Automation Manager

Welcome to the future of cloud networking and security!

Cato Networks is the first company to converge enterprise networking and security into one centralized and global service that is delivered by cloud. It is led by networking and security pioneer Shlomo Kramer (Check Point, Imperva) and early investor (Palo Alto Networks, Exabeem, Trusteer and more). Cato’s unique technology inspired a brand-new product category, later named “SASE” by Gartner and a market expected to reach $28.5 billion by 2028.

This is your opportunity to get on the rocket ship and join a company that is building a cutting-edge enterprise network and secure cloud platform, and is on a fast track to becoming the worldwide market leader – don’t miss it!

We are looking for an experienced Automation Manager to join the Cato team. In this role, you will own the automation and quality domain end to end, leading strategy, execution, and continuous improvement across multiple products and services. You will work closely with Engineering, Product, Infrastructure, and Security teams to ensure automation is an integral, scalable part of our delivery lifecycle.

This role is leadership-focused, combining strong people management, cross-team influence, and domain ownership, with an emphasis on driving initiatives rather than day-to-day coding.

Responsibilities

• End-to-end ownership of the automation domain and accountability to the quality of all security products.
• Represent the automation domain in planning, design and execution, clearly communicating risks, trade-offs, and recommendations to stakeholders from the quality perspective.
• Lead and grow automation teams through recruitment, mentoring, performance management, and career development, including managing team leads.
• Establish automation standards and methodologies, ensuring consistent practices across teams and alignment with overall engineering and product goals.
• Define and drive automation initiatives that improve quality, coverage, efficiency, and time-to-market across the security group.
• Partner closely with Product Management, R&D, DevOps, and Infrastructure teams to influence roadmaps, define quality gates, and align on release readiness.
• Drive continuous improvement by identifying gaps, risks, and opportunities in existing quality processes and leading cross-functional remediation efforts.
• Provide technical direction and governance, including design reviews, framework evolution, and architectural decisions, without being the primary code contributor.
  
  

• 3+ years of experience in an engineering or automation management role, owning teams, delivery, and quality outcomes.
• Proven experience working in security and/or networking domains, ideally within companies delivering large-scale, b2b products.
• Strong background in test automation for complex, multi-layered products, with the ability to guide and review technical solutions.
• Proven experience leading cross-team initiatives and influencing without direct authority.
• Experience defining and scaling automation strategies for SaaS or multi-tenant cloud platforms.
• Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines, automated testing lifecycles, and production readiness processes.
• Familiarity with cloud environments (AWS preferred) and modern service-based architectures.
• Background in networking and/or security domains – strong advantage.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and organizational alignment skills.
• Highly motivated, structured thinker with strong ownership and problem-solving capabilities.
• BSc. degree in Computer Science or equivalent.