Director Analyst – Infrastructure Security and Networking (Remote: US)

About this role

About the role:
Gartner analysts are industry thought leaders who create must-have insight and provide advice to a broad range of world-leading organizations. A Sr Director, Analyst possesses a keen eye for identifying gaps, problems and solutions within the market they serve, and help clients make better decisions relative to their highest business priorities. As an analyst, you will bring Gartner's best practices, and tools to life across a broad range of world class clients. Your focus will be on both the pragmatic content that assists a client in solving today’s problems, and provocative insight that challenges a client’s assumptions on how the future will play out.
Key areas of coverage will be in infrastructure cybersecurity technologies that allow infrastructure and IT operations groups to mitigate cyber risk and lay the foundation for continued success and growth. Knowledge (and intellectual curiosity) in areas such as, SASE, SSE, Zero Trust, cloud security, endpoint security, and patch management are important. You will apply your broad knowledge of technologies, vendors, processes, and best practices to provide actionable insights to our clients.
What you will do:

Research, analyze and predict expected (and foresee unexpected) market trends and shifts to provide end-user organizations and vendors with actionable insights.

Remain ahead of the curve on developments and issues within the specified areas as well as applicable adjacent areas of emerging technologies.

Collaboratively write and publish analysis and positions at a regular cadence through evidence-based research

Communicate complex concepts concisely and with authority via virtual or face-to-face interactions with senior-level executives.

Present at multiple conferences as an industry expert.

Partner with sales and service delivery partners to increase account growth, retention, and engagement

What you will need:

Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred.

12+ years of experience in infrastructure cybersecurity, secure networking architecture, or related IT domains, preferably within forward‑leaning enterprise environments.

Knowledge of major infrastructure cybersecurity offerings from vendors such as Palo Alto Networks, Netskope, Cato Networks, Fortinet, Cisco, Zscaler, CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, and Microsoft

Ability to analyze, formulate, and clearly articulate technology and business adoption scenarios, helping senior IT leaders understand opportunities, risks, and implementation pathways for both existing and emerging infrastructure cybersecurity technologies.

Expertise in modern infrastructure security models, including SASE, SSE, Zero Trust, and identity‑centric security frameworks, with additional expertise in the design and optimization of secure enterprise networking.

Key understanding of cloud security, endpoint security, patch management, backup and recovery, and disaster recovery best practices

Knowledge and intellectually curiosity on emerging cyber threats to IT infrastructure such as post-quantum attacks, AI-powered cyber attacks, and multi-layer extortion ransomware attacks

Strong working knowledge of industry cybersecurity frameworks such as NIST CSF 2.0, ISO/IEC 27001, ISO 42001, and NIST AI RMF

Understanding of geopolitical and sovereign workloads requirements in different regions as they relate to infrastructure security and compliance

Deep familiarity with major cybersecurity infrastructure and services offerings, including U.S. and international service providers, managed security services, and emerging vendors and technologies influencing the security and networking landscape.

Broad understanding of enterprise connectivity and security drivers, such as cloud adoption, distributed workforces, application modernization, and increasing reliance on integrated security-networking architectures.

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