Engineering Manager, Security Platform

A defense-sector technology company is seeking its first Engineering Manager for Security Platform. In this player-coach role, you will build a team and lead the identity and access systems used across the company’s products., * Set strategy and lead delivery for a centralized, modular authentication service.

• Scale identity and access management consistently across products and customers.
• Contribute through code reviews, architecture design, and system design.
• Manage and mentor engineers, starting with one direct report, and hire to grow the team.
• Partner with security and data engineering leadership on platform priorities.

Engineering Management, Security Infrastructure, Security Monitoring, Security Infrastructure, Coaching, Aerospace and Defense, Team Lead/Manager, Team Building, Engineering Management, Strategic Planning, * Seven or more years of software engineering experience, including at least three years managing engineers with direct reports.

• Hands-on experience building or leading production authentication, authorization, IAM, or access-control systems, including while in a management role.
• Experience leading a security, identity, or authentication platform used by other engineering teams.
• Knowledge of OAuth 2.0/OIDC, SAML, SCIM, RBAC/ABAC, policy engines, and distributed systems.
• A degree and experience reviewing code and leading architecture or system design.
• A background with AWS GovCloud or authentication in AWS GovCloud is valued.
• An active security clearance is valued.

Base salary range: $190,000 to $250,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is not available.