Lead Cyber Security Engineer

🚨 Immediate Opening – Cyber Security Team Lead

📍 Location: Remote – US (New Jersey region)

💼 Duration: Long-Term Contract (W2/1099 Only)

🏠 Work Arrangement: 100% Remote

We are looking for an experienced Cyber Security Team Lead with strong hands-on experience in Cybersecurity Engineering, Application Security, SSDLC, threat modeling, vulnerability management, and security assessments.

Day to Day Job Duties: (what this person will do on a daily/weekly basis)

• Implement and maintain cybersecurity controls and secure development practices across digital products and platforms.
• Collaborate with Information Security, Enterprise Architects, Software Engineers, and Project Managers on the design and delivery of secure solutions.
• Ensure compliance with enterprise security architecture, governance frameworks, and industry security standards.
• Translate cybersecurity and privacy requirements into actionable product development roadmaps.
• Perform technical security assessments, including code reviews, static and dynamic application security testing, and penetration testing.
• Conduct threat modeling, vulnerability assessments, and cyber risk analysis activities.
• Recommend and implement mitigation strategies to reduce identified security risks.
• Enforce information security and data privacy requirements related to regulations such as GDPR, CPRA, SOX, and PCI-DSS.
• Investigate, resolve, and escalate security incidents and support requests as required.
• Monitor emerging cybersecurity threats, vulnerabilities, and attack methodologies.
• Deliver secure coding awareness and cybersecurity training sessions to development teams.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives related to application security and cybersecurity governance.

Basic Qualifications: (what are the skills required to this job with minimum years of experience on each)

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Minimum 5+ years of hands-on experience in Cybersecurity Engineering, Application Security, or Information Security.
• At least 5+ years of experience implementing security controls and secure software development lifecycle (SSDLC) practices.
• Experience performing threat modeling, risk assessments, vulnerability management, and penetration testing.
• Experience conducting application security reviews, including static and dynamic code analysis.
• Hands-on experience with security tools such as Qualys, SonarQube, Detectify, GitHub Advanced Security, or equivalent solutions.
• Strong understanding of information security frameworks, methodologies, standards, and best practices.
• Experience securing cloud environments, web applications, APIs, and enterprise platforms.
• Experience implementing and maintaining regulatory compliance requirements including GDPR, CPRA, SOX, and PCI-DSS.
• Strong understanding of secure software engineering principles and common programming languages.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments and collaborating with cross-functional teams.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, risk assessment, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to communicate technical security concepts effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

📩 If you’re interested, please share your updated resume at [email protected]