Associate Director, Edge Security & Traffic Management

Associate Director, Edge Security & Traffic Management

Responsible for leading the design, build, and operation of enterprise traffic management platforms that enable secure connectivity, high availability, and modern application delivery across corporate and subsidiary environments.

Oversees External Global Traffic Management (Akamai), Internal GTM (Citrix Net Scaler and F5), and Local Traffic Management solutions across on‑premises and cloud platforms (Azure Application Gateway, GCP ILB/ELB), as well as Edge Security tooling including Akamai AAP and F5 Shape Botnet protection.

Provides strategic and operational leadership to ensure these platforms operate reliably at scale while advancing modernization, standardization, and the maturity of a hybrid Agile delivery model. Accountable for delivering consistent solution designs, improving user experience, and curating supported enterprise architectural patterns.

• Lead engineering and operations teams responsible for enterprise load balancing, traffic management, gateway services, and edge integrations.
• Own strategy, roadmap, and operational performance of Secure Edge platforms.
• Ensure high availability, performance, and resiliency of services governing enterprise traffic and user access across on‑premises and cloud environments.
• Drive modernization initiatives, including on‑premises standardization, optimization of cloud‑delivered global traffic services, and integration of native cloud gateways.
• Establish and maintain consistent policies, standards, and architectural patterns across corporate and subsidiary environments.
• Oversee operational metrics, service health monitoring, incident response, and continuous improvement efforts.
• Manage budgets and resource allocation across associates, contractors, and supporting services.
• Develop and mentor senior technical leaders while building and sustaining high‑performing engineering teams.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 6+ years of experience in load balancing, infrastructure security, or related technical domains.
• 2+ years of experience leading and managing technical teams.
• Experience developing engineers and operations staff into clearly defined roles and career paths.
• Hands‑on experience operating and scaling enterprise traffic management platforms.
• Experience with F5 BIG‑IP and Citrix Net Scaler platforms.
• Strong understanding of load balancing principles, architectures, and design patterns.
• Experience operating in highly regulated environments and supporting audit and compliance requirements.
• Ability to align vendor strategy with enterprise standards and provide long‑term technical direction.
• Proven ability to partner across the enterprise to build trusted relationships, influence outcomes, and establish clear boundaries.

• Experience with WAF, DDoS, and bot mitigation security controls.
• Experience driving modern traffic management solutions for multi‑region, cloud‑hosted applications.
• Strong understanding of network traffic flows and application delivery patterns.
• Demonstrated success leading cross‑functional initiatives within large, matrixed organizations.
• Prior experience in healthcare, financial services, or other highly regulated industries.

While this is a remote position, occasional travel to Humana’s offices for training or meetings may be required.

40 scheduled weekly hours. Pay range: $156,600 – $215,400 per year. Eligible for a bonus incentive plan.

Humana Inc. and its affiliated subsidiaries offer competitive benefits that support whole‑person well‑being, including medical, dental, and vision coverage; 401(k) retirement savings plan; paid time off; disability and life insurance; and other opportunities.

It is the policy of Humana not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status. It is also the policy of Humana to take affirmative action, in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and VEVRAA, to employ and to advance in employment individuals with disability or protected veteran status, and to base all employment decisions only on valid job requirements.