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Principal Security Engineering Manager

United States, Multiple Locations, Multiple Locations💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-22 → 2026-09-26

Core

Define vision and strategy for durable identity protection capabilities, operationalizing a hybrid human + agentic Security Operations Engineering model using AI and automation to improve protection design, monitoring, and response.

Role type

Principal Security Engineering Manager (Identity Protection & SecOps)

Builds

Scalable identity protection controls, operational mechanisms, and product improvements for cloud-critical administrative environments.

Domain

Cybersecurity, Identity Management, Security Operations (SecOps)

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure

Required skills

Identity architecture design, Privileged access management, Lateral-movement risk reduction, Protection engineering, Security operations leadership, AI/automation strategy, Threat modeling, SIEM integration, Incident response, Cloud security

Preferred skills

CISO engagement, Engineering culture building, Strategic roadmap execution, Cross-functional partnership

Technologies

AI, Automation, SIEM, Cloud platforms

Responsibilities

Define strategy and priorities for identity protection; Build and operationalize hybrid human + agentic SecOps models; Partner with engineering, product, and data science teams to translate requirements into scalable controls; Drive actionable outputs including roadmaps, risk assessments, and executive updates; Establish engineering standards and quality controls; Represent the team in customer and leadership engagements; Hire and develop diverse talent.

Seniority

Principal, strategy & mentorship

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