Engineering Manager, Infrastructure & Security

We’re seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to own the strategy and execution for two of our core Engineering teams: Platform Infrastructure and Security Engineering. This role will drive key initiatives in automation and scalability while building a robust security program that spans Application Security and Cloud Security. Your leadership will ensure our systems and applications are reliable, secure, and ready for future growth. You’ll be leading talented, results-oriented teams through the next phase of our business while championing modern best practices in DevOps, SRE, and security, as well as coaching your engineers to success.

• Please note that this opportunity is located in New York, NY, and requires this hire to work from our office four days a week. **
  
  

What you can expect as an Engineering Manager of Infrastructure & Security:

• Lead, mentor, and empower a talented team of Infrastructure and Security Engineers, fostering their professional and technical growth through coaching and career development plans
• Develop and execute a long-term technical strategy and roadmap for the company's infrastructure and security posture, ensuring a secure-by-design approach that aligns with business goals and product needs
• Define, track, and report on quarterly Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) for both teams, ensuring alignment with broader company objectives and communicating progress to leadership
• Proactively identify opportunities to leverage AI to drive business value, revenue growth and enhance existing internal processes.
• Oversee the infrastructure budget, meticulously tracking cloud costs and vendor expenses to ensure operations remain within financial forecasts.
• Ensure the team is aligned on team goals, on track with commitments, and consistently delivering high-quality, reliable and secure services.
• Stay on top of industry trends and emerging technologies to guide the evolution of our infrastructure stack and security programs.
• Promote a healthy and inclusive team culture that is collaborative, innovative, and psychologically safe, as well as organize team-building activities to strengthen team cohesion.
• Act as a technical and strategic guide for both teams, helping to unblock complex challenges and facilitate engineering decisions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders (e.g., Product, Customer Success) to define requirements and deliver comprehensive solutions.
  
  

What Makes You a Great Fit?

• Proven experience leading a high-performing team of infrastructure and security engineers in a cloud-native environment, fostering their professional and technical growth.
• Deep expertise in modern cloud architecture (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and its native security controls (e.g., IAM, VPC), along with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform), container (Kubernetes), and CI/CD pipelines; complemented by strong experience in Application Security, including vulnerability management and integrating SAST/DAST/SCA tools into the SDLC.
• Demonstrated success in driving complex infrastructure and security initiatives (such as achieving compliance certifications, maturing incident response, or large-scale migrations) from conception to completion.
• A strong track record of managing Cloud and Security budgets, including vendor contracts and controlling tool costs
• Proven ability to partner with engineering leaders and product managers to champion security best practices across the organization
• Experience in developing and executing a comprehensive and unified technical roadmap for both infrastructure and security, focused on enhancing scalability and reliability while maturing the organization's overall security posture.
  
  

What Sets You Apart?

• You are a strategic and visionary leader who connects infrastructure and security initiatives directly to business outcomes and revenue growth.
• You are an inspirational mentor passionate about cultivating talent, fostering a collaborative and inclusive team culture, and empowering engineers to do their best work.
• You are a pragmatic problem-solver with a data-driven mindset, skilled at identifying high-impact opportunities and making sound decisions under pressure.
• You are an excellent communicator and collaborator who can effectively articulate a technical vision to both engineering teams and executive leadership.
• You are financially astute, with a strong sense of ownership over the budget and a focus on driving cost-efficiency without sacrificing performance, reliability or security.
  
  

About Vts

VTS is the industry's only technology platform that unifies owners, operators, brokers, and their customers across the commercial and residential real estate ecosystems. In 2013, VTS revolutionized the commercial real estate industry’s leasing operations with what is now VTS Lease. Today, the VTS Platform is the largest first-party insights and collaboration engine in the industry, transforming how strategic decisions are made and executed by real estate professionals across the globe.

With the VTS Platform, consisting of VTS Lease, VTS Market, VTS Activate, and VTS Data, every stakeholder in real estate is given real-time market information and workflow tools to do their job with unparalleled speed and intelligence. VTS is the global leader, with more than 60% of Class A office space in the U.S., and 13 billion square feet of office, residential, retail, and industrial space is managed through our platform worldwide. VTS is utilized by over 45,000 professionals and over 1.2 million total users each day, including industry-leading customers such as Blackstone, Brookfield Properties, LaSalle Investment Management, Hines, BXP, Oxford Properties, JLL, and CBRE.

VTS maintains offices in New York City, London, Toronto, Chicago.

To learn more about VTS and view our open roles, visit us at vts.com or follow us on Instagram (@WeAreVTS) or LinkedIn.

Pay Transparency

At VTS, we pride ourselves on articulating a clear and transparent philosophy around equitable, impartial compensation that will allow us to recruit and retain an exceptional team. The base salary is market-driven at the time of offer and is based on tier 1 market data. The salary for this role will range between $170,000 and $210,000 and is determined by several factors, including your skills, prior relevant experience, quality of interviews, leveling, and geography.

EEO Guidelines

VTS embraces diversity and equal opportunity in a serious way. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.

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