Program Manager for Security Engineering
Day 1 Onsite Austin, TX
Long term contract
Hybrid - 3 days onsite / week
Direct client opportunity
No Mid layer / No Implementation partners are involved
Following attributes in Security EPM:
- Technical Acumen - Strong understanding of MODERN SDLC including gitOps, build, deployment, APIs
- Program Management - Ability to manage multiple cross-function work streams, Strong planning and tracking skills, strong dependency management skills, ability to drive accountability
- Communication - Excellent written and verbal skills, ability to parse technical discussions and identify key decisions and action items
- Engagement - High degree of engagement through Slack, follow cross-team conversation threads and represent security program/project effectively in conversations
- Collaboration - Strong collaboration skills with Engineers, Engineering Mgrs, other EPMs
- Risk Management- Ability to identify risks from technical updates/discussions, understand and articulate impact, develop and drive risk mitigation plan
Suggested Skills:
- Tech stack, GitOps and CI/CD
- Security Domain Experience (nice to have)
- Cross Functional Collaboration
- Agile Methodologies
- Program Management
Responsibilities:
- Support multiple cross-functional technical teams to deliver their objectives in fast-paced and complex programs and projects
- Develop strong partnerships with engineering leaders to drive focus on strategic and tactical program objectives
- Own and manage program and portfolio planning, execution of roadmap, and engineering operations for multiple verticals
- Drive alignments and prioritization across all technology initiatives, manage roadmap for a single consistent view and lead communications
- Build strategic relationships with key technology and business leaders to ensure program success
- Drive teams and individuals in planning and executing roadmaps, releases, and work backlogs
- Lead efforts to identify risks, resolve key project conflicts, and establish appropriate resolution paths
- Fill in gaps across roles and functions as needed, performing as an adaptive problem solver
- Report on project status or portfolio roadmap, risks, issues and mitigation plans
- Create a collaborative work environment that fosters shared understanding, transparency, mastery, autonomy, innovation and continuous learning
- Coach and mentor others in the best practices of modern planning and execution.
Qualifications:
- 5+ years of strong hands-on program management experience
- Direct experience working in Security domain and cross-functional teams, engineering leadership, technical teams and individual contributors
- Experience managing organization wide, large scale, high impact programs
- Proven success on establishing organization-wide processes
- Direct work experience in a engineering program management capacity to drive large technical initiatives including all aspects of process development and execution
- Knowledge of complex technical ecosystems and adequate technical depth
- Experience managing multiple major and concurrent projects/programs executed through multiple geographic locations
- Ability to quickly adapt to faster pace, shifting priorities, demands, and timelines through analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
Skill Sets - Experience - Preference
- REST APIs - 2-5 Years - Is Required
- Security Testing - 2-5 Years - Is Required
- Google Cloud Platform (GCP) - 2-5 Years - Is Required
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) - 2-5 Years - Is Required
- Information Management and Security - 2-5 Years - Is Required
- Agile - 5-10 Years - Is Required
- Agile Project Management - 5-10 Years - Is Required
- Agile Scrum - 5-10 Years - Is Required
- GitHub - 2-5 Years - Is Required
- JIRA - 5-10 Years - Is Required
- microservices - 2-5 Years - Is Required
- Program Management - 5-10 Years - Is Required
Pay Range: $70/hr - $75/hr
The specific compensation for this position will be determined by a number of factors, including the scope, complexity and location of the role as well as the cost of labor in the market; the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; and other conditions of employment. Our full-time consultants have access to benefits including medical, dental, vision as well as 401K contributions.