Lead Information Security Engineer – Cyber Defense

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Ohio.

📋 Description

• Direct the efforts of software, platform, and site reliability engineering alongside detection, response, and threat intelligence analysts.

• Develop, deploy, and oversee scalable infrastructure and applications designed to identify, monitor, and prevent cybercriminal activities.

• Design cloud-based workloads and automate the integration and deployment processes for application code, infrastructure code, and security tools.

• Engineer and manage containerized workloads in AWS, including Amazon EKS.

• Design and support AI-enabled applications, agents, engineering harnesses, and associated services within AWS.

• Conduct lead-level engineering reviews and grant approval for application, infrastructure-as-code, containerized, serverless, and AI-integrated code modifications.

• Develop patterns, tools, controls, observability, and integrations to ensure the secure use of AI throughout software and security engineering workflows.

• Contribute to the development of detection, response, and intelligence applications and platforms.

• Collaborate as part of an Agile team in two-week sprints with squad members, the Product Owner, and the Agilist.

• Assist with operational information security duties while upholding standards, procedures, and guidelines.

• Offer technical assistance to regulatory agencies and internal and external auditors during audits and examinations.

• Stay informed through cross-training and skill enhancement in security, cloud, software engineering, and artificial intelligence technologies.

• Exemplify modern software engineering practices, including the responsible application of AI-assisted engineering.

⛳️ Requirements

• Demonstrated experience in developing production-quality software, tools, automation, and/or services in one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, Go).

• Familiarity with AI-assisted software engineering techniques and tools.

• Comprehensive understanding of cloud computing with proven experience utilizing AWS services.

• Knowledge of cloud networking, identity, security, compute, storage, and observability principles.

• Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code and automated delivery methodologies.

• Proficiency with Information Security tools such as Splunk, Elasticsearch, EDR, SIEM, SOAR, and XDR.

• Experience in creating and integrating solutions across on-premises, hybrid, and/or cloud environments.

• Background in building, securing, troubleshooting, and operating containerized applications using Docker or similar technologies.

• Experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration, with a strong preference for Amazon EKS experience.

• Experience in developing or supporting applications using foundation models, AI agents, or AI engineering frameworks is highly preferred.

• Understanding of engineering considerations for AI-enabled systems, including model access, tool integration, identity and permissions, data protection, observability, evaluation, testing, human oversight, and controls.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Information Systems or equivalent education and experience.

• Minimum of 4 years of related experience, including at least 2 years in Information Security Engineering, Software Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, Platform Engineering, or Developer roles.

• Experience in engineering and troubleshooting systems operating on Unix/Linux environments.

• Ability to convey ideas effectively in both verbal and written forms to management, business and IT stakeholders, and technical peers.

• Cloud certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect Associate/Professional, CCSP, or equivalent are preferred.

• Experience in the financial industry is an advantage.

• Note: Position is not open to immigration sponsorship.

🏝️ Benefits

• Incentive compensation plan based on company, line of business, and/or individual performance.

• Comprehensive benefits that support physical, financial, emotional, and social well-being.