Lead a team of Security Engineers to protect cloud-native environments and drive security initiatives in a fully remote role.
Posted by employer 1 day ago
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Last verified on the company career page 5 hours ago
Skills & Technologies
What you'll build
- Recruit, retain, develop, and coach a high-performing team of Security Engineers
- Lead threat modeling and technical security reviews
- Drive the creation of automation and developer-friendly security tooling
- Define, implement, and govern secure baselines for multi-cloud resources
- Oversee end-to-end vulnerability management and remediation programs
Must have
- 2+ years of experience leading security engineering teams
- 7+ years of experience in security engineering or security operations
- Strong hands-on cloud security experience in AWS
- In-depth understanding of cloud IAM architecture
- Hands-on experience with IaC frameworks
Nice to have
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Cybersecurity
- Experience managing remote engineering teams
- Prior experience in large-scale SaaS or managed cloud services
- Experience with CNAPP, CSPM, CIEM, or CDR platforms
Practical constraints
- Applicants must have the legal right to work in the country without visa sponsorship
Role intensity
10% coding — mostly leadership/strategy
AI in the day-to-day
We offer an AI-powered platform that harnesses Google’s Threat Intelligence and Security Operations.
Requirements
- Experience
- 7+ years
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
- Visa
- No sponsorship (stated in posting)
Not disclosed in this posting: compensation.
Joblaze summary
The Sr. Manager of Security Engineering at Wiz oversees a team dedicated to safeguarding cloud-native environments and production infrastructure. This role requires expertise in cloud security across platforms like AWS, Azure, and GCP, along with strong leadership skills to mentor and develop a globally distributed team. Ideal candidates have extensive experience in security engineering and a solid understanding of automation and vulnerability management. The position emphasizes collaboration with cross-functional teams to integrate security into development workflows.
Joblaze insights
- Listed today — first seen on Joblaze October 4, 2026. Last confirmed on Wiz's careers page October 4, 2026.
Quick facts
- Is the Sr. Manager, Security Engineering role remote?
- Yes — Wiz lists this as a fully remote position.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 7 years of relevant experience for this Sr. Manager, Security Engineering role.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AWS, Azure, CloudFormation, GCP, Go, HCL.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Wiz targets senior candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Sr. Manager, Security Engineering role at Wiz.
From the original posting
Come join the organization that is redefining security for the AI era. As one of the fastest-growing startups ever, we enable teams to secure cloud and AI applications by connecting code, cloud, and runtime into a single shared context. Trusted by security teams all over the world, we have a proven track record of success and a culture that values world-class talent. Not to mention, we're now powered by Google, meaning we offer our customers an AI-powered platform that harnesses Google’s Threat Intelligence and Security Operations to better detect, prevent, and respond to threats across all environments, allowing for further innovation.
Role Description
As a Security Engineering Manager for Product & Production Infrastructure, you will lead and grow a team of talented Security Engineers responsible for protecting cloud-native environments, CI/CD pipelines, and core production infrastructure. In this role, you will act as a technical leader and people manager—providing strategic direction, mentorship, and operational excellence while staying close to modern cloud and container technologies across AWS, Azure, and GCP. You will build deep partnerships with Software Development, DevOps, and Product Management teams to embed secure-by-design principles into developer workflows, drive proactive vulnerability management, and champion our internal dogfooding program to assess, monitor, and influence product roadmaps.
Responsibilities
- Team Leadership & Talent Development: Recruit, retain, develop, and coach a high-performing, globally distributed team of Security Engineers; establish performance goals, conduct 1:1s, and support career progression.
- Technical Strategy & Architecture: Lead threat modeling and technical security reviews across product architectures and multi-cloud infrastructure to identify attack surfaces and design scalable mitigation strategies.
- Security Automation & "Shift-Left": Drive the creation of automation, policy-as-code, and developer-friendly security tooling to integrate continuous, end-to-end security checks into CI/CD workflows.
- Infrastructure & Container Hardening: Define, implement, and govern secure baselines for multi-cloud resources and managed Kubernetes infrastructure (EKS, GKE, AKS).
- Vulnerability & Supply Chain Management: Oversee end-to-end vulnerability management and remediation programs, establishing preventative controls across software supply chains from development to production.
- Detection & Incident Response: Partner with detection and response functions to scale alert triage, investigation capabilities, and automated incident remediation.
- Cross-Functional Partnership: Build deep functional relationships with Engineering and DevOps leadership to balance security requirements with product delivery velocity.
Minimum qualifications
- Leadership Experience: 2+ years of experience leading, managing, or mentoring security engineering, DevOps, or technical cloud infrastructure teams.
- Technical Experience: 7+ years of experience in security engineering or security operations within cloud-native environments.
- Cloud & Container Security: Strong hands-on cloud security experience in AWS (with working knowledge of Azure or GCP), along with deep knowledge of Kubernetes (EKS/GKE/AKS) and container security principles.
- Identity & Access Management: In-depth understanding of cloud IAM architecture and identity security at enterprise scale.
- Infrastructure as Code & Automation: Hands-on experience with IaC frameworks (Terraform, CloudFormation, Helm, or Pulumi) and automation scripting/tooling in Python, Go, Shell, HCL, or Rego.
- Application Security: Practical knowledge of web application security fundamentals and threat modeling (e.g., OWASP Top 10, software supply chain security).
Preferred qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Experience managing and scaling remote, globally distributed engineering teams.
- Prior experience in organizations that develop and operate large-scale SaaS or managed cloud services.
- Experience with CNAPP, CSPM, CIEM, or CDR platforms and methodologies.
Applicants must have the legal right to work in the country where the position is based, without the need for visa sponsorship. This role does not offer visa sponsorship.
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