Product Manager – Network Backbone & Platform

The role

You will own the Cato backbone and platform strategy and roadmap. You will define capabilities to improve the network and act as the focal point between Operations and Engineering.

What you will do

• Own the Cato backbone and platform strategy and roadmap.
• Define requirements for availability, redundancy, resiliency, and failure handling with Operations and Engineering.
• Set priorities and build the plan with Operations and Engineering teams.
• Drive platform decisions on cloud deployments, fabric/interconnect providers, and traffic engineering.
• Work with customers and partners on backbone-related needs as required.

Required qualifications

• Strong technical background in network design and architecture.
• Experience operating large-scale, global platforms.
• Deep understanding of network availability and redundancy: failure domains, failover, capacity planning, and designing for five-nines.
• 5+ years in product management or network operations in cloud or networking environments.
• Knowledge of cloud platform deployments, fabric providers, Service Provider networks, and traffic engineering.
• Strong cross-functional skills to align Ops and Engineering and drive execution without direct authority.

Nice to have

• Background in network operations (NetOps/NOC).

About the company

Cato Networks is the converged network and security cloud for the AI era. The company is rebuilding the network as a secure, global cloud service and is a leader in SASE.