Information Security Engineering Manager

Southern New Hampshire University

1d•Remote

About The Position

Southern New Hampshire University is a team of innovators. World changers. Individuals who believe in progress with purpose. Since 1932, our people-centered strategy has defined us — and helped us grow a team that now serves over 180,000 learners worldwide. Our mission to transform lives is made possible by talented people who bring diverse industry experience, backgrounds and skills to the university. And today, we're ready to expand our reach. All we need is you. Make an impact — from near or far At SNHU, you'll have the option to work remotely in the following states: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming. We ask that our remote employees have access to a reliable internet connection and a dedicated, properly equipped workspace that is free of distractions. Employees must reside in, and work from, one of the above approved states. The opportunity The Security Engineering Manager will report directly to the Director of Information Security Engineering. You will lead a team of security engineers responsible for designing, deploying, and operating security capabilities across the enterprise. This role partners with Security Architecture and other engineering teams to translate security strategy into scalable, executable solutions. You will oversee multiple security engineering disciplines—including platform, application, cloud and infrastructure, AI, and data security—while remaining hands-on. Your success requires technical depth, effective cross functional collaboration, and people leadership to build durable security capabilities at scale. You will work 100% remotely from any of our approved states. #LI-Remote

Requirements

7+ years of progressive experience in information security.
3+ years in a technical leadership or security engineering management role.
Expertise leading and growing teams of security engineers or technical security practitioners.
Experience engineering and operating primary security platforms including firewalls, SIEM, EDR, IDS/IPS, WAF, and identity/access management tools.
Experience delivering multi-disciplinary security engineering programs in complex enterprise or cloud-native environments.
Experience Identifying, assessing, and prioritizing security risks to the business; translate risk findings into relevant engineering requirements.
Experience with NIST 800-171, OWASP, MITRE ATT&CK, and NIST CSF; experience mapping controls and benchmarking security posture.

Responsibilities

Recruit, develop, and retain a team of 8–10 security engineers across multiple disciplines, establishing clear career paths and technical growth opportunities.
Foster a culture of engineering excellence, operational thoughtfulness, learning, and shared accountability.
Set team goals and important results in consideration of the broader security strategy; track and communicate progress to leadership.
Conduct regular 1:1s, performance reviews, and skills assessments to ensure team health and readiness.
Define, build, and mature security engineering capabilities and partnerships spanning: Security Platform Engineering – deployment, integration, and lifecycle management of core security tooling (SIEM, EDR, WAF, IDS/IPS, firewalls, identity platforms).
Application Security Engineering – partner with DevOps and application teams on secure SDLC, SAST/DAST tooling, developer security enablement, and vulnerability management integrations.
AI Security Engineering – partner with the AI team to design, assess, and operationalize security controls across the full AI/ML lifecycle, covering threat modeling, adversarial testing, secure architecture, access governance, output safety, and model protection.
Cloud & Infrastructure Security Engineering – partner with Cloud/Infrastructure teams on security controls for cloud-native environments (IaaS/PaaS/SaaS), infrastructure as code security, and workload protection.
Data Security Engineering – partner with Data Engineering, Data Governance, and Data Enablement teams on implementation and management of data loss prevention, encryption, database security, and privacy-aligned technical controls.
Lead the engineering roadmap for each sub-discipline, balancing near-term operational needs with long-term capability maturation.
Ensure engineering capability is aligned with NIST 800-171 and industry best practices.
Partner with the Security Architecture team to translate architectural patterns and security standards into implemented operational controls.
Collaborate with Infrastructure, Data Engineering, DevOps, and AI teams to adopt security by design/security by policy approach and embed security engineering into shared delivery pipelines and operational processes.
Be a technical escalation point and subject matter expert for complex, cross-domain security issues involving network, OS, application, and cloud layers.
Ensure engineered controls map to SNHU framework (NIST 800-171) and engineering outputs demonstrably reduce business risk.
Ensure audit readiness through repeatable, evidence-based engineering.
Support vulnerability management programs, threat modeling exercises, and security assessments by providing engineering-level context and remediation ownership.
Champion a "security by design" philosophy — driving automation of repeatable processes, integrations, and security controls
Set engineering standards for documentation, output quality, and peer review, within the security engineering function.
Manage vendor relationships and technology evaluations; provide technical guidance on tool selection, procurement, and configuration.
Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.