Federal Security Engineering Manager

horizon3ai; United States; Remote; USD 176,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Health insurance

Flexible vacation

Parental leave

Job summary

horizon3ai is seeking a leader to build and run the security engineering function for cloud environments serving federal and defense customers. You will set technical direction for cloud controls, monitoring, and incident response while growing a team to meet FedRAMP and DoD requirements.

You will recruit and develop cloud security, SIEM, and SOC engineers, define security architecture standards, and guide automated controls.

Qualifications

• Experience leading security engineers and setting team priorities.
• Expertise in cloud security for regulated or government environments.
• Knowledge of FedRAMP and DoD cloud security requirements.
• Experience with security monitoring, SIEM, and incident response.
• Ability to collaborate across security, engineering, and partner teams.

Responsibilities

• Recruit, organize, and develop cloud security, SIEM, and SOC engineers.
• Set security architecture standards for IAM, network segmentation, encryption, hardening, and logging.
• Guide automated controls using infrastructure as code and review threat models and risk assessments.
• Work with engineering teams to secure software delivery and deployment pipelines.
• Establish federal monitoring and SOC operating model, including logging, alerts, on‑call, escalation and response.
• Direct detection, threat hunting, and incident response for federal environments.

Skills

Cloud security

Team leadership

Security monitoring

Incident response

FedRAMP/DoD security

Tools

SIEM

Job description

Role overview

Build and lead the security engineering function for cloud environments serving federal and defense customers. The role sets technical direction for cloud controls, monitoring, and incident response while growing a team responsible for meeting FedRAMP and Department of Defense security requirements.

Responsibilities

• Recruit, organize, and develop cloud security, SIEM, and SOC engineers, including planning roles and hiring as the program grows.
• Set security architecture standards for identity and access, network segmentation, encryption, hardening, and logging.
• Guide implementation of automated controls using infrastructure and policy as code, and review architecture, threat models, and risk assessments.
• Work with engineering teams to incorporate security into software delivery and deployment pipelines.
• Establish the federal monitoring and SOC operating model, including logging, alerting, on‐call coverage, escalation, and response procedures.
• Direct detection and threat‑hunting work, and lead incident response for the federal environments.

Requirements

• U.S.-person and clearance eligibility are relevant to staffing and work in the federal environments.
• Experience leading security engineers and setting team priorities, development plans, and operating practices.
• Expertise in cloud security architecture and controls for regulated or government environments.
• Knowledge of FedRAMP and DoD cloud security requirements, including Impact Level 4/5 environments.
• Experience with security monitoring, SIEM or SOC operations, detection, and incident response.
• Ability to work across security, engineering, and partner teams to deliver and maintain secure systems.

Benefits and work setup

The role is described as remote.

• Base salary range of $175,950–$230,000 annually, with the final amount depending on location and qualifications.
• Eligibility for stock options.
• Health insurance.
• Flexible vacation.
• Parental leave.