Manager, Security Engineering

Role Overview

As the Manager of Security Engineering, you lead a specialized team of security engineers focused on application security, cloud security, and AI system security across Acquia's product portfolio. Operating on an evidence-based engineering model, your team proactively researches and identifies systemic security gaps to build automated controls and guardrails. By securing cloud-native applications and services across AWS, you enable Acquia's Product teams to inherit a “secure by default” foundation. You act as the critical nexus between Security Operations and Product Engineering, translating complex technical risks into actionable roadmaps that align with overarching business objectives—including the secure adoption of AI technologies.

Key Responsibilities

Team Leadership & People Management

• Manage, mentor, and grow a dedicated team of security engineers.
• Conduct continuous performance evaluations (quarterly and annually) to guide professional development and advocate for promotions.

Technical Strategy & Roadmap Execution

• Define and execute a forward-looking security engineering roadmap aligned with Product Engineering needs and broader business initiatives, including the secure enablement of AI technologies.
• Translate high-level business direction into actionable quarterly deliverables for the team.
• Establish and measure team success against the completion of quarterly goals and the continuous improvement of annual compliance audit results.

Application Security & Secure SDLC

• Champion shift-left security practices, including threat modeling, secure code review, and developer security training embedded in the software development lifecycle.
• Own and scale application security tooling—SAST, DAST, and SCA platforms—to systematically surface and remediate vulnerabilities across product codebases.
• Shift the security paradigm from manual operational cleanup to building automated solutions and guardrails that eliminate entire classes of vulnerabilities.

Evidence-Based Engineering & Cloud Security Architecture

• Lead “research spikes” to proactively investigate cloud-native environments and identify systemic security gaps before they become incidents.
• Ensure all security initiatives are rooted in clear findings and deliver exact, architectural fixes (code or configuration) to resolve them.
• Define and enforce cloud security standards spanning IAM, API security, secrets management