Security Engineering Manager

VIAVI Solutions•Chandler, AZ

About The Position

VIAVI Solutions is seeking a Manager, Security Engineering to provide technical leadership across the enterprise security engineering and architecture portfolio. The role drives the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of security technologies and technical controls across cloud, identity, endpoint, network, data security, AI, and emerging technologies. It is a player-coach position that combines leadership and team development with direct involvement in architecture, engineering, technology evaluation, solution design, implementation, and technical problem solving. The manager partners with Cyber Defense, Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC), Product Security, IT, and Engineering to translate security and risk requirements into practical, scalable technical solutions. The role establishes security engineering principles, standards, reference architectures, and repeatable design patterns; evaluates existing and emerging technologies; develops the security engineering roadmap; and drives automation and integration across security and enterprise platforms. It also provides technical security leadership for AI and emerging technologies, including architecture guardrails, threat modeling, security review practices, and controls addressing risks such as prompt injection, data leakage, model or application abuse, excessive agency, privilege escalation, and third-party integrations. The manager develops technical approaches to protect sensitive information, establishes least-privilege access patterns, and partners on data protection capabilities such as DLP and relevant SaaS and web security controls. The role also supports security visibility, detection, and response; translates compliance and policy requirements into technical controls; leads security architecture reviews and technical risk assessments; and provides recommendations on exceptions, remediation, and control improvements. The position mentors and develops security engineering talent, sets priorities, and promotes documentation, repeatability, accountability, and effective communication with technical and business stakeholders.

Requirements

10+ years of progressive cybersecurity experience, including significant hands-on experience in security engineering, architecture, or related technical security disciplines.
Deep hands-on expertise in multiple security domains and demonstrated ability to provide technical leadership across broader enterprise security technologies.
Experience designing and implementing security controls in complex enterprise environments.
Strong security architecture, technical risk assessment, and solution-design capabilities.
Experience leading significant technical initiatives across multiple teams and stakeholders.
Ability to translate security risks and business requirements into practical technical solutions.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Demonstrated technical leadership, mentoring, and collaboration skills.

Nice To Haves

Experience with AI/ML, GenAI, LLM, or emerging technology security.
Experience with cloud and SaaS security architectures.
Experience with data security technologies, including DLP, CASB, SWG, or SSE capabilities.
Experience with identity, endpoint, network, or application security technologies.
Experience with threat modeling, secure development practices, or security automation.
Relevant industry certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, or comparable technical certifications.
Previous people-management or technical team leadership experience.

Responsibilities

Lead the architecture, engineering, implementation, and continuous improvement of enterprise security technologies and controls.
Provide hands-on technical leadership in security architecture, solution design, implementation, integration, and troubleshooting.
Establish security engineering principles, standards, reference architectures, and repeatable design patterns.
Evaluate security technologies for effectiveness, scalability, integration, optimization, and consolidation opportunities.
Provide security architecture guidance for cloud, SaaS, identity, endpoint, network, data, and enterprise technology initiatives.
Identify technical security gaps and develop solutions that balance security, business requirements, and operational impact.
Develop and maintain the security engineering technology roadmap.
Evaluate new security technologies and emerging capabilities based on risk reduction, effectiveness, and business value.
Drive automation and integration across security and enterprise technology platforms.
Provide technical security leadership for AI, GenAI, LLMs, autonomous agents, and other emerging technologies.
Define security architecture patterns and technical guardrails for AI applications, platforms, and integrations.
Lead or contribute to AI threat modeling, including risks involving prompt injection, data leakage, model and application abuse, excessive agency, privilege escalation, and third-party integrations.
Partner with IT, Product, and Engineering teams to incorporate security into AI solution architecture and development practices.
Develop security review and validation practices for higher-risk AI implementations.
Translate AI governance and risk requirements into practical technical controls.
Assess emerging AI security technologies and integrate appropriate capabilities into the broader security architecture.
Develop technical approaches for protecting sensitive information across enterprise and AI environments.
Establish least-privilege access-control patterns for systems, applications, AI services, APIs, and data.
Partner on implementing and optimizing data protection capabilities, including DLP and applicable SaaS and web security controls.
Develop technical controls to reduce inappropriate exposure of sensitive information through AI services and integrations.
Partner with GRC, Privacy, and data owners to translate data-protection requirements into effective technical solutions.
Partner with Cyber Defense to improve security visibility, detection, and response capabilities.
Partner with GRC to translate risk, compliance, and policy requirements into sustainable technical controls.
Partner with Product Security on security architecture and engineering where enterprise and product environments intersect.
Partner with IT and Engineering to embed security within technology architecture and implementation.
Perform and lead security architecture reviews and support technical security risk assessments.
Provide technical recommendations for security exceptions, risk remediation, and control improvements.
Balance leadership responsibilities with direct technical contribution as a player-coach.
Build, mentor, and develop security engineering capabilities and technical talent.
Establish priorities and promote engineering discipline, documentation, repeatability, and accountability.
Communicate complex technical risks and recommendations effectively to technical and business stakeholders.