Manager, Endpoint Security Engineering

Centene; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

Centene Corp. is seeking an Endpoint Security Engineering Manager to lead a team responsible for protecting enterprise endpoints and enforcement platforms. You will drive capability development, policy implementation, and platform health while aligning risk reduction with business objectives.

You will mentor engineers, manage backlogs, and collaborate with capability stewards to deliver multi-year roadmaps. A strong leader with hands-on security experience is essential for success in this role.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of related experience.
• Direct engineering experience with enterprise endpoint security.
• Hands-on with core endpoint security technologies listed in the posting.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of endpoint security engineers and set priorities.
• Oversee operational readiness, runbooks, and service health metrics.
• Drive governance, risk management, and audit activities.
• Partner with architecture and security operations teams on initiatives.
• Manage vendor relationships and contract deliverables.

Skills

People leadership

Team development

Performance evaluations

Coaching

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

Position Purpose: The Endpoint Security Engineering Manager is responsible for the operational leadership, delivery execution, workforce management, and capability advancement of the organization's endpoint security capabilities.

This leader ensures the enterprise endpoint security platform remains effective, scalable, measurable, and aligned to business risk reduction objectives.

The role manages the engineering team responsible for endpoint protection technologies, endpoint security policy implementation, platform health, operational readiness, and continuous improvement initiatives.

The Manager is accountable for delivery and team performance, while partnering closely with senior engineers and capability stewards for technical leadership and architectural direction. The role calls for a thoughtful, people-centered leader who listens well, considers different perspectives, and applies sound judgment to complex technical and organizational decisions.

Candidates should bring direct engineering experience with enterprise endpoint security, endpoint management, or security enforcement platforms, including hands-on experience with at least some of the following core technologies: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, CrowdStrike, Trend Micro Cloud One, Microsoft Intune, Tanium Enforce, and Absolute. Additional experience with Armis, Nexthink, Dynatrace, or Microsoft Entra is preferred. This technical foundation is important for providing engineering leadership, participating in complex technical discussions and incident troubleshooting, assessing architecture and configuration decisions, and providing meaningful technical guidance to the endpoint security engineering team.

Key Details

Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future. Sponsorship and future sponsorship are not available for this opportunity, including employment-based visa types H-1B, L-1, O-1, H-1B1, F-1, J -1, OPT, or CPT.

Team Leadership

• Lead a team of endpoint security engineers.
• Establish priorities, sprint objectives, and operational work plans.
• Conduct performance evaluations, career development, coaching, and mentoring.
• Develop succession plans and reduce key-person dependency risks.
• Build a sustainable operating model that distributes ownership across the team.
• Foster a respectful, inclusive team environment by understanding individual perspectives, responding constructively to challenges, and making well-reasoned decisions.

Operational Accountability

• 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.

Capability Management

• Advance endpoint security capabilities across prevention, detection, visibility, and control enforcement.
• Partner with Capability Stewards to develop multi-year capability roadmaps.
• Prioritize initiatives based on risk reduction, operational efficiency, and business value.
• Ensure new capabilities transition successfully into production operations.

Security Platform Ownership

• Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR).
• Malware Prevention and Anti-Virus.
• Attack Surface Reduction (ASR).
• Endpoint Security Policy Management.
• Endpoint Security Telemetry.
• Device Compliance and Coverage Reporting.
• Security Tool Health Monitoring.
• Endpoint Security Feature Adoption.

Program and Project Execution

• Manage execution of endpoint security projects and strategic initiatives.
• Coordinate resources, timelines, dependencies, and stakeholder communication.
• Partner with infrastructure, workplace technology, architecture, and security operations teams.
• Ensure projects achieve measurable business and security outcomes.

Governance and Risk Management

• Track operational risks and control effectiveness.
• Escalate issues requiring risk acceptance or executive decisions.
• Support audit, compliance, and control validation activities.
• Maintain documented standards, procedures, and engineering practices.

Vendor and Service Provider Management

• Manage relationships with endpoint security vendors and service providers.
• Hold vendors accountable to contracted deliverables and service levels.
• Review performance metrics, roadmaps, and support effectiveness.
• Drive continuous improvement through vendor partnerships.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Complies with all policies and standards.

Education/Experience

Requires a Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of related experience.

Or equivalent experience acquired through accomplishments of applicable knowledge, duties, scope and skill reflective of the level of this position.

Required Leadership Competencies

Strong people leadership and team development s