Lead Security Engineer — AI-Driven Risk & Resilience

Next Frontier Capital; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health care

On-site health and wellness centers

Retirement savings plan

Tuition reimbursement

Mental health support

Job summary

Next Frontier Capital in Jersey City seeks a leadership-minded security engineering professional to guide multi-network security initiatives, leverage AI-assisted risk analysis, and partner with senior business leaders to drive secure design and resilient operations.

You will lead teams, review AI-driven recommendations, and apply threat modeling, vulnerability testing, and secure SDLC practices while aligning with auditability and data-sensitivity standards.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on security engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience in leading a team.
• Skilled in planning, designing, and implementing enterprise level security solutions.
• Demonstrated experience using enterprise-authorized AI capabilities within the work environment to support security engineering workflows with strong validation habits and awareness of data sensitivity.
• Ability to review and validate AI-assisted security recommendations before adoption, escalating uncertainty and ensuring outcomes align to security, resiliency, and auditability expectations.
• Advanced in one or more programming languages with ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently with little to no oversight.
• Advanced knowledge of software application development and technical processes with considerable in-depth knowledge in cloud, AI, ML, mobile, etc.
• Extensive experience with threat modeling, discovery, vulnerability, and penetration testing

Responsibilities

• Facilitates security requirements clarification for multiple networks to enable networks with multi-level security to satisfy organizational needs
• Uses enterprise-authorized AI capabilities within the work environment to accelerate security risk analysis and documentation, validating outputs and handling data appropriately.
• Works with stakeholders and senior business leaders to recommend business modifications during periods of vulnerability
• Applies reuse-first, AI-assisted practices within SDLC/toolchain routines to strengthen security testing and control validation, ensuring traceability and auditability

Skills

Security engineering leadership

AI-assisted security workflows

Threat modeling

Vulnerability testing

Software development knowledge

Code debugging/independence

Tools

Enterprise security tools

AI validation methods

Job description

Next Frontier Capital in Jersey City seeks a leadership-minded security engineering professional to guide multi-network security initiatives, leverage AI-assisted risk analysis, and partner with senior business leaders to drive secure design and resilient operations.

You will lead teams, review AI-driven recommendations, and apply threat modeling, vulnerability testing, and secure SDLC practices while aligning with auditability and data-sensitivity standards.