HDR

Technology

LeadPlatformSecurityEngineer

$102–183k Folsom, Colorado, United States; Denver, Colorado, United States; Englewood, Colorado, United States; Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States; St. Paul, Minnesota, United States; Pennington, New Jersey, United States; Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey, United States; Olympia, Washington, United States FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Lead Platform Security Engineer at HDR. Skills: Platform security engineering, VCF ecosystem, Hybrid cloud security. Define technical roadmap for platform security engineering. Establish enterprise patterns for segmentation”

Industry & Context.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

Root cause analysis; Troubleshooting

Eligibility Requirements

On-call flexibility, Reachable during off-hours

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or related or equivalent practical experience, Minimum 8 years of progressive experience in infrastructure security, platform engineering, cloud security, or security architecture, Deep expertise in VMware vSphere, NSX, and platform-native security control design, Demonstrated leadership in hybrid cloud security, compliance engineering, or enterprise platform security architecture, Experience with regulatory or control-based environments and translating policy into enforceable technical standards, Proven experience leading cross-functional initiatives involving infrastructure, security, architecture, operations, and audit stakeholders, Advanced automation and security engineering experience in enterprise-scale environments

Nice to Have

Expert-level experience with VCF ecosystem components beyond core virtualization, including Aria suite, VKS, NSX Advanced Load Balancer, HCX, Live Recovery, or comparable platform services, Experience establishing cloud security standards for Azure and/or AWS in a hybrid operating model, Experience with zero trust architecture, continuous compliance, and security reference architecture development, Experience presenting technical risk, control posture, and roadmap decisions to senior leadership

What You'll Do.

Define technical roadmap for platform security engineering

Establish enterprise patterns for segmentation

Establish enterprise patterns for identity

Establish enterprise patterns for hardening

Establish enterprise patterns for privileged access

Establish enterprise patterns for compliance guardrails

Establish enterprise patterns for secure platform service adoption

Lead architecture decisions across core and adjacent VCF

Serve as senior escalation point for critical security

Serve as senior escalation point for platform risks

Serve as senior escalation point for design tradeoff

Partner with Infrastructure Platform leadership

Partner with Cybersecurity leadership

Align platform controls with enterprise policy

Align platform controls with risk appetite

Align platform controls with regulatory obligations

Define measurable standards for control effectiveness

Define measurable standards for compliance evidence

Define measurable standards for exception management

Define measurable standards for operational security maturity

Lead adoption of automation

Lead adoption of policy-as-code

Lead adoption of continuous compliance capabilities

Guide secure integration of public cloud security practices

Review high-risk changes

Approve architectural exceptions

Approve control deviations affecting platform security

Mentor senior engineers

Shape career development

Build security engineering capability across the platform organization

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Infrastructure Platform leadership; Cybersecurity leadership; Cross-functional initiatives

Communication Scope

Technical risk presentation; Control posture presentation; Roadmap decisions presentation

Process & Methodology

Roadmap planning

Full Job Description

At HDR, our employee-owners are fully engaged in creating a welcoming environment where each of us is valued and respected, a place where everyone is empowered to bring their authentic selves and novel ideas to work every day. As we foster a culture of inclusion throughout our company and within our communities, we constantly ask ourselves: What is our impact on the world? Watch Our Story: ' https://www.hdrinc.com/our-story'  Each and every role throughout our organization makes a difference in our ability to change the world for the better. Read further to learn how you could help make great things possible not only in your community, but around the world.  Define and own the technical roadmap for platform security engineering across the VCF ecosystem. Establish enterprise patterns for segmentation, identity, hardening, privileged access, compliance guardrails, and secure platform service adoption. Lead architecture decisions across core and adjacent VCF tools, including NSX, vDefend, Aria Operations, Aria Automation, VKS, HCX, recovery tooling, and cloud-connected platform capabilities. Serve as the senior escalation point for critical security incidents, platform risks, and design tradeoff decisions. Partner with Infrastructure Platform leadership and Cybersecurity leadership to align platform controls with enterprise policy, risk appetite, and regulatory obligations. Define measurable standards for control effectiveness, compliance evidence, exception management, and operational security maturity. Lead the adoption of automation, policy-as-code, and continuous compliance capabilities to reduce manual effort and improve control consistency. Guide secure integration of public cloud security practices, including identity, posture management, network controls, logging, encryption, and workload protection. Review and approve high-risk changes, architectural exceptions, and control deviations affecting platform security. Mentor senior engineers, shape career developme

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