Manager - Platform Engineering (Cyber Security Projects) (Poznań - hybrid) @ Grant Thornton Global Delivery Center Poland

Grant Thornton Global Delivery Center Poland; Poznań; Hybrid; PLN 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working model

Private medical care

MultiSport

Learning and certification budget

International environment

Job summary

Grant Thornton Global Delivery Center Poland is seeking a senior information security Platform Engineering Manager to lead the delivery of complex security platform projects. The role requires managing scope, schedule, budget, and cross‑functional teams across LATAM, EMEA and North America, with overlap to US business hours and fluent English.

Hybrid work with regular Poznań visits is expected. The candidate should have eight or more years in IT/security engineering, demonstrated enterprise

Qualifications

• Eight or more years in information technology or security engineering, including at least two years leading engineers as a manager or team lead.
• Demonstrated delivery of enterprise security platform implementations or migrations, owning schedule, budget, and stakeholder communication end to end.
• Broad hands-on grounding across security domains such as endpoint, network, email, identity, or cloud security, sufficient to challenge designs and estimates credibly.
• Working command of structured delivery methods, change and release management, and the documentation standards that internal audit and external assessors expect.
• Fluency in Polish and English

Responsibilities

• Operate assigned security platforms as a service, including capacity planning, patching, upgrades, health monitoring, and vendor case management.
• Automate repetitive configuration and operational tasks, and treat platform configuration as code wherever the tooling supports it.
• Support incident response and forensic investigations with platform expertise, evidence, and rapid containment actions.
• Maintain runbooks, architecture diagrams, and control documentation to a standard that satisfies internal audit and external assessment.
• Participate in an on‑call rotation and in scheduled change windows, including occasional work outside standard business hours.

Skills

Leadership

Delivery management

Polish/English fluency

Job description

Required Qualifications

• Eight or more years in information technology or security engineering, including at least two years leading engineers as a manager or team lead.


• Demonstrated delivery of enterprise security platform implementations or migrations, owning schedule, budget, and stakeholder communication end to end.


• Broad hands-on grounding across security domains such as endpoint, network, email, identity, or cloud security, sufficient to challenge designs and estimates credibly.


• Working command of structured delivery methods, change and release management, and the documentation standards that internal audit and external assessors expect.


• Fluency in Polish and English

Preferred Qualifications

• Certification such as PMP, PRINCE2, Certified ScrumMaster, CISSP, or CISM.


• Experience with post-merger security integration, vendor and contract management, and automation of deployment and reporting through infrastructure as code.

Working Arrangements and Team Expectations

This role sits within the Information Security Platform Engineering function and shares a common operating model with the wider team. Engineers own the security platforms they build end to end: design, deployment, day‑to‑day operation, tuning, and lifecycle management. Work is delivered against agreed service levels and measured on control coverage, platform availability, and the quality of detection and prevention outcomes. Because the teams are distributed across LATAM, EMEA, and North America, all roles require reliable overlap with United States business hours and fluent written and spoken English.

• Operate assigned security platforms as a service, including capacity planning, patching, upgrades, health monitoring, and vendor case management.


• Automate repetitive configuration and operational tasks, and treat platform configuration as code wherever the tooling supports it.


• Support incident response and forensic investigations with platform expertise, evidence, and rapid containment actions.


• Maintain runbooks, architecture diagrams, and control documentation to a standard that satisfies internal audit and external assessment.


• Participate in an on‑call rotation and in scheduled change windows, including occasional work outside standard business hours.

This is a hybrid role and regular visits to Poznań are required

Please note that CV in English is required.

The Manager for Platform Engineering Cyber Security Projects leads the delivery of the security technology portfolio: new platform implementations, major upgrades and migrations, control uplift programs, and the integration work that follows acquisitions. The role pairs engineering judgment with delivery discipline, taking initiatives from business case and design through build, testing, cutover, and handover into steady‑state operations. It is accountable for scope, schedule, budget, and quality across concurrent projects, and for making sure every platform the team ships arrives with documentation, monitoring, and an owner.

What we offer:

• Hybrid working model (2 days in the office and 3 days working remotely)


• Stable employment with an employment contract, private medical care, and a benefits package including MultiSport and a benefits platform


• Opportunity to work in an international environment and collaborate with experienced Grant Thornton experts and professionals from around the world


• A culture based on teamwork, trust, and knowledge sharing


• A well‑structured onboarding program to support a smooth start and successful integration into your new role


• Clear career development paths and access to learning and certification programs


• Access to training platforms and tools that support professional growth


• An inclusive workplace that welcomes people with disabilities


• A modern office in Poznań, located in Malta Office Park

Why join Grant Thornton Global Delivery Center Poland

At Grant Thornton Global Delivery Center Poland (GDC), you’ll contribute to meaningful work that moves businesses forward. From day one, you’ll help deliver value for clients while helping shape the future of a growing delivery center in Poland.

Through supporting operations of our growing multinational platform, you’ll have opportunities to tackle complex projects, work with advanced technologies and develop new skills while expanding your experience. You’ll collaborate across countries, markets and time zones, learning from different perspectives and building experience beyond their roles.

At GDC Poland, you’ll be part of a team that succeeds together. Knowledge is shared, diverse perspectives are valued, and team members support one another in doing their best work.

Clear career paths, learning opportunities and international exposure will help you continue building your skills, expanding your capabilities and growing a rewarding career.

About Grant Thornton

Grant Thornton provides audit and assurance, tax and advisory services through the member firms of the Grant Thornton International Ltd (GTIL) network. Wherever business operates, the network is there, with member firm capabilities in more than 150 markets worldwide.

Within the network, the Grant Thornton Advisors multinational platform is a group of firms that connects priority markets and operates with aligned standards, technology and delivery expectations. For work that crosses borders, this helps support collaboration and coordination across markets. Platform firms operate as separate legal entities.

• Lead a distributed team of project and platform engineers, including work allocation, resource planning, performance feedback, and technical development.


• Own end‑to‑end delivery of security platform projects, from requirements and design through build, testing, cutover, and formal handover to the operations teams.


• Manage scope, schedule, budget, dependencies, and risk across concurrent initiatives, and report status and escalations to security leadership on a regular cadence.


• Coordinate with infrastructure, network, identity, application, and vendor teams to sequence changes safely, and steer designs through architecture and change advisory forums.


• Drive security platform integration for acquisitions and divestitures, including discovery, control mapping, migration planning, and decommissioning of redundant tooling.


• Requirements: Security, Cloud security, Audit, PMP, Prince2, Certified ScrumMaster, CISSP, CISM, Infrastructure as Code, Windows


• Additionally: Sport subscription, Private healthcare, Training budget, Free coffee, Bike parking, Mobile phone, In‑house trainings, Modern office.