Manager, Security Engineering (Corporate Systems)

Contentful • Atlanta, GA

18h • Remote

About The Position

Contentful is seeking a Manager of Security Engineering to oversee security for its corporate systems. This role involves developing and implementing security controls and tooling, with a focus on identity and access management, data security, and SaaS platforms. The manager will lead a team, provide technical guidance, and collaborate with various internal teams to mitigate risks and ensure security best practices. The position requires a balance of people leadership and hands-on technical execution, including designing, building, and operating security solutions at scale. The role is responsible for the security of internal corporate systems, not the customer-facing product, but will partner with product security teams on shared responsibilities. The ideal candidate will be comfortable operating in ambiguity and possess a passion for solving complex security challenges innovatively.

Requirements

• 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.

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.

Benefits

• Stock Options
• 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.
• Generous amount of paid time off, including vacation days, sick days, compassion days for loss, education days, and volunteer days
• Company paid parental leave
• Annual education budget
• Virtual and in-person events, including workshops, guest speakers, and fun team activities
• Annual wellbeing stipend
• Monthly communication stipend
• Phone hardware upgrade reimbursement
• New hire office equipment stipend

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees