Manager of Security Engineering-Edge (Austin & San Antonio, TX)

H-E-B; San Antonio (TX); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

H-E-B in Texas seeks a Manager, Edge Security Engineering to lead a team securing the enterprise perimeter across network, cloud access, browser, endpoint, and email security.

The role balances operational excellence with automation, platform engineering, and strategic planning, delivering measurable improvements in security at scale through leadership and collaboration.

Hybrid work options and cross-functional partnerships with Infrastructure, Cloud, and Security teams are expected.

Qualifications

• 7+ years leading Cyber Security teams with enterprise controls.
• Experience designing Zero Trust security architectures.
• Expertise in endpoint, email, network, and cloud security technologies.
• Proven automation and platform engineering initiatives.
• Collaborates with Infrastructure, Cloud, Engineering and Security leaders.

Responsibilities

• Directs and coordinates activities of a broad functional area; plans, staffs, budget attainment.
• Leads production or services of departments; manages complex initiatives with business impact.
• Hires, trains, develops teams; delegates tasks to complete projects; communicates with stakeholders.
• Coaches and provides technical leadership; aligns with business strategy and objectives.
• Drives automation, infrastructure deployment, monitoring, security and compliance.

Skills

Cyber security leadership

Zero Trust

Endpoint security

Email security

Cloud security

Automation

Platform engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

CrowdStrike

Proofpoint

EDR

CASB

DLP

SaaS security

Job description

Responsibilities

Job Summary: As a Manager, Edge Security Engineering, you'll lead a team responsible for securing H-E-B's enterprise perimeter across network, cloud access, browser, endpoint, and email security. This team owns both the architecture and operation of security controls that ensure access is granted by policy, unauthorized access paths are eliminated, and data is protected across users, devices, workloads, and internal systems. The role is responsible for balancing operational excellence with automation and platform engineering, continuously improving security capabilities while driving efficiency at scale. Responsibilities include team leadership, strategic planning, prioritization, stakeholder management, budgeting, and performance management.

Location

San Antonio or Austin, TX (Hybrid)

Key Responsibilities & Essential Functions

• Directs and controls the activities of a broad functional area through several departments within the function. Has control of planning, staffing, budget attainment, and recommending / implementing changes to methods.

Management

• Manages one or multiple work groups or units in several different areas or a large functional unit; leads / manages daily coordination of technical staff and vendors


• Manages production or services of one or more departments or areas, with a high level of complexity and business impact


• Hires / maintains staffing / fires/ promotes / demotes / transfers / disciplines approves raises; manages / develops / trains teams to achieve department goals; develops / delegates tasks to complete projects; manages communications with stakeholders


• Leads / coaches / provides effective feedback; provides day-to-day technical leadership; communicates connection between Partners and impact to operational objectives


• Recommends changes in alignment with business strategy


• Provides leadership and expertise; participates in cross-functional initiatives; ensures Partners maintain sufficient technical knowledge; identifies training requirements


• Assists in developing budgets and goals


• Ensures goal setting and accomplishments align with H-E-B / Digital objectives, and technology decisions align with H-E-B direction and focus on total cost of ownership, maximization of third-party model, promoting cross-functional skill development of Partners, and customer relationships


• Identifies opportunities to improve team's leadership and technical skills


• Ensures automation, infrastructure deployment, maintenance, monitoring, security, and compliance using industry and enterprise best practices

The responsibilities and essential functions outlined above describe the general nature and level of work assigned to this position. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and skills required. Duties and responsibilities may be modified at any time based on business needs. Employees may be required to perform other job-related tasks as requested by their supervisor, subject to reasonable accommodations.

Qualifications & Key Requirements

• 7+ years of experience leading Cyber Security teams, with responsibility for enterprise security controls, platform operations, and security engineering initiatives.


• Experience designing, implementing, and operating Zero Trust security architectures, including secure access, network segmentation, identity-based access controls, and data protection strategies.


• Strong expertise in endpoint, email, network, and cloud security technologies, including CrowdStrike, Proofpoint, EDR, secure web gateways, CASB, DLP, SaaS security, and threat detection capabilities.


• Proven success driving automation and platform engineering initiatives, reducing operational overhead while improving the effectiveness, scalability, and reliability of security controls.


• Experience partnering with Infrastructure, Cloud, Engineering, and Security leaders to develop security strategy, manage risk, and deliver measurable improvements in enterprise security posture.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Objectives are defined in collaboration with senior management and results assessed from a relatively long-term perspective. Erroneous decisions will have a long-term effect on the company's success.


• Working understanding of log analysis, application performance monitoring, API security, container security, AWS cloud security, Agile and other project management methodologies, PCI DSS, HIPAA, and other industry regulations


• Advanced skills in AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform; Terraform, CloudFormation, Pulumi, or Ansible; Python, Golang, PowerShell, Perl, or Shell script


• Advanced skills in Linux-based and Windows Server operating systems management, secrets management, and vaulting technologies


• Advanced skills using APIs to optimize tasks / achieve automation


• Advanced skills in cloud resources: virtual networking, access controls (security groups, ACLs), service endpoints, application / network load balancing, API gateways, service principals, functions / serverless, storage buckets, containers, block storage, file shares


• Advanced leadership / management skills

Education

• Bachelor in a relevant field of education or work experience leading successful projects and coaching/mentoring others in functional area.

Licenses/Certifications

• One more professional security certifications e.g -CISSP, CISA, CEH, GIAC, cloud certifications from AWS, Azure, or GCP

Physical Demands & Working Conditions

• Function in a fast-paced environment


• Work extended hours; sit for extended periods

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a Partner encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

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