[Hiring] Manager, Security Engineering & Platforms @Cardinal Health

Role Description

The Manager, Security Engineering & Platforms is responsible for leading teams that manage critical cybersecurity technologies, infrastructure, and engineering capabilities supporting the organization's detection, response, automation, and cyber defense programs.

• Provide both people leadership and technical leadership across Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR), and Cyber Defense engineering functions.
• Develop team members, drive engineering strategy, optimize security platforms, and ensure reliable operation of technologies that support enterprise cybersecurity operations.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop multiple Security Engineering & Platform teams, including supervisors, engineers, and technical specialists.
• Establish strategic direction and roadmaps for cybersecurity platforms and engineering capabilities.
• Collaborate with internal customers, technology teams, cybersecurity teams, and business stakeholders.
• Mentor team members and support their professional and technical development.
• Oversee administration, support, and optimization of enterprise security monitoring, automation, and cyber defense platforms.
• Manage infrastructure supporting cybersecurity technologies, including cloud-hosted and on-premises environments.
• Drive automation initiatives through orchestration platforms, scripting, APIs, and engineering best practices.
• Ensure platforms are monitored, maintained, and continuously improved to maximize security effectiveness and operational efficiency.
• Lead platform lifecycle activities, including upgrades, migrations, integrations, and modernization efforts.
• Support incident response and security operations teams through reliable platform engineering and service delivery.
• Execute security engineering projects and initiatives that improve organizational security capabilities.
• Manage vendor relationships, contracts, and technology evaluations.
• Participate in proof-of-concept testing, technology assessments, and strategic platform selection activities.
• Partner with Security Architecture teams to transition new technologies into operational support models.
• Develop and maintain operational processes, standards, and documentation supporting security engineering functions.
• Manage team workload, priorities, staffing, budgeting, and resource allocation.

Qualifications

• Ability to lead and motivate technical teams while balancing operational, strategic, and organizational priorities preferred.
• Experience managing cybersecurity platforms, infrastructure, or engineering functions preferred.
• Experience leading technical teams in cybersecurity, information technology, or related disciplines preferred.
• Experience supporting enterprise security technologies and the infrastructure that enables them preferred.
• Experience developing operational processes and support models for complex technical environments preferred.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure and modern enterprise technology environments preferred.
• Strong understanding of cybersecurity principles, security operations, and defensive security technologies preferred.
• Experience collaborating across multiple technical and business teams preferred.
• Strong communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills preferred.
• Experience managing Security Engineering, Platform Engineering, Security Operations, or Cyber Defense teams preferred.
• Experience leading leaders, including supervisors, team leads, or senior technical contributors preferred.
• Experience with security monitoring, security automation, incident response technologies, or cyber defense platforms preferred.
• Experience with scripting, automation, and API-based integrations preferred.
• Experience with Linux operating systems and supporting infrastructure preferred.
• Experience with networking concepts and enterprise network technologies preferred.
• Experience working in cloud environments preferred.
• Familiarity with infrastructure automation and Infrastructure as Code practices preferred.
• Familiarity with cybersecurity frameworks and industry best practices preferred.
• Experience managing projects, budgets, vendor relationships, and technology roadmaps preferred.
• Experience working in large enterprise environments preferred.

Requirements

• Manages department operations and supervises professional employees, front line supervisors and/or business support staff.
• Participates in the development of policies and procedures to achieve specific goals.
• Ensures employees operate within guidelines.
• Decisions have a short term impact on work processes, outcomes and customers.
• Interacts with subordinates, peers, customers, and suppliers at various management levels; may interact with senior management.
• Interactions normally involve resolution of issues related to operations and/or projects.
• Gains consensus from various parties involved.

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision coverage.
• Paid time off plan.
• Health savings account (HSA).
• 401k savings plan.
• Access to wages before pay day with myFlexPay.
• Flexible spending accounts (FSAs).
• Short- and long-term disability coverage.
• Work-Life resources.
• Paid parental leave.
• Healthy lifestyle programs.