Role: Lead Security Engineer
The Lead Security Engineer is the senior technical resource on the internal security team. This role owns security engineering standards, leads incident response, and ensures security platforms are properly configured, integrated, and optimized to reduce risk and improve detection and response.
Key Responsibilities
Serve as the technical lead for security operations and incident response
Assist in investigation, containment, and remediation of severity incidents
Design, implement, and tune security controls across identity, endpoint, email, network, and SIEM platforms
Maintain and improve detection quality, response playbooks, and operational documentation
Participate in after-hours on-call rotation and provide escalation leadership
Tooling & Platforms
ServiceNow (SNOW)
Palo Alto Firewalls & SASE
Microsoft Defender
Microsoft 365 and Azure
Microsoft Copilot and other AI tools and technologies
Okta
Proofpoint
Cisco Umbrella
Securonix and/or Microsoft Sentinel
XM Cyber
Qualifications
7–10+ years of security engineering or security operations experience
Strong incident response and remediation background
Experience designing and maintaining enterprise security controls
Excellent troubleshooting and communication skills