Lead Security Data Engineer

Job Title

Responsibilities:

Technical Leadership

Define and drive technical strategy for data engineering within Cloud & Platform Security

Architect end-to-end data platforms supporting security telemetry, risk analytics, and compliance reporting

Establish engineering standards and best practices across data ingestion, transformation, storage, and access control

Own and communicate key architecture decisions and trade-offs

Accountable for BAU vulnerability work inclusive of triaging, tracking routine patches, and SLA tracking

Familiarize themselves with the firm's scanning tools and processes, triaging vulnerabilities, communicating status, guiding system owners in remediation, updating cases, reviewing system owner comments and requests

Develop deep operational expertise of the platform in order to mature and improve the platform determine possible future automation needs and work with the dev team to fix bugs, test fixes in QA, and streamline the processes via the platform

Explain and present the VM process and tool usage to system owners

Specifically prepared for zero-day response and bypass of normal patch SLAs

The response window compresses to mere hours inclusive of Weekend and Holiday times

Expected to be part of the on call schedule representative of their timezones and ensure appropriate follow the sun hand off of an active issue

Solution Design & Problem Solving

Partner with security, engineering, product, and compliance stakeholders to translate complex requirements into scalable solutions

Decompose ambiguous challenges into structured, actionable technical designs

Lead discovery and requirements definition to ensure solutions address root problems

Execution & Delivery

Lead design and development of scalable cloud-based data platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)Build and maintain systems handling high-volume security data (logs, alerts, audit trails, telemetry)Ensure strong data quality, observability, governance, and performance across platforms

Team Leadership & Collaboration

Mentor and guide engineers through code reviews, design sessions, and technical coaching

Drive a culture of engineering excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement

Act as a technical advisor in architecture reviews and cross-functional planning

Partner with stakeholders to ensure secure, scalable, and reusable solutions

Required Qualifications:

7+ years of experience in software or data engineering, vulnerability, technology security operations or response functions

Experience in a technical lead or team leadership role

Proven ability to translate complex business and security challenges into scalable technical solutions

Experience building data platforms/products that deliver actionable insights to end users

Hands-on experience designing and operating large-scale cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)Vulnerability management knowledge

Vulnerability Scanning tooling knowledge

CVSS / EPSS / exploitability

OS/app patching ecosystems

Cloud vs on-prem differences

Scripting / automation ? threat intel integration

Preferred Skills

Experience building security-focused or developer-facing platforms

Familiarity with vulnerability management data (e.g., CVE, CVSS, EPSS) and prioritization methodologies

Experience in cloud security, platform security, application security, or similar domains

Experience with large-scale data engineering and cloud-native services

Background working in regulated environments

Rate range -$65-$70