Contentful · 7 hours ago
Manager, Security Engineering
New York City, New York, United States
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$187K/yr - $253K/yr
8+ years expContentful is a leading digital experience platform that helps modern businesses meet the growing demand for engaging, personalized content at scale. As a Manager of Security Engineering, you will own security engineering across Contentful’s corporate systems and balance people leadership with hands-on technical execution to ensure comprehensive risk mitigation.
Cloud ComputingCMSContentDeveloper ToolsPublishingSaaSSoftware
Responsibilities
Develop a team, providing coaching, mentorship, goal setting, and performance feedback
Define roles and make hiring decisions to grow the team in line with department needs
Remain hands on, balancing technical leadership with direct implementation work
Own execution and prioritization across projects and operations, using agile delivery practices
Scale and mature effectiveness and efficiency by improving processes and tooling
Champion continuous improvement across all aspects of the security program
Continuously improve effectiveness and efficiency by evolving processes and tooling
Communicate risks and technical concepts with clarity to leadership and stakeholders
Collaborate with security leadership to execute business aligned, risk reduction roadmaps
Shape work scope, sequencing, and success criteria inline with department and company needs
Drive security processes, standards, and best practices across information technology assets
Partner with stakeholders to evolve security awareness and specialized training across all functions
Mature capabilities across endpoint, SaaS, and cloud configuration
Own strategy evolution of corporate capabilities, including configuration, IAM, and data security
Enhance tooling, automation, and integrations to improve visibility and reduce manual effort
Support and guide security incident response efforts as a technical leader
Support cross functional vulnerability management while advancing the program capabilities
Define and maintain metrics to measure impact, optimize execution, and guide investment
Partner with cross-functional teams for security enhancement and drive risk reduction
Accelerate adoption of AI, balancing practicality enablement, and risk management
Stay current on threats, vulnerabilities, and tactics, translating insights into actionable strategies
Qualification
Required
8+ years of progressive engineering and security experience
3+ years managing people and security engineering teams
Comfort operating in ambiguity, balancing strategic thinking, security, and practicality
Expertise with AWS, GCP, and Azure
Strong hands-on experience designing, implementing, and operating security controls at scale
Demonstrated experience securing endpoint, SaaS, and cloud environments
Experience working within identity and access management and data security programs
Software development experience in modern programming language (Python, Go, etc)
Hands-on experience using Terraform and infrastructure-as-code
Experience applying modern practices to improve efficiency and scalability or security programs
Passion for solving complex security problems in innovative and scalable ways
Experience using metrics to measure impact, optimize execution, and guide investment decisions
Strong communication skills with the ability to explain technical topics to non technical audiences
Ability to support occasional off-hours incident response efforts
Familiarity with attacker techniques in cloud-native and traditional environments
Hands-on experience owning security technologies (e.g., EDR, AntiVirus, etc.)
Proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and influence outcomes without direct authority
Experience owning end to end security programs, proactively driving incremental improvement
Strong systems thinking, with the ability to design security solutions that scale through efficiency
Benefits
Full-time employees receive Stock Options for the opportunity to share in the success of our company
Comprehensive healthcare package covering 100% of monthly health premiums for employees and 85% of costs for your dependents.
Fertility and family building benefits, including a lifetime reimbursable wallet to support your growing family.
We value Work-Life balance and You Time! A generous amount of paid time off, including vacation days, sick days, compassion days for loss, education days, and volunteer days
Company paid parental leave to care for and focus on your growing family
Use your personal annual education budget to improve your skills and grow in your career
Enjoy a full range of virtual and in-person events, including workshops, guest speakers, and fun team activities, supporting learning and networking exchange beyond the usual work duties
An annual wellbeing stipend to care for your physical, financial, or emotional health
A monthly communication stipend and phone hardware upgrade reimbursement.
New hire office equipment stipend for hybrid or distributed employees. Get the gear you need to work at your best.
Company
Contentful
Contentful offers a headless content management system that helps organizations deliver content across channels.
501-1000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$349.6MKey Investors
Tiger Global ManagementSapphire VenturesGeneral Catalyst
2021-07-28Series F· $175M
2020-06-17Series E· $80M
2018-12-05Series D· $33.5M
Leadership Team
Karthik Rau
Chief Executive Officer
Steve Sloan
CEO
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