Senior Manager, Security Engineering

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

📋 Description

• Lead and expand a team of Security Engineers tasked with safeguarding cloud-native environments, CI/CD pipelines, and essential production infrastructure.

• Offer strategic guidance, mentorship, and operational excellence as both a technical leader and people manager.

• Foster collaborations with Software Development, DevOps, and Product Management teams to integrate secure-by-design principles into developer workflows.

• Propel proactive vulnerability management initiatives.

• Advocate for the internal dogfooding program to evaluate, monitor, and shape product roadmaps.

• Recruit, retain, nurture, and mentor a globally distributed Security Engineering team.

• Set performance objectives, conduct one-on-one meetings, and assist in career development.

• Lead threat modeling and technical security assessments across product architectures and multi-cloud infrastructures.

• Develop automation, policy-as-code, and user-friendly security tools for continuous security checks within CI/CD workflows.

• Define, implement, and govern secure baselines for multi-cloud resources and managed Kubernetes infrastructure.

• Manage vulnerability assessment and remediation programs, while establishing preventative controls for software supply chains.

• Collaborate with detection and response teams on alert triage, investigations, and automated incident resolution.

• Work alongside Engineering and DevOps leadership to balance security needs with product delivery speed.

⛳️ Requirements

• 2+ years of experience in leading, managing, or mentoring security engineering, DevOps, or technical cloud infrastructure teams.

• 7+ years of experience in security engineering or security operations within cloud-native environments.

• Strong practical cloud security experience in AWS, along with a working understanding of Azure or GCP.

• Extensive knowledge of Kubernetes, including EKS, GKE, and AKS, as well as container security principles.

• Comprehensive understanding of cloud IAM architecture and identity security at an enterprise scale.

• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) frameworks like Terraform, CloudFormation, Helm, or Pulumi.

• Experience in automation scripting and tooling in Python, Go, Shell, HCL, or Rego.

• Practical knowledge of web application security fundamentals and threat modeling, including the OWASP Top 10 and software supply chain security.

• A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience is preferred.

• Experience managing and scaling remote, globally distributed engineering teams is preferred.

• Experience in large-scale SaaS or managed cloud services organizations is preferred.

• Familiarity with CNAPP, CSPM, CIEM, or CDR platforms and methodologies is preferred.

• Must possess the legal right to work in the country where the position is based without requiring visa sponsorship.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equal opportunity employer.

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