About the Role
Abnormal Security is a leading cyber security organization committed to maintaining the highest standards of cybersecurity. As a Cyber Defense Engineering Manager with AWS expertise, you will lead a team of security professionals responsible for protecting our organization's digital assets and cloud infrastructure. You'll play a crucial role in developing and implementing robust cybersecurity strategies, overseeing incident response, and ensuring compliance with industry standards and regulations, with a particular focus on AWS environments. This position requires a blend of technical expertise in cloud security, leadership skills, and strategic thinking to stay ahead of evolving cyber threats in cloud-based infrastructures.
What you will do
- Lead and mentor a team of cyber defense engineers, fostering their growth and development
- Develop and maintain the organization's cybersecurity policies, procedures, and best practices for AWS cloud environments
- Oversee the design, implementation, and maintenance of security systems and controls in AWS
- Conduct regular risk assessments and vulnerability analyses to identify potential security gaps in cloud infrastructures
- Lead the team through architecture reviews and threat modeling exercises
- Manage incident response processes and lead investigations into security breaches, including those in AWS environments
- Collaborate with other departments to ensure security measures are integrated across the organization's cloud systems
- Review Infrastructure as Code (IAC) pull requests to implement security controls.
- Stay informed about emerging threats and technologies in cloud security, adapting strategies accordingly
- Prepare and present reports to senior management on security status and initiatives, including AWS-specific metrics and insights
- Manage budgets and resources for the cyber defense team, including AWS security tools and services
- Ensure compliance with relevant industry standards and regulations (e.g., NIST, ISO 27001, GDPR, FedRAMP) in cloud environments
Must Haves
- Bachelor’s Degree in Information Security, Computer Science, Digital Forensics, Cyber Security, or equivalent years of professional experience to meet job requirements and expectations
- 7+ years professional experience in the cybersecurity space
- 2+ years professional experience managing a team of engineers
- Strong knowledge of network security, encryption, access control, and security protocols
- In-Depth knowledge of EDR, CDR, and SIEM technologies.
- Strong understanding of cloud security, particularly in AWS environments
- Familiarity with Kuberenetes environments and associated security controls
- Demonstrated ability to mentor and train security engineers
- Excellent communications skills and the ability to collaborate across teams
- Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and security automation in AWS (e.g., AWS CloudFormation, AWS CDK, Terraform)
- Familiarity with DevSecOps practices and tools, especially in AWS CI/CD pipelines
- Knowledge of containerization security (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) in AWS ECS or EKS
- Proficiency in GitHub and its pull request process, including code review practices and security considerations
Nice to Haves
- Master's degree in Cybersecurity or a related field
- Relevant security certifications such as CISSP, CISM, GIAC, GCIH or equivalent
- Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, GoLang, or Java for security automations and code reviews
- Experience with penetration testing and ethical hacking techniques in cloud environment
- Public speaking or presentation skills for security awareness training
- Knowledge of digital forensics and malware analysis in cloud contexts
#LI-MA1
Top Skills
What We Do
The Abnormal Security platform protects enterprises from targeted email attacks. Abnormal Behavior Technology (ABX) models the identity of both employees and external senders, profiles relationships and analyzes email content to stop attacks that lead to account takeover, financial damage and organizational mistrust. Though one-click, API-based Office 365 and G Suite integration, Abnormal sets up in minutes and does not disrupt email flow.
Abnormal Security was founded in 2018 by CEO Evan Reiser, CTO Sanjay Jeyakumar, Head of Machine Learning Jeshua Bratman, and Founding Engineers Abhijit Bagri and Dmitry Chechik. The team previously built behavioral profiling and machine learning technologies at Twitter, Google and Pinterest that are being applied to solve a problem that costs organizations $1 billion per year, according to the FBI. The Abnormal Security platform stops targeted phishing, business email compromise and account takeover attacks that have never been seen before.