Lead Network Security Architect

Company Overview

Docusign brings agreements to life. Over 1.5 million customers and more than a billion people in over 180 countries use Docusign solutions to accelerate the process of doing business and simplify people's lives. With intelligent agreement management, Docusign unleashes business-critical data that is trapped inside of documents. Until now, these were disconnected from business systems of record, costing businesses time, money, and opportunity. Using Docusign's Intelligent Agreement Management platform, companies can create, commit, and manage agreements with solutions created by the #1 company in e-signature and contract lifecycle management (CLM).

What you'll do

The Lead Network Security Architect defines and leads Docusign's Network Security Strategy, developing the standards, architecture patterns, and data-driven governance model that secures connectivity across the enterprise.

This role bridges technical architecture, analytics, and oversight, ensuring the organization maintains a resilient, measurable, and continuously improving network security posture. Partnering closely with Enterprise, Product Technology and Security organizations, this leader ensures network design and operations are aligned with the company's Secure-by-Design / Secure-by-Default vision.

Over time, this position may evolve to include management of a small team of network security and data analysts, enabling scalable, self-serve posture measurement and insight delivery.

This position is an individual contributor role reporting to the Vice President, Security Assurance.

Responsibility

• Own Docusign's Network Security Strategy, defining the roadmap for network hardening, segmentation, and Zero Trust integration
• Align strategy with enterprise objectives around customer trust, attack surface reduction, and data-driven decision-making
• Evaluate new network security technologies (SASE, SSE, micro-segmentation, etc.) for enterprise adoption and ensure operationalization of technologies
• Develop and maintain network security reference architectures, configuration baselines, and standards for on-prem, hybrid, and cloud environments
• Partner with Network Engineering to ensure all network designs meet security standards pre-deployment
• Drive consistent application of principles such as least privilege, secure routing, and network segmentation
• Establish oversight processes for tracking adherence to standards, identifying deviations, and driving remediation accountability
• Partner with Network Engineering amp; Operations teams to monitor posture metrics such as firewall hygiene, exposed ingress/egress, and segmentation health
• Present posture insights and risk trends to the Technology and Security Leadership Teams and other company wide committees
• Design and oversee data pipelines that consolidate inputs from various tools and network telemetry sources
• Build and maintain network security dashboards that enable self-serve visibility for partner teams and security leadership
• Partner with Exposure Management and Platform Security to integrate network data into enterprise-level dashboards
• Use data analytics to identify systemic trends, quantify risk reduction, and inform prioritization decisions
• Act as the bridge between Security Architecture, Network Operations, and Engineering, ensuring consistent alignment on priorities and controls
• Lead alignment sessions to synchronize strategy, roadmaps, and metrics across Pamp;T Network and DTS Network
• Provide expert consultation for major network initiatives, migrations, and design reviews

Job Designation

Hybrid: Employee divides their time between in-office and remote work. Access to an office location is required. (Frequency: Minimum 2 days per week; may vary by team but will be weekly in-office expectation)

Positions at Docusign are assigned a job designation of either In Office, Hybrid or Remote and are specific to the role/job. Preferred job designations are not guaranteed when changing positions within Docusign. Docusign reserves the right to change a position's job designation depending on business needs and as permitted by local law.

What you bring

Basic

• 12+ years of experience in network architecture, security architecture, or related roles in large-scale enterprise or cloud environments
• Experience with network security technologies: firewalls/WAF, VPNs, SD-WAN, proxies, IDS/IPS, and routing protocols
• Experience with cloud networking, segmentation, and hybrid connectivity models
• Experience developing and governing enterprise network security standards and reference architectures
• Experience with data modeling, dashboarding, or data visualization tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, or equivalent)
• Experience with NIST CSF, CIS, and Zero Trust frameworks

Preferred

• Preferred certifications: CCIE Security, CCSP, CISSP, or equivalent experience
• Experience mentoring or managing technical contributors
• Exceptional communication, influence, and cross-functional collaboration skills

Wage Transparency

Pay for this position is based on a number of factors including geographic location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Based on applicable legislation, the below details pay ranges in the following locations:

California: $177,900.00 - $287,425.00 base salary

Illinois, Colorado, Massachusetts and Minnesota: $X/hour - $X/hour or $X - $X base salary

Washington, Maryland, New Jersey and New York (including NYC metro area): $170,900.00 - $251,325.00 base salary

This role is also eligible for the following:

• Bonus: Sales personnel are eligible for variable incentive pay dependent on their achievement of pre-established sales goals. Non-Sales roles are eligible for a company bonus plan, which is calculated as a percentage of eligible wages and dependent on company performance.
• Stock: This role is eligible to receive Restricted Stock Units (RSUs).

Global benefits provide options for the following:

• Paid Time Off: earned time off, as well as paid company holidays based on region
• Paid Parental Leave: take up to six months off with your child after birth, adoption or foster care placement
• Full Health Benefits Plans: options for 100% employer paid and minimum employee contribution health plans from day one of employment
• Retirement Plans: select retirement and pension programs with potential for employer contributions
• Learning and Development: options for coaching, online courses and education reimbursements
• Compassionate Care Leave: paid time off following the loss of a loved one and other life-changing events

Life at Docusign

Working here

Docusign is committed to building trust and making the world more agreeable for our employees, customers and the communities in which we live and work. You can count on us to listen, be honest, and try our best to do what's right, every day. At Docusign, everything is equal.

We each have a responsibility to ensure every team member has an equal opportunity to succeed, to be heard, to exchange ideas openly, to build lasting relationships, and to do the work of their life. Best of all, you will be able to feel deep pride in the work you do, because your contribution helps us make the world better than we found it. And for that, you'll be loved by us, our customers, and the world in which we live.

Accommodation

Docusign is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application procedures. If you need such an accommodation, or a religious accommodation, during the application process, please contact us at

If you experience any issues, concerns, or technical difficulties during the application process please get in touch with our Talent organization at for assistance.

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States Not Eligible for Employment

This position is not eligible for employment in the following states: Alaska, Hawaii, Maine, Mississippi, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia and Wyoming.

Equal Opportunity Employer

It's important to us that we build a talented team that is as diverse as our customers and where all employees feel a deep sense of belonging and thrive. We encourage great talent who bring a range of perspectives to apply for our open positions. Docusign is an Equal Opportunity Employer and makes hiring decisions based on experience, skill, aptitude and a can-do approach. We will not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, color, age, sex, religion, national origin, ancestry, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, physical or mental disability, registered domestic partner status, caregiver status, marital status, veteran or military status, or any other legally protected category.

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