Lead Security Engineer, SRE & Cloud Defense

The Walt Disney Company; Bay Lake (FL); On-site; USD 148,000 - 199,000; Full time

Job summary

The Walt Disney Company is seeking a Lead Security Engineer within Disney Experiences Technology in Lake Buena Vista, FL to strengthen site reliability and security controls for guest-facing services.

You will partner with SRE, delivery and systems teams to implement security measures, monitor threats, and drive reliability across large distributed systems. A focus on automation, CI/CD, and cloud security is essential.

Qualifications

• BS or equivalent in CS/Cybersecurity or related field.
• Experience securing large-scale web services and platforms.
• Hands-on with cloud providers and automation.

Responsibilities

• Manage security assessments and assessment reports.
• Design and maintain controls for apps and infra.
• Implement WAF and bot management configurations.
• Audit security configurations and standards.
• Enhance monitoring and detections for threats.
• Lead reliability efforts and root-cause investigations.
• Mentor engineers and influence security practices.
• Research emerging threats and propose mitigations.
• Collaborate across teams to improve security posture.

Skills

Agile environments

Network security

Threat analysis

Security monitoring

Troubleshooting

Mentoring engineers

Proactive learning

Root cause analysis

Education

BS in Computer Science or Cybersecurity

CISSP preferred

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Ansible

Chef

GitLab

AWS CodeBuild

Azure DevOps

Job description

The Walt Disney Company is seeking a Lead Security Engineer within Disney Experiences Technology in Lake Buena Vista, FL to strengthen site reliability and security controls for guest-facing services.

You will partner with SRE, delivery and systems teams to implement security measures, monitor threats, and drive reliability across large distributed systems. A focus on automation, CI/CD, and cloud security is essential.