Manager, Security Engineering
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Manager of Security Engineering at Acquia leading a team on application, cloud, and AI system security. Responsible for securing cloud-native applications and services across the product portfolio.
Responsibilities:
- Lead a specialized team of security engineers focused on application security, cloud security, and AI system security across Acquia's product portfolio.
- Proactively research and identify systemic security gaps to build automated controls and guardrails.
- Act as the critical nexus between Security Operations and Product Engineering, translating complex technical risks into actionable roadmaps.
- Conduct continuous performance evaluations (quarterly and annually) to guide professional development and advocate for team promotions.
- Define and execute a forward-looking security engineering roadmap aligned with Product Engineering needs and broader business initiatives.
- Champion shift-left security practices, including threat modeling, secure code review, and developer security training embedded in the software development lifecycle.
Requirements:
- Hands-on experience with SAST, DAST, and SCA tooling (e.g., Semgrep, Snyk, Veracode, or equivalents) and guiding engineering teams on remediation.
- Deep understanding of securing cloud-native applications and services on AWS, including IAM, API Gateway, secrets management, and container workloads.
- Working knowledge of OWASP LLM Top 10, agentic AI attack surfaces (tool abuse, prompt injection, memory poisoning), and security considerations for AI systems with external integrations.
- Experience using AI-assisted security tools—such as AI-powered SAST, copilot-assisted code review, or agentic vulnerability triage—to scale team output.
- Strong working knowledge of the technical implications of operating within strict compliance frameworks, including ISO/SOC, PCI, and FedRAMP.
- Exceptional ability to translate highly technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders and the interpersonal skills required to influence engineering teams without direct reporting authority.
Benefits:
- competitive healthcare coverage
- wellness programs
- take it when you need it time off
- parental leave
- recognition programs
- and much more!



















