Lead Security Engineer

Requisitos y responsabilidades

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About the Role:

Define and evolve the security architecture across cloud, application, and infrastructure domains.
Lead threat modeling and risk analysis for complex systems and new product initiatives.
Develop and guide implementation of secure design principles across engineering teams and DevOp teams.
Evaluate emerging security technologies and recommend strategic adoption.
Perform enterprise-level risk assessments and translate findings into prioritized remediation roadmaps.
Define and improve security policies, standards, and control frameworks.
Drive alignment of security practices with regulatory and compliance requirements.
Provide executive-ready summaries of risk posture and mitigation strategy.
Lead complex security investigations and incident response efforts.
Conduct root cause analysis and implement systemic improvements to reduce future risk.
Develop and refine runbooks, playbooks, and response automation.
Act as an escalation point for high-impact security events.
Partner with engineering teams to integrate security into the SDLC.
Define standards for secure code reviews and static/dynamic analysis.
Evaluate vulnerabilities and consider attack paths and recommend both immediate and long term mitigation solutions.
Improve automation for vulnerability scanning, detection, and remediation.
Perform and enhance security reviews of AI tooling including third party and internal MCP servers.
Guide cloud security best practices across AWS/GCP environments.
Act as a trusted advisor to engineering leadership and cross-functional partners.
Influence technical decisions that prioritizes security, while also considering scalability, and delivery speed.
Foster strong relationships with vendors, and internal and external security partners.
Mentor and guide junior security engineers and engineers outside the security team.

Qualifications:

8+ years of cybersecurity or security engineering experience.
Deep expertise in application security, cloud security (AWS/GCP), and modern DevSecOps practices.
Prior experience with modern javascript frameworks and microservice architecture including Kubernetes and container security practices.
Demonstrated experience designing and implementing scalable security architectures.
Strong understanding of SDLC, CI/CD pipelines, and secure development practices.
Experience conducting enterprise-level risk assessments and incident investigations.
Strong analytical thinking and ability to assess ambiguous risk scenarios.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including ability to influence senior stakeholders.
Ability to operate independently and exercise sound judgment on high-impact security decisions.

Qualifications:

Experience working in regulated environments (HIPAA, SOC2, PCI, etc.).
Offensive security experience or strong understanding of adversarial techniques.
Development experience in any modern programming language is a plus (Python, Rust, Go, etc).
Experience with SSO platforms (Okta, SAML).
Experience with SIEM/SOC tooling and observability platforms.
CISSP or equivalent security certification.
Cloud security certifications (AWS/GCP) preferred.
Certified Kubernetes Administrator certification is preferred.

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