Lead, Security Engineer

About this role

Lead, Security Engineering

Position Level: Leader of Security Engineering

Department: Cybersecurity / Security Engineering

Reports To: Senior Leader of Security Architecture and Engineering

Direct Reports: 15-25 Security Engineering professionals

Location: Remote

Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced Leader of Security Engineering to establish, lead, and mature our Security Engineering organization. This senior leadership role is responsible for the full engineering lifecycle (architect, build, deploy, maintain, and decommission) of security capabilities across cloud infrastructure, network, and user environments. The Leader of Security Engineering will own the engineering delivery of cloud security posture management (CSPM), attack surface management (ASM), SaaS security posture management (SSPM), network security, endpoint security, and mobile security, ensuring each capability is properly designed, operationalized, and handed off to Security Operations for ongoing use.

As a distributed leader, this role carries dual responsibilities: driving security engineering excellence enterprise-wide while providing leadership, mentorship, and support to security team members across all locations.

Key Responsibilities

Security Engineering Program Development and Leadership

• Design and implement a comprehensive Security Engineering Program spanning cloud infrastructure, network, and user environment security, including policies, standards, processes, metrics, and tooling
• Own the full engineering lifecycle (architect, build, deploy, maintain, and decommission) for all security capabilities within the program's scope
• Establish and mature engineering practices across infrastructure deployment, network architecture, and user environment security, including threat modeling, secure design reviews, configuration hardening, and security acceptance criteria
• Define and enforce engineering standards, design patterns, and op...