Hybrid Security Engineering Lead — Automation & Strategy

Hampton North; Reston (VA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Hampton North is seeking a player-coach engineering leader to manage a team of six senior security engineers in Reston, VA. The role involves overseeing a comprehensive security toolset while continuing hands-on technical work.

The ideal candidate has over 8 years of security engineering experience, including Splunk administration and EDR platforms. Key responsibilities include leading the team, driving automation strategies, and managing security platform lifecycles.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in security engineering with hands-on tool deployment.
• Experience leading or mentoring a security engineering team.
• Hands-on experience with EDR platforms such as Tanium or CrowdStrike.

Responsibilities

• Leading and mentoring a team of six senior security engineers.
• Driving automation strategy across tooling ecosystem.
• Owning lifecycle management and maturity for security platforms.
• Partnering with security operations for tool coverage.
• Building metrics, KPIs, and maturity roadmaps.
• Getting hands-on for integration challenges.
• Identifying gaps in tooling coverage.

Skills

Security engineering

Team leadership

Splunk administration

EDR platforms

Vulnerability scanning

Python scripting

Network security engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Hampton North is seeking a player-coach engineering leader to manage a team of six senior security engineers in Reston, VA. The role involves overseeing a comprehensive security toolset while continuing hands-on technical work.

The ideal candidate has over 8 years of security engineering experience, including Splunk administration and EDR platforms. Key responsibilities include leading the team, driving automation strategies, and managing security platform lifecycles.