Lead Security Data Engineer

Zealogics.com•Alpharetta, GA

1d•$65 - $70

About The Position

This role involves technical leadership in defining and driving the technical strategy for data engineering within Cloud & Platform Security. The Lead Security Data Engineer will architect end-to-end data platforms supporting security telemetry, risk analytics, and compliance reporting. They will establish engineering standards and best practices across data ingestion, transformation, storage, and access control, and will own and communicate key architecture decisions and trade-offs. A significant part of the role includes accountability for Business As Usual (BAU) vulnerability work, encompassing triaging, tracking routine patches, and SLA tracking. This involves familiarizing oneself with the firm’s scanning tools and processes, triaging vulnerabilities, communicating status, guiding system owners in remediation, updating cases, and reviewing system owner comments and requests. The analyst will also develop deep operational expertise of the platform to mature and improve it, determine future automation needs, and work with the dev team to fix bugs, test fixes, and streamline processes. They must be able to explain and present the VM process and tool usage to system owners and be prepared for zero-day response and bypass of normal patch SLAs, with response windows compressing to mere hours, including weekends and holidays. On-call scheduling and follow-the-sun handoffs are expected. The role also requires partnering with security, engineering, product, and compliance stakeholders to translate complex requirements into scalable solutions, decomposing ambiguous challenges into structured, actionable technical designs, and leading discovery and requirements definition. Execution involves leading the design and development of scalable cloud-based data platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), building and maintaining systems handling high-volume security data, and ensuring strong data quality, observability, governance, and performance. Team leadership includes mentoring engineers, driving a culture of engineering excellence, and acting as a technical advisor.

Requirements

7+ years of experience in software or data engineering, vulnerability, technology security operations or response functions.
Experience in a technical lead or team leadership role
Proven ability to translate complex business and security challenges into scalable technical solutions
Experience building data platforms/products that deliver actionable insights to end users
Hands-on experience designing and operating large-scale cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
Vulnerability management knowledge
Vulnerability Scanning tooling knowledge
CVSS / EPSS / exploitability
OS/app patching ecosystems
cloud vs on-prem differences
scripting / automation
threat intel integration

Nice To Haves

Experience building security-focused or developer-facing platforms
Familiarity with vulnerability management data (e.g., CVE, CVSS, EPSS) and prioritization methodologies
Experience in cloud security, platform security, application security, or similar domains
Experience with large-scale data engineering and cloud-native services
Background working in regulated environments

Responsibilities

Technical Leadership
Define and drive technical strategy for data engineering within Cloud & Platform Security
Architect end-to-end data platforms supporting security telemetry, risk analytics, and compliance reporting
Establish engineering standards and best practices across data ingestion, transformation, storage, and access control
Own and communicate key architecture decisions and trade-offs
Accountable for BAU vulnerability work inclusive of triaging, tracking routine patches, and SLA tracking.
Familiarize themselves with the firm’s scanning tools and processes, triaging vulnerabilities, communicating status, guiding system owners in remediation, updating cases, reviewing system owner comments and requests.
Develop deep operational expertise of the platform in order to mature and improve the platform determine possible future automation needs and work with the dev team to fix bugs, test fixes in QA, and streamline the processes via the platform.
Explain and present the VM process and tool usage to system owners.
Be prepared for zero-day response and bypass of normal patch SLAs
Respond to security incidents within mere hours inclusive of Weekend and Holiday times.
Be part of the on call schedule representative of their timezones and ensure appropriate follow the sun hand off of an active issue.
Solution Design & Problem-Solving
Partner with security, engineering, product, and compliance stakeholders to translate complex requirements into scalable solutions
Decompose ambiguous challenges into structured, actionable technical designs
Lead discovery and requirements definition to ensure solutions address root problems
Execution & Delivery
Lead design and development of scalable cloud-based data platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
Build and maintain systems handling high-volume security data (logs, alerts, audit trails, telemetry)
Ensure strong data quality, observability, governance, and performance across platforms
Team Leadership & Collaboration
Mentor and guide engineers through code reviews, design sessions, and technical coaching
Drive a culture of engineering excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement
Act as a technical advisor in architecture reviews and cross-functional planning
Partner with stakeholders to ensure secure, scalable, and reusable solutions