Head of Endpoint Security Engineering

Centene Corporation; Florida; Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401K and stock purchase plans

Tuition reimbursement

Paid time off

Job summary

Centene Corporation is seeking an Endpoint Security Engineering Manager to lead the operational delivery and capability advancement of our endpoint security program. You will manage engineering teams responsible for protection technologies, policy implementation, platform health, and incident response across the enterprise.

The role requires hands-on experience with Defender for Endpoint, CrowdStrike, and related platforms, plus strong leadership and risk-based decision-making abilities.

Qualifications

• Requires a Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of related experience.
• Execution-focused management approach.
• Ability to balance operational support and strategic improvements.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience managing multiple concurrent security initiatives.
• Risk-based decision-making capability.
• Prior people-management experience with a track record of strengthening team effectiveness, engagement, and development.
• Endpoint Security engineering or operations experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop succession plans and reduce key-person dependency risks.
• Ensure reliable operation of endpoint security platforms and services.
• Maintain operational readiness, support models, escalation paths, and runbooks.
• Manage engineering backlogs and technical debt initiatives.
• Monitor service health, platform coverage, policy effectiveness, and operational metrics.
• Drive consistent execution of security engineering processes.

Skills

Endpoint security leadership

Security program management

Stakeholder communication

Security incident troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

CrowdStrike

Trend Micro Cloud One

Microsoft Intune

Tanium Enforce

Absolute

Armis

Nexthink

Dynatrace

Microsoft Entra

Job description

Centene Corporation is seeking an Endpoint Security Engineering Manager to lead the operational delivery and capability advancement of our endpoint security program. You will manage engineering teams responsible for protection technologies, policy implementation, platform health, and incident response across the enterprise.

The role requires hands-on experience with Defender for Endpoint, CrowdStrike, and related platforms, plus strong leadership and risk-based decision-making abilities.