Manager Security Engineer

Marigold

2d•$120,000 - $130,000•Remote

About The Position

Marigold is seeking an experienced Security Engineering Manager to lead our Security Engineering function and help safeguard our people, products, and infrastructure. This is a hands-on leadership role responsible for managing a team of security engineers while driving enterprise-wide security strategy, incident response, vulnerability management, and security operations. As the Security Engineering Manager, you'll partner closely with Engineering, Infrastructure, Product, Legal, HR, and IT to embed security into every stage of the system lifecycle. You'll play a key role in protecting critical business assets, reducing organizational risk, and fostering a strong security-first culture across the company. This position offers the opportunity to develop deep knowledge of Marigold's products, technology stack, and global business operations while leading initiatives that directly support the company's long-term success.

Requirements

4+ years of dedicated cybersecurity experience with progressively increasing responsibility, including prior people leadership or team management experience.
Strong expertise in enterprise security operations, vulnerability management, incident response, network and system architecture, endpoint protection, and identity and access management.
Experience securing cloud environments, particularly AWS and/or Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and partnering with Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs).
Demonstrated experience implementing security frameworks and regulatory standards such as ISO 27001, SOC 2, NIST, and GDPR.
Excellent communication skills with the ability to present technical security risks and recommendations to both technical and executive audiences.
Ability to make informed decisions under pressure and participate in an on-call incident response rotation.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.

Nice To Haves

Active CISSP, CISM, GSEC, or other recognized cybersecurity certification.
Experience leading organization-wide security awareness programs and phishing simulation initiatives.
Experience supporting external security audits and enterprise compliance programs.

Responsibilities

Lead and develop the Security Engineering team by providing technical leadership, coaching, mentorship, and performance management while fostering a culture of continuous improvement and security awareness.
Develop, implement, and maintain enterprise security strategies, policies, standards, and controls that align with business objectives and regulatory frameworks including ISO 27001, SOC 2, NIST, and GDPR.
Lead security operations, including incident response, threat detection, vulnerability management, security monitoring, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement of the organization's security posture.
Design, implement, and manage security technologies including SIEM, endpoint detection and response (EDR), firewalls, web application firewalls (WAF), identity and access management (IAM), and cloud security controls across AWS and GCP environments.
Partner cross-functionally with Engineering, Infrastructure, Product, Legal, HR, and IT teams to integrate security into system design, change management, application development, and enterprise risk management while monitoring security metrics, supporting audits, and driving ongoing compliance initiatives.