Remote Lead Cybersecurity Engineer - Web & Cloud Security

Humana; United States; Remote; USD 142,000 - 196,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401(k) retirement savings plan

Paid time off

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Job summary

Humana is seeking a Lead CyberSecurity Engineer to forecast roadmap work and plan in two-week sprints. You will influence security outcomes across multiple teams, lead cross-functional initiatives, and serve as a trusted advisor for web application and edge security matters.

The ideal candidate brings hands-on leadership, deep expertise in web application security, cloud technologies, and threat mitigation, and excels at influencing stakeholders to drive enterprise-wide security improvements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• 8+ years of experience in cybersecurity, application security, or information security.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience designing and supporting WAF and Bot Management solutions.
• Strong knowledge of OWASP Top 10, API security, authentication, and web security architectures.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement security solutions for web applications, APIs, and cloud-hosted services.
• Lead and optimize WAF and Bot Management platforms (Akamai, Cloudflare, Imperva, AWS WAF, Azure WAF, F5 Distributed Cloud, etc.).
• Apply web application security best practices, including OWASP Top 10, API security, authentication, and attack mitigation techniques.
• Develop security automation using Python, PowerShell, REST APIs, and related technologies.
• Analyze threats, investigate vulnerabilities, and implement mitigation strategies.
• Provide guidance on AI-related security risks and support automated remediation initiatives.
• Collaborate with application, infrastructure, and security teams to drive security outcomes.
• Lead roadmap planning, technical initiatives, and Agile-based security projects.
• Use your skills to make an impact.

Skills

Cybersecurity

Web security

Threat mitigation

Security leadership

Cloud security

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Python

PowerShell

REST APIs

Job description

Humana is seeking a Lead CyberSecurity Engineer to forecast roadmap work and plan in two-week sprints. You will influence security outcomes across multiple teams, lead cross-functional initiatives, and serve as a trusted advisor for web application and edge security matters.

The ideal candidate brings hands-on leadership, deep expertise in web application security, cloud technologies, and threat mitigation, and excels at influencing stakeholders to drive enterprise-wide security improvements.