Lead Cybersecurity Engineer (Hybrid) at American Family Insurance

As the Lead Cybersecurity Engineer, you will drive incident response on major incidents with executive-level participants. You will be accountable for security engineering solutions, framework, roadmap, program optimization, process engineering, risk remediation, and mitigation of operational risk in a high-velocity culture by introducing technology, requirements, deliverables, gaps, and systems design. Analyze competitive strategies, cyber technologies, metrics models, and performance indicators.

You will report to the Senior Manager, Cybersecurity.
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Position Compensation Range:

$125,000.00 - $214,000.00

Pay Rate Type:

Salary

Compensation may vary based on the job level and your geographic work location. Relocation support is offered for eligible candidates.

Primary Accountabilities:

• Design, develop, integrate, and test cyber security products.
• Research and implement new security solutions.
• Apply service-oriented security architecture to meet confidentiality, integrity, and availability requirements.
• Perform cyber defense incident triage, assess scope and impact, and identify vulnerabilities.
• Recommend and enable rapid remediation of security incidents.
• Design, develop, and maintain security systems and solutions.
• Lead internal and cross-functional stakeholder relationships, ensuring transparent communication and collaboration.
• Identify, design, and implement automated solutions to address security needs.
• Translate business requirements into technical specifications.
• Establish processes, procedures, solutions, and security artifacts to ensure compliance with internal controls.

Specialized Knowledge & Skills Requirements

• Demonstrated experience providing customer-driven solutions, support or service.
• Solid knowledge and understanding of software engineering architectures, system/software designs, and system deployments.
• Working knowledge and of Cyber Security, Cyber Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical / Computer Engineering.
• Extensive knowledge and understanding of security technologies and application development methodologies.
• Demonstrated experience performing cyber threat analysis, incident response, forensics analysis, penetration testing, and ethical hacking.
• Extensive knowledge and understanding of directory services and identity stores.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience managing major incidents at large organizations.
• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field; Master's degree.
• 7-10+ years of progressive experience in cybersecurity, with at least 3 years in incident response or security operations leadership roles.
• Experience directing high-impact cyber incident response efforts in enterprise or government environments.
• Knowledge of incident management frameworks and methodologies (NIST 800-61, ISO 27035, SANS).
• Hands-on expertise with SIEM, EDR/XDR, threat intelligence, and forensic tools.
• Industry-recognized certifications include CISSP, CISM, GCIH, GCIM, GCFA, or equivalent.
• Exceptional crisis management.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical information clearly to executives, business stakeholders, and technical teams.
• Experience leading tabletop exercises, after-action reviews, and continuous improvement programs.
• Familiarity with compliance and regulatory obligations (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, SOX).
• Collaborating effectively with cross-functional stakeholders, third-party vendors, and government or law enforcement agencies.

Additional Information

• Offer to selected candidate will be made contingent on the results of applicable background checks

• Offer to selected candidate is contingent on signing a non-disclosure agreement for proprietary information, trade secrets, and inventions

• Sponsorship will not be considered for this position unless specified in the posting

In this hybrid role you will be expected to work a minimum of 10 days per month out of the Boston, MA office (02210).

We provide benefits that support your physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing. You will have access to comprehensive medical, dental, vision and wellbeing benefits that enable you to take care of your health. We also offer a competitive 401(k) contribution, a pension plan, an annual incentive, 9 paid holidays and a paid time off program (23 days accrued annually for full-time employees). In addition, our student loan repayment program and paid-family leave are available to support our employees and their families. Interns and contingent workers are not eligible for American Family Insurance Group benefits.

We are an equal opportunity employer. It is our policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws pertaining to non-discrimination, non-harassment and equal opportunity. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.

American Family Insurance is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please email [email protected] to request a reasonable accommodation.

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