accountability","Innovation","Customer obsession"]

Lead DigitalOcean’s Virtual Networking organization, owning the multi-year strategy, architecture, development, and operations of cloud-scale, multi-tenant networking services. Drive availability, scalability, security, and operational excellence across production networking platforms such as VPC, DNS, gateway services, DDoS protection, and Network Firewall. Build and mentor engineering leaders, set reliability goals and metrics, and partner across engineering to accelerate secure connectivity for millions of developers.

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Director, Virtual Networking

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Job Summary

Lead DigitalOcean’s Virtual Networking organization, owning the multi-year strategy, architecture, development, and operations of cloud-scale, multi-tenant networking services. Drive availability, scalability, security, and operational excellence across production networking platforms such as VPC, DNS, gateway services, DDoS protection, and Network Firewall. Build and mentor engineering leaders, set reliability goals and metrics, and partner across engineering to accelerate secure connectivity for millions of developers.
Location: Seattle
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Executive & General Management
Seniority: Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own the Virtual Networking strategy, defining and executing a multi-year plan for foundational networking services.
  • •Lead architecture, development, and operations of cloud-scale, multi-tenant networking services, including VPC, DNS, gateways, DDoS protection, Network Firewall, and future capabilities.
  • •Ensure reliable cloud services by owning availability, scalability, security, and operational excellence across production networking services.
  • •Recruit, develop, and mentor engineering managers and senior engineers while fostering technical excellence and accountability.
  • •Partner across engineering teams (Physical Networking, Compute, Storage, GPU, Security, Product, and Infrastructure) and drive operational excellence through metrics, reviews, reliability goals, and automation.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 198,000 - 248,000
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Flexible TimeLearning Budget

Key Requirements

  • •Experience leading multiple engineering teams or organizations responsible for cloud infrastructure or networking platforms.
  • •Proven ability to build and scale high-performing engineering teams through technical leadership and operational excellence.
  • •Deep expertise in cloud networking, distributed systems, and large-scale software platforms.
  • •Experience designing and operating highly available, multi-tenant networking services such as VPC, DNS, gateways, load balancing, firewalls, or service networking.
  • •Strong understanding of networking architecture, cloud infrastructure, security, and reliability engineering.
Experience:Cloud infrastructureCloud networkingDistributed systemsNetworking platformsAI workloads
Skills:Technical leadershipCross-functional leadershipInfluencing stakeholdersCommunicationOperational excellenceAccountabilityInnovationCustomer obsession
Tech Stack:VPCDNSDDoS protectionNetwork FirewallGateway servicesLoad balancingFirewallsService networkingMulti-tenant networking servicesCloud infrastructureNetworking architectureReliability engineering

Company Brief

Digital Ocean
Provides cloud infrastructure and developer-focused cloud services including scalable droplets, managed databases, Kubernetes, object storage, and networking to simplify deploying and managing applications for developers and small-to-medium businesses.
Industry: Cloud Computing
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 250M to 500M
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: New York, United States
Founded: 2011
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