Lead Security Engineer

Now Hiring: Security Engineer Lead – Safe Browsing / Threat Detection

📍 Uptown BGC | Fully Onsite | Night Shift |

About the Role

As a Security Engineer Lead – Safe Browsing / Threat Detection, you will lead a team of approximately 10 technical professionals while supporting security operations focused on identifying and preventing online threats.

This role combines technical leadership, security analysis, data-driven investigation, stakeholder management, and people management.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of technical process analysts and specialists.
• Manage workload distribution, team performance, and development opportunities.
• Coordinate with multiple cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
• Monitor SLAs and act as a key contact for workflow risks and issues.
• Review documented processes and playbooks and identify improvement opportunities.
• Perform technical audits/reviews of code changes from L3 and L4 engineers.
• Analyze large datasets to identify harmful entities, trends, patterns, and system vulnerabilities.
• Conduct static and dynamic analysis of potential phishing, malware, and social engineering threats.
• Support risk management and operational excellence initiatives.
• Apply data-driven analysis to improve threat detection and prevention.

Must-Have Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, or an equivalent technical field — or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years of hands-on experience in security operations, web security analysis, or a related analytical role.
• Strong experience querying and analyzing large datasets using SQL.
• Experience with data-focused programming such as Python.
• Knowledge of the internet threat landscape, particularly phishing, malware, or website vulnerabilities.
• 2+ years of people management and performance management experience.
• Experience leading or managing technical teams.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with close attention to detail.

Good-to-Have

• Knowledge of OWASP vulnerabilities and/or Exploit Kits.
• Linux operating system experience.
• Shell/batch scripting experience.
• Statistical analysis experience using tools such as R, Stata, or SAS.
• Experience conducting technical reviews or audits.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to different audiences.
• Experience managing competing stakeholder priorities in a fast-paced environment.