Sr Lead Security Engineer - Email

Cybersecurity Jobs; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 176,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Cybersecurity Jobs in Jersey City, NJ is seeking a Senior Lead Security Engineer to own the strategy, architecture, and lifecycle management of enterprise email security platforms for critical business communications.

The role leads cross-functional teams across Cyber, Technology, Risk, Compliance, Audit, and business stakeholders to define roadmaps, drive modernization, and manage incident response and risk. Onsite role with USD 175,750–260,000 per year.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of cybersecurity experience including leading enterprise email security programs
• Deep expertise in secure email gateways, phishing protection, threat detection, encryption, cloud email security platforms, SPF/DKIM/DMARC
• Proven experience designing and operating enterprise-scale security architectures in regulated environments
• Advanced knowledge of cloud computing, AI/ML, or related technologies
• Strong risk analysis, threat modeling, and security controls validation

Responsibilities

• Own strategy, architecture, engineering, and lifecycle management for enterprise email security platforms
• Define and drive the email security roadmap across gateways, phishing protection, threat detection, encryption, and DLP
• Act as technical authority for email security architecture and regulatory compliance
• Partner with Cyber, Technology, Risk, Compliance, Audit and business stakeholders to assess threats and prioritize investments
• Lead complex modernization programs from concept to deployment, migrations, upgrades
• Drive incident response, threat analysis, risk assessments, and remediation for email threats
• Establish metrics, KPIs, and reporting on platform effectiveness and risk reduction
• Create executive-ready materials for senior leadership and governance forums
• Manage vendor relationships and ensure accountability for roadmaps and performance
• Mentor and lead engineering teams and promote continuous improvement
• Utilize AI capabilities in engineering workflows while protecting data and auditability
• Lead cross-functional initiatives across Cybersecurity, Infrastructure, and risk teams

Skills

Email security

Threat modeling

Risk analysis

AI/ML

Programming

Executive communication

Cross-functional leadership

Regulatory compliance

Leadership

Education

CISSP, CCSP, CISM or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft 365

Exchange Online

Job description

Senior Lead Security Engineer role focused on enterprise email security strategy, architecture, engineering, and platform lifecycle management for critical business communications.

Responsibilities

• Own strategy, architecture, engineering, and lifecycle management for enterprise email security platforms.
• Define and drive the email security roadmap across secure email gateways, phishing protection, threat detection and response, encryption, and data loss prevention (DLP), including cloud-based security services.
• Act as technical authority for email security architecture, ensuring alignment with cybersecurity expectations, resiliency needs, regulatory obligations, and multi-level security requirements.
• Partner with Cyber, Technology, Risk, Compliance, Audit, and business stakeholders to assess threats, prioritize investments, clarify security requirements, and manage security risk.
• Lead complex engineering and modernization programs from concept to deployment, including proof-of-value, migrations, technology upgrades, and platform transformations.
• Drive incident response, threat analysis, risk assessments, and remediation for phishing, business email compromise (BEC), malicious email campaigns, and evolving email-borne threats.
• Establish metrics, KPIs, and reporting covering platform effectiveness, threat reduction, operational performance, resiliency, and business value.
• Create executive-ready materials including strategy papers, management updates, and governance communications for senior leadership, risk committees, and oversight forums.
• Manage vendor relationships to enforce accountability for product roadmaps, operational performance, risk remediation, and contractual commitments.
• Mentor and lead engineering teams, promoting innovation, operational excellence, continuous improvement, and effective resource management during disruptive events.
• Use enterprise-authorized AI capabilities and a reuse-first engineering approach to accelerate security analysis, testing, control validation, and documentation while protecting data, supporting auditability, and meeting compliance needs.

Requirements

• 10+ years of cybersecurity experience, including significant experience leading enterprise email security programs and engineering teams.
• Deep expertise in email security technologies: secure email gateways, phishing protection, threat detection, encryption, cloud email security platforms, and email authentication standards: SPF, DKIM, and DMARC.
• Proven experience designing, implementing, and operating enterprise-scale security architectures in highly regulated environments.
• Advanced knowledge of software engineering and technical disciplines, including cloud computing, artificial intelligence, machine learning, or related technologies.
• Strong background in threat modeling, vulnerability assessments, penetration testing, risk analysis, and security control validation.
• Advanced proficiency in one or more programming or automation languages, with the ability to solve complex technical problems independently.
• Demonstrated experience applying enterprise-authorized AI in engineering workflows, including validating AI-assisted recommendations and accounting for data sensitivity, resiliency, and audit requirements.
• Strong understanding of cybersecurity frameworks, risk management practices, regulatory expectations, and audit requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to lead large cross-functional initiatives across Cybersecurity, Infrastructure, Engineering, Risk, Compliance, Audit, Vendor Management, and business organizations.
• Strong executive communication skills, including experience presenting technical strategies, risks, business cases, roadmaps, metrics, investment recommendations, and program status to senior leadership.
• Exceptional leadership and influence, with strong problem-solving skills to build consensus, drive decisions, balance strategic priorities, and deliver measurable risk-reduction outcomes.

Technologies

• SPF
• DKIM
• DMARC
• Cloud computing
• Artificial intelligence
• Machine learning

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience securing Microsoft 365, Exchange Online, Local Exchange/Outlook, and similar enterprise email security platforms.
• Experience leading large-scale email security transformation or modernization initiatives.
• CISSP, CCSP, CISM, or equivalent industry certifications.
• Experience in financial services, banking, or another highly regulated industry.
• Experience supporting regulatory examinations, internal audits, and third-party risk assessments.
• Familiarity with AI-driven security operations, threat detection, and email risk analytics.

Location: Jersey City, NJ (onsite)

Compensation: USD 175,750 - 260,000 per year