Sr. Manager, IT Infrastructure

Black Duck Software, Inc. helps organizations build secure, high-quality software, minimizing risks while maximizing speed and productivity. Black Duck, a recognized pioneer in application security, provides SAST, SCA, and DAST solutions that enable teams to quickly find and fix vulnerabilities and defects in proprietary code, open source components, and application behavior. With a combination of industry-leading tools, services, and expertise, only Black Duck helps organizations maximize security and quality in DevSecOps and throughout the software development life cycle.

Sr. Manager, IT Infrastructure

Location: Massachusetts (Hybrid – minimum 3 days onsite per week)

About Us

We are a leading software security company committed to delivering innovative solutions that protect organizations from evolving cyber threats. As we continue to scale globally, we are investing in modern, resilient, and high-performing infrastructure to support our growth. We are seeking a highly experienced infrastructure leader to drive excellence across our network and datacenter operations.

Position Summary

We are seeking a strategic and hands-on Sr. Manager, IT Infrastructure to lead the design, modernization, and operational management of our enterprise infrastructure. This role encompasses ownership of network, datacenter, and virtualization environments , ensuring high availability, scalability, security, and performance.

The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in VMware-based virtualization, datacenter refresh initiatives , and managing medium-to-large enterprise environments (1000+ servers) .

Manage and optimize enterprise environments supporting 1000+ servers.

Experience in virtualization technologies - preferably VMware (we currently use VMware, Promox and Openstack, but things may change later).

Knowledge of enterprise networking (routing, switching, firewalls, VPNs).

-> This is a hybrid role based in Massachusetts , requiring a minimum of three days per week on site .

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Key Responsibilities:

Infrastructure Strategy & Operations

• Define and execute the strategy for network, datacenter, and virtualization infrastructure , ensuring scalability, resilience, and security
• Lead day-to-day operations across on-premises datacenters, enterprise networks, and hybrid cloud environments
• Drive datacenter modernization and refresh programs , including hardware lifecycle management and capacity planning
• Oversee VMware environments (vSphere, ESXi, vCenter) to ensure optimal performance and reliability

Leadership & Team Development:

• Lead, mentor, and scale a high-performing team of engineers and technical specialists
• Foster a culture of accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement
• Provide coaching, career development, and performance management
• Recruit and retain top infrastructure talent