Sr Lead Security Engineer
On-sitePlano, Texas, United States
Job Summary
Provide technical guidance to business and technical teams while developing secure production code and reviewing others' work. Facilitate security requirements clarification across multiple networks and collaborate with senior leaders to recommend business modifications during vulnerability periods. Serve as a subject matter expert influencing project decisions on leading-edge technologies, applying reuse-first and AI-assisted practices within SDLC routines to strengthen security testing. Utilize enterprise-authorized AI capabilities to accelerate risk analysis and documentation, validating outputs and ensuring sensitive data handling. Requires 5+ years of cloud service development experience with proficiency in OAuth, SAML, and API security.
Required Qualifications
- Formal training or certification
- 5+ years of experience in cloud service development & integration
- Proficiency in OAuth
- Proficiency in SAML
- Proficiency in API security
- Proficiency in identity federation
- Experience building high performance API first services
- Experience integrating tooling
- Skill in planning, designing, and implementing enterprise-level security solutions
- Hands-on practical experience delivering system design
- Hands-on practical experience delivering application development
- Hands-on practical experience delivering testing
- Hands-on practical experience delivering operational stability
- Advanced knowledge in one or more programming languages C#
- Advanced knowledge in one or more programming languages C++
- Advanced knowledge in one or more programming languages Go
- Advanced knowledge in one or more programming languages Python
- Advanced knowledge in one or more programming languages Java
- Advanced knowledge of software application development
- Advanced knowledge of technical processes
- Considerable in-depth knowledge in one or more technical disciplines (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)
- Extensive experience with threat modeling
- Extensive experience with discovery
- Extensive experience with vulnerability
- Extensive experience with penetration testing
- Ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently with little to no oversight
- Deep knowledge of HTTP/HTTPS protocols
- Deep knowledge of SSL/TLS inspection
- Deep knowledge of traffic interception
- Deep knowledge of API gateway patterns
- Demonstrated experience using enterprise-authorized AI capabilities within the work environment to support security engineering workflows with strong validation habits and awareness of data sensitivity
- Ability to review and validate AI-assisted security recommendations before adoption
- Ability to escalate uncertainty
- Ensuring outcomes align to security, resiliency, and auditability expectations
Desired Qualifications
- Advanced knowledge of SSE
- Advanced knowledge of CASB or SIEM
- Advanced knowledge of API Gateway Development
- Experience with custom proxy or VPM development
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