Engineering Lead, Security Operations

Lead the Security Operations engineering function by refining the security roadmap, driving vulnerability management and incident response, creating security automation strategy, hiring and mentoring distributed security engineers, leading cross-functional projects, owning resource planning, and communicating complex security solutions to stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Refine the security roadmap
• Drive vulnerability management
• Lead incident response
• Create security automation strategy
• Drive operational excellence in security monitoring
• Hire, mentor, and grow security engineers
• Lead large cross-functional security projects
• Break down initiatives into manageable tasks and prioritize
• Communicate complex security ideas and secure stakeholder buy-in
• Own team resource planning and end-to-end hiring

Requirements

• 8+ years of technical experience including full-time security engineering or software engineering
• 3+ years of leadership experience as a formal people manager
• Experience leading distributed teams across time zones
• Deep understanding of vulnerability management, incident response, security monitoring, and secure coding practices
• Experience with cloud security and network security
• Player-coach skillset with ability to provide technical guidance while managing people and processes
• Ability to write scripting-level code in Python, Go, or bash
• Experience with SIEM tools, security scanning, and monitoring platforms
• Computer science fundamentals including concurrency, algorithms, and data structures; formal CS degree not required