Senior Security Engineering Leader | Platform & Strategy

Arctic Wolf; United States; Remote; USD 137,000 - 222,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity for all employees

Flexible time off and paid volunteer D

401k match

Training and career development

Comprehensive private benefits plan

EAP and mental health services

Fertility support and paid parental

Job summary

Arctic Wolf is seeking a Senior Manager, Security Engineering to lead the strategy and execution of security engineering functions, partnering with Product, Engineering, and Risk stakeholders to scale securely.

This role focuses on identity and access management, cloud security, platform security, and automation to reduce risk and mature operations. It requires building leaders, delivering roadmaps, and guiding strategic investments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience designing, building, and operating production systems at scale.
• Prior experience in Security Engineering or closely related engineering disciplines.
• Proven experience leading engineering teams and delivering complex technical initiatives.
• Strong experience with coding, system integration, and automation.
• Experience evaluating and implementing enterprise security technologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead one or more Security Engineering teams through managers, team leads, and individual contributors.
• Define and execute multi-year roadmaps aligned to enterprise security objectives, business priorities, technology strategy, and regulatory requirements.
• Oversee the design, implementation, and operation of enterprise security platforms supporting identity, cloud, application, endpoint, data protection, and security operations capabilities.
• Provide strategic governance for system architecture, platform integrations, security design standards, and engineering best practices.
• Champion automation and platform-based security controls to reduce manual effort and improve security outcomes at scale.
• Evaluate emerging technologies, manage strategic vendor relationships, and guide build-versus-buy decisions.
• Lead complex cross-functional programs, establish service ownership, KPIs, and continuous improvement programs.
• Communicate strategy, risk, progress, and investment needs to senior leadership and executive stakeholders.

Skills

Team Leadership

Security Architecture

Technical Strategy

Organizational Change

Cloud-Native Security

Prioritization

Vendor Management

Executive Communication

Metrics-Driven

Change Leadership

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science / Engineering

Production systems at scale

Security Engineering experience

Engineering leadership

Coding, integration, automation

Enterprise security technologies

Tools

Identity & Access Management

Cloud Security

Application Security

Job description

Arctic Wolf is seeking a Senior Manager, Security Engineering to lead the strategy and execution of security engineering functions, partnering with Product, Engineering, and Risk stakeholders to scale securely.

This role focuses on identity and access management, cloud security, platform security, and automation to reduce risk and mature operations. It requires building leaders, delivering roadmaps, and guiding strategic investments.