Security Engineering Team Lead

5ironCyber; Franklin (TN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company-paid health, dental and vision

401k with immediate vesting match

Generous paid time off and holidays

PTO for voting and volunteering

Birthday PTO

Internet and cell phone stipend

Team building events

Job summary

5ironCyber is seeking a Security Engineering Team Lead to drive hands-on technical execution while guiding a team to deliver reliable security services. You will balance mentoring, accountability, and strategic OKRs, stepping into complex engineering work as needed.

You will lead daily execution, troubleshoot escalations, and collaborate with SOC to improve coverage, response, and operational reliability, all from our Franklin, TN on-site location.

Qualifications

• Hands-on Elastic Stack experience including Elasticsearch and Kibana.
• Proven ability to lead technical work and guide teammates.
• Working knowledge of SIEM, endpoint security, and incident response in SOC/MDR.
• Strong ownership, organization, and communication to balance urgent and long-term work.
• Experience collaborating with SOC and security engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily engineering execution: prioritize client needs and platform health.
• Act as a hands-on escalation resource for complex issues and deployments.
• Translate strategy into clear owners, milestones, and measurable progress.
• Coach engineers with technical guidance and onboarding support.
• Reinforce engineering standards for change control, testing, and documentation.
• Partner with SOC and other teams to improve security coverage and response.
• Identify recurring issues and surface risks to leadership.

Skills

Technical leadership

Mentoring

Communication

Ownership

Tools

Elastic Stack

Elasticsearch

Kibana

Elastic Security

CrowdStrike

SentinelOne

Zscaler

Proofpoint

Palo Alto

Fortinet

Job description

Role Overview

The Security Engineering Team Lead is a hands-on player-coach who helps the engineering team deliver reliable security services while advancing strategic Security Operations goals. This leader balances technical execution with team coordination, mentoring, accountability, and continuous improvement. They are expected to step into complex engineering work whenever needed, not simply delegate it.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily engineering execution: prioritize client needs, technical escalations, platform health, maintenance, and project work.
• Act as a hands-on escalation resource; troubleshoot complex issues, support integrations and deployments, and assist engineers directly when needed.
• Translate department strategy and OKRs into clear owners, deliverables, milestones, and measurable progress; remove blockers and surface risks early.
• Coach and develop engineers through technical guidance, feedback, knowledge sharing, and support for training and onboarding.
• Reinforce engineering standards for change control, testing, documentation, quality, customer communication, and operational reliability.
• Partner closely with SOC, and other teams to improve security coverage, detection and response, automation, and service consistency.
• Identify recurring issues and opportunities for sustainable fixes; communicate team capacity, delivery risks, and progress to leadership.

Required Qualifications

• Practical, hands-on experience with the Elastic Stack, including Elasticsearch, Kibana, Elastic Security, agents, data ingestion, detections, and troubleshooting.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical work, guide teammates, and drive execution; a senior title or prior formal management role is not required.
• Working understanding of SIEM, endpoint security, incident response, and engineering support in a SOC or MDR environment.
• Strong ownership, organization, communication, and judgment; able to balance urgent technical work with longer-term priorities.

Preferred Experience (Not Required)

• CrowdStrike and/or SentinelOne, Zscaler, and Proofpoint security platforms.
• Firewall administration and troubleshooting (e.g., Palo Alto, Fortinet) is a major plus; MSSP experience and scripting/automation are also valued.

Benefits

• Company-paid health, dental and vision insurance plans for the employee.
• Up to a 4% 401k company match that vests immediately, it’s yours to keep.
• Generous paid time off and 10 holidays per year.
• Paid time off to vote and volunteer.
• Paid time off on your birthday because it’s your special day.
• Up to $100 per month for your internet and cell phone service.
• Team building events.

Additional

• All candidates will be required to take an extensive background screen, credit screen, and drug screen prior to employment.
• This is an on-site position for candidates located in Franklin, TN.