Senior Software Engineer

At Disney, we’re storytellers. We make the impossible, possible. The Walt Disney Company is a world-class entertainment and technological leader. Walt’s passion was to continuously envision new ways to move audiences around the world—a passion that remains our touchstone in an enterprise that stretches from theme parks, resorts and a cruise line to sports, news, movies and a variety of other businesses.

Uniting each endeavor is a commitment to creating and delivering unforgettable experiences — and we’re constantly looking for new ways to enhance these exciting experiences.

The Enterprise Technology mission is to deliver technology solutions that align to business strategies while enabling enterprise efficiency and promoting cross-company collaborative innovation. Our group drives competitive advantage by enhancing our consumer experiences, enabling business growth, and advancing operational excellence. The Global Information Security (GIS) organization strives to secure the magic by employing best-in-class services to assess, prevent, detect, and respond to cyber threats that present risk to The Walt Disney Company.

We enable the business by combining enterprise and business segment supported services to create a robust, efficient, and adaptable cyber security program for The Walt Disney Company.

Secure the Magic by protecting information systems and platforms within TWDC

Reduce Risk by proactively assess, prevent, and detect to prevent harm to TWDC and our guests

Enable the business through optimizing execution, application, and technology used to protect TWDC

Innovate! We strive to strategically invest in building core capabilities to advance operational efficacy

Global Information Security (GIS) supports all of Disney’s business segments, including Disney Entertainment & ESPN (DE&E). DE&E encompasses the operations of Disney’s streaming services—Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+ —as well as Disney’s broadcast and cable networks, including ABC, ESPN, FX, Disney Channels, and National Geographic. DE&E sits at the intersection of entertainment, sports, and technology, striving to connect viewers with beloved stories while advancing the streaming industry with consumer‑first innovations.

Security professionals supporting DE&E work with industry‑leading technologies to deliver world‑class, highly secure services to customers.

We are seeking a Sr Software Engineer to design, build, and maintain internal applications and integrations that enhance the organization’s core cybersecurity operations. This role bridges security engineering and software development, focusing on automating compliance, improving risk visibility, and accelerating security workflows through infrastructure‑as‑code and AI‑driven modeling. This role will work closely with compliance analysts, infrastructure teams, and service owners across the enterprise to develop secure, scalable solutions supporting continuous compliance, risk modeling, and operational visibility.

• Design and develop internal cybersecurity tools and services to support compliance, visibility and risk modeling functions.
• Build and maintain integrations between legacy, in‑house, and cloud‑based systems using APIs and SDKs.
• Implement and manage IaC frameworks to automate security configuration and auditing workflows.
• Collaborate with compliance teams to translate audit and control requirements (SOX, PCI, etc.) into code‑based solutions and enhancements in existing applications.
• Contribute to data ingestion and analytics pipelines that improve visibility across cloud and on‑prem environments.
• Develop AI/ML models to assist with automated risk categorization, configuration detection, or control validation.
• Work with Dev Ops and Security Engineering to maintain consistent RBAC, IAM, and policy enforcement across multi‑cloud and Kubernetes environments.
• Build, document, and maintain runbooks specific to internal APIs, service architecture, and developed frameworks.
• Stay up to date on cybersecurity trends, industry standards (ISO, NIST, CIS), and regulatory requirements.
• Provide mentorship and technical guidance to engineers and analysts, ensuring secure…