Vice President, Platform Operations

About the Role As the SVP of Network & Operations, you will lead the architecture, deployment, scaling, and 24/7 reliability of NewEdge, our global cybersecurity cloud network. In this executive role, you will oversee high-throughput, low-latency network infrastructure, multi-region cloud and edge data center environments, customer support, and round-the-clock Network Operations (NOC/SOC). You will ensure carrier-grade availability, sub-millisecond packet inspection performance, and bulletproof operational resilience against massive, distributed cyber threats. What You Will Be Doing Infrastructure Strategy & Scale: Architect, scale, and optimize a globally distributed hybrid/edge network capable of processing tens of terabits per second of inspected traffic across global Points of Presence (PoPs) and public cloud environments. Operational Excellence & 99.999% Uptime: Lead global NOC and SRE teams to maintain carrier-grade SLAs, disaster recovery readiness, zero-downtime upgrades, and sub-minute incident response times. Edge & Peering Architecture: Direct global transit, peering, BGP routing optimization, CDN integration, and hardware acceleration (SmartNICs/DPUs) to maximize throughput and minimize global latency. Capacity Planning & FinOps: Own the multi-million-dollar infrastructure CapEx/OpEx budget, leading vendor negotiations (hardware, data centers, transit providers) and optimizing unit economics as traffic scales exponentially. Security & Compliance: Partner with internal CISO/InfoSec teams to ensure operational infrastructure complies with FedRAMP, SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, and Zero Trust security architectures. Executive Leadership: Build, mentor, and lead high-performing, globally distributed engineering, operations, and telecommunications teams across multiple time zones. Required Skills and Experience Experience: 15+ years in network engineering and infrastructure operations, with at least 7+ years in executive leadership (VP/SVP) within a hyperscale cloud, Tier-1 ISP/telecom, CDN, or enterprise-scale cloud security platform. Technical Depth: Deep domain expertise in large-scale BGP routing, DDoS mitigation architecture, software-defined networking (SDN), edge computing, and bare-metal/cloud hybrid architectures. Scale Track Record: Proven experience operating distributed infrastructure processing petabytes of real-time data under strict low-latency requirements. Leadership & FinOps: Demonstrated success leading 100+ person engineering and operations organizations and managing enterprise-scale infrastructure budgets. Education BSCS, EE, IT, or equivalent required. A Master's degree in a technical field or an MBA is strongly preferred.