Security Engineering Manager

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

📋 Description

• Lead, mentor, and cultivate the Security Engineering team.

• Establish priorities, manage the engineering workflow, and create career development paths.

• Be responsible for the architecture and strategic roadmap of security platforms.

• Document and make significant design choices.

• Define the security architecture for the AWS environment, encompassing identity guardrails, logging and monitoring, and posture management.

• Manage the detection-as-code framework alongside the automation and agent tools utilized by the SOC.

• Develop and maintain the platform that supports the security-agent fleet, including tools and integrations, permissions and guardrails, evaluation and logging, and system reliability.

• Conduct design and code reviews while establishing standards for testing, infrastructure as code, and observability.

• Collaborate with the Security Operations Team Lead to translate escalation patterns and incident insights into an engineering roadmap.

• Tackle the most challenging technical issues directly, leveraging AI-assisted development as the standard approach.

• Represent Security Engineering to security leadership, R&D, and IT departments.

• Justify investment proposals using data-driven insights.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 5 years in security engineering, cloud security, or detection engineering, including experience in senior or lead roles.

• Proven experience in leading, mentoring, or managing engineering teams.

• Practical experience in building LLM-based or agent-based workflows and associated tools.

• Familiarity with AI-assisted development as a standard engineering practice.

• Experience overseeing the design of security platforms at scale, including log pipelines, detection frameworks, and cloud security controls.

• Extensive knowledge of AWS security architecture, IAM, organizations and guardrails, and security services.

• Possession of AWS Security Specialty or Solutions Architect Associate certification, or equivalent demonstrable expertise.

• Proficient in Python and infrastructure as code, with a history of delivering production systems.

• Capability to produce clear design documentation and articulate technical trade-offs to leadership.

• Preferred: Experience with SSPM and SaaS integration security at scale.

• Preferred: Familiarity with FedRAMP, SOC 2, or ISO 27001 standards.

• Preferred: Certifications such as AWS Security Specialty, AWS Solutions Architect Professional, CISSP, or similar.

🏝️ Benefits

• Unlimited PTO.

• Paid holidays and sick leave.

• Comprehensive health, vision, and dental insurance.

• Life insurance, along with short and long-term disability coverage.

• Standard benefits package and equity options.

• Opportunities for merit-based increases depending on individual or company performance, tenure in the role, and other discretionary considerations.