Position Summary
Security Engineer responsible for Vanguard's endpoint security platforms and operational services. This role serves as an architect-like technical leader within the endpoint security space, partnering with security, engineering, infrastructure, and business stakeholders to lead the technical direction, architecture, and strategy for our endpoint security products. The individual will help shape endpoint security strategy, drive large-scale deployments, and lead operational excellence across a diverse portfolio of endpoint security technologies.
Responsibilities:
- Set technical and product direction for our endpoint security capabilities.
- Serve as a trusted technical advisor to our Security Operations customers, helping translate their needs into technical requirements and solutions.
- Understand the industry and emerging trends across areas such as EDR/XDR, advanced AV/NGAV, endpoint DLP, insider risk, and other endpoint protection technologies.
- Evaluate vendor capabilities, product roadmaps, industry direction, and technology gaps to help guide where we should invest or evolve.
- Lead architecture and solution design for endpoint security capabilities and provide technical direction to the engineering team.
- Lead medium- to large-scale technical initiatives, driving requirements, design, deployment strategy, and implementation through the engineering resources.
- Work across Security Operations, engineering, architecture, vendors, and other stakeholders to drive alignment and technical decisions.
Qualifications:
- Strong experience with enterprise endpoint security technologies such as CrowdStrike, Tanium, Microsoft Defender, Elastic Security, Qualys, Digital Guardian, or similar platforms.
- Deep understanding of endpoint security, endpoint engineering, and enterprise deployment practices.
- Experience supporting large-scale enterprise environments and technology deployments.
- Experience with observability, monitoring, automation, and operational resilience initiatives.
- Strong problem-solving, communication, stakeholder management, and technical leadership skills.
Special Factors
Sponsorship
Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.About Vanguard
At Vanguard, we don't just have a mission—we're on a mission.
To work for the long-term financial wellbeing of our clients. To lead through product and services that transform our clients' lives. To learn and develop our skills as individuals and as a team. From Malvern to Melbourne, our mission drives us forward and inspires us to be our best.
How We Work
Vanguard has implemented a hybrid working model for the majority of our crew members, designed to capture the benefits of enhanced flexibility while enabling in-person learning, collaboration, and connection. We believe our mission-driven and highly collaborative culture is a critical enabler to support long-term client outcomes and enrich the employee experience.
Vanguard Charlotte, North Carolina, USA Office
Two North Falls Plaza, Charlotte, NC, United States, 28217
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