Lead Platform Security Engineer

Lead Platform Security Engineer

We are looking for an experienced Lead Platform Security Engineer to define and own the technical roadmap for platform security engineering across the VCF ecosystem and drive enterprise‑level security practices.

• 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 development, and build security engineering capability across the platform organization.

• 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.
• Senior‑level certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, CISM, VMware advanced certification, or equivalent.

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or related field; 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.
• Strong 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.

Full‑time

Regular

At HDR, we are committed to the principles of employment equity. We are an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest and conviction records.