Platform Security Team Lead

DRW•Chicago, IL

About The Position

DRW is seeking a Platform Security Team Lead to manage a small, high-impact team focused on securing the core systems of the business, including identity, AI platforms, servers, and endpoints. This is a hands-on leadership role where the individual will define strategy and remain involved in the engineering work. The role involves setting direction, elevating standards across various domains, and collaborating with platform, infrastructure, and business teams to implement scalable controls that align with DRW's operational model. Previous experience in the trading/financial industry is preferred but not mandatory.

Requirements

Strong engineering background with experience in infrastructure, or security engineering
Experience leading or mentoring technical engineers
Hands-on depth across systems such as Active Directory, Entra ID, Windows, macOS, Linux (Ubuntu/RHEL), modern identity platforms, and endpoint or server security tooling
Comfortable operating across multiple domains and making clear-headed tradeoffs under competing priorities
Pragmatic grasp of security principles - you know when to push hard and when to ship something good enough to iterate on
Strong communicator who can move fluidly between deep technical discussions and business conversations
Demonstrated ability to drive projects to completion in complex, fast-moving environments

Nice To Haves

Experience in financial services, trading, or other latency- and uptime-sensitive environments
Deep expertise in one or more of: identity architecture, AI/ML security, server hardening, or endpoint security
Experience building or scaling a platform or security engineering team from the ground up
Familiarity with relevant regulatory or risk frameworks

Responsibilities

Lead a team of platform security engineers across Identity, AI, Server, and Client security domains
Stay technically engaged by reviewing architectures, weigh in on designs, and contributing directly to security engineering work where it matters most
Partner with platform and infrastructure teams to design and implement scalable security controls
Shape and prioritize the team's roadmap based on risk, business impact, and improving the overall security program
Drive consistency and raise the standard of practices across all platform security domains
Mentor engineers and support their technical growth and development
Improve processes, tooling, and automation to increase team effectiveness
Act as a key point of coordination between security, platform, and business stakeholders