Lead Endpoint Security Solution Engineer

The Vanguard Group; Dallas (TX); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Vanguard is seeking a Lead Endpoint Security Engineer to drive strategic initiatives across endpoint security platforms and services. This role partners with security, engineering, infrastructure, and business stakeholders to understand challenges, design scalable solutions, and lead large-scale deployments.

You will champion automation, platform health, and operational excellence while guiding secure solution delivery and governance across a diverse technology portfolio.

Qualifications

• Strong experience with enterprise endpoint security technologies such as CrowdStrike, Tanium, Microsoft Defender, Elastic Security, Qualys, Digital Guardian, or similar platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise deployments, upgrades, integrations, and platform lifecycle activities across the endpoint security ecosystem.
• Drive automation, operational excellence, and continuous improvement through engineering best practices and process optimization.
• Partner with stakeholders to understand business needs and develop practical endpoint security solutions.
• Lead technical discussions and influence solution direction across multiple teams.
• Help lead the operational support, stability, and resiliency of enterprise endpoint security platforms.

Skills

Security leadership

Stakeholder management

Technical communication

Tools

CrowdStrike

Tanium

Microsoft Defender

Elastic Security

Qualys

Digital Guardian

Job description

Lead Endpoint Security Engineer Position Summary

Security Engineer responsible for Vanguard's endpoint security platforms and operational services. This role serves as a technical leader within the endpoint security space, partnering with security, engineering, infrastructure, and business stakeholders to understand business challenges, evaluate requirements, and develop scalable, secure solutions. The individual will help shape endpoint security strategy, drive large-scale deployments, and lead operational excellence across a diverse portfolio of endpoint security technologies.

Deployment, Engineering & Continuous Improvement

Lead enterprise deployments, upgrades, integrations, and platform lifecycle activities across the endpoint security ecosystem. Drive automation, operational excellence, and continuous improvement through engineering best practices, standardization, and process optimization. Evaluate new technologies and capabilities to ensure scalable, supportable, and secure solutions.

Endpoint Security & Solution Delivery

Partner with stakeholders to understand business needs and develop practical endpoint security solutions that balance security, user experience, and operational supportability. Serve as a subject matter expert for endpoint security technologies, providing technical leadership and guiding solution design across multiple initiatives. Assess platform dependencies, architectural considerations, and cross-technology impacts when introducing new capabilities.

Collaboration & Technical Leadership

Lead technical discussions and influence solution direction across engineering, infrastructure, security, and business teams. Provide guidance on complex technical challenges and communicate recommendations to both technical and non-technical audiences. Contribute to endpoint security strategy, governance, and service ownership practices.

Operations & Platform Management

Help lead the operational support, stability, and resiliency of enterprise endpoint security platforms. Drive platform health, monitoring, incident response, vulnerability remediation, and operational risk reduction activities. Ensure endpoint security services remain reliable, scalable, and effective across a large enterprise environment.

Required Qualifications

Strong experience with enterprise endpoint security technologies such as CrowdStrike, Tanium, Microsoft Defender, Elastic Security, Qualys, Digital Guardian, or similar platforms. Deep understanding of endpoint security, endpoint engineering, and enterprise deployment practices. Experience supporting large-scale enterprise environments and technology deployments. Experience with observability, monitoring, automation, and operational resilience initiatives. Strong problem-solving, communication, stakeholder management, and technical leadership skills.

Special Factors

Sponsorship Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.

About Vanguard

At Vanguard, we don't just have a mission—we're on a mission. To work for the long-term financial wellbeing of our clients. To lead through product and services that transform our clients' lives. To learn and develop our skills as individuals and as a team. From Malvern to Melbourne, our mission drives us forward and inspires us to be our best.

How We Work

Vanguard has implemented a hybrid working model for the majority of our crew members, designed to capture the benefits of enhanced flexibility while enabling in-person learning, collaboration, and connection. We believe our mission-driven and highly collaborative culture is a critical enabler to support long-term client outcomes and enrich the employee experience. Vanguard, one of the world's leading investment management companies, serves individual investors, institutions, employer-sponsored retirement plans, and financial professionals. We have a diverse and talented crew with a culture that promotes teamwork, along with an unwavering focus on serving our clients' best interests.