Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Agilent Technologies is seeking a Lead in SDLC Security Engineering to manage the implementation and adoption of security practices across their Productivity Solutions Division. This role involves leading a team to embed security controls into developer workflows, ensuring secure software development and release processes.
Responsibilities
- Lead and develop a small team responsible for SDLC security tooling, automation, and developer-facing security guardrails
- Define team priorities, roles, execution plans, and resource needs in alignment with Platform Engineering & DevSecOps objectives
- Lead the implementation and continuous improvement of SDLC security tooling, including scanning, secrets management, policy-as-code, and automated guardrails
- Manage vulnerability management workflows and help define secure release criteria in partnership with Security, QE, Release Management, and engineering teams
- Integrate security automation into CI/CD pipelines and developer paved roads to make secure practices easier for engineering teams to adopt
- Coordinate threat modeling inputs and security requirements into software delivery workflows
- Partner with DevSecOps, Developer Experience, QE, Release Management, and engineering teams to drive secure-by-default practices
- Provide security engineering input into platform governance, incident response, release readiness, and risk review processes
- Drive adoption of security tooling, standards, documentation, and enablement across engineering teams
- Establish operating rhythms, performance expectations, and delivery plans for the security engineering function
Skills
- Typically, a minimum of 1-2 years of experience formally or informally leading people, projects, and/or programs
- Bachelor's or Master's degree or equivalent plus directly relevant experience
- Strong background in application security, cloud security, secure SDLC, DevSecOps, or CI/CD security automation supporting software product development
- Experience leading or coordinating engineers, technical programs, security tooling initiatives, or cross-functional implementation efforts
- Hands-on experience with secure SDLC tooling such as SAST, SCA, DAST, secrets detection, container/cloud scanning, vulnerability management, or policy-as-code
- Experience integrating security controls into CI/CD pipelines, developer workflows, and platform engineering environments
- Experience with threat modeling, vulnerability management, secure release criteria, and developer-facing security guardrails
- Ability to design scalable, low-friction security practices that reduce risk without slowing engineering teams unnecessarily
- Strong communication and cross-functional leadership skills, with the ability to partner across DevSecOps, Security, QE, Release Management, and software engineering teams
- Ability to resolve technical and operational challenges, manage conflicting priorities, and guide team members through complex assignments
Benefits
- Eligibility for bonus, stock and benefits
- Option to work remotely
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