Sr. IT Systems Operations Manager

<div class="content-intro"><p>At ExtraHop, we’re on a mission to protect and empower the connected enterprise. We reveal what is happening in the very infrastructure that sustains businesses, lives, and communities, and ensure the integrity of networks, data, systems, and processes. Organizations rely on ExtraHop to provide visibility into the cyber threats, vulnerabilities, and network performance issues that evade their existing security and IT tools. With this insight, organizations can investigate smarter, stop threats faster, and keep operations running.</p> <p>Our mission is fueled by a profound social and moral responsibility to be the best at what we do, ensuring a secure world where everyone can thrive. If this sounds like a place you’d like to spend the next chapter of your career, we’d love to hear from you. </p></div><p><strong>Position Summary</strong></p> <p>ExtraHop is seeking an experienced Senior Manager, IT Systems Operations to lead and evolve the strategy, architecture, and operational excellence of our enterprise technology ecosystem. This leader will be responsible for building and scaling a high-performing team while driving the long-term vision for enterprise infrastructure, cloud services, systems reliability, automation, and operational maturity.</p> <p>As a senior leader within IT, you will establish strategic direction, influence technology investments, and partner closely with Engineering, Security, Workplace Services, and business stakeholders to deliver secure, resilient, and scalable services that support company growth. You will balance hands-on technical leadership with organizational development, serving as both a technical authority and people leader while creating an environment that enables innovation, operational excellence, and continuous improvement.</p> <p>This role requires a leader who can translate business objectives into technology strategy, build strong cross-functional partnerships, develop future leaders, and drive transformational initiatives across the enterprise.</p> <p><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></p> <p><strong>Organizational Leadership & Strategy</strong></p> <ul> <li>Define and execute the strategic roadmap for enterprise infrastructure, cloud platforms, systems operations, and service reliability in alignment with company objectives.</li> <li>Lead, mentor, and develop a team of engineers, fostering a culture of accountability, inclusion, innovation, and continuous learning.</li> <li>Build organizational capability through succession planning, talent development, workforce planning, and scalable operational processes.</li> <li>Establish and monitor key operational metrics, service level objectives (SLOs), and performance indicators to drive measurable improvements in