Lead Security Engineer

Disney Experiences is hiring a Lead Security Engineer to strengthen the security posture behind US Parks & Resorts technology. This onsite role in Bay Lake, FL helps drive security assessment processing, build and maintain security controls, and improve monitoring and detection so critical applications and services can stay reliable and resilient. You will work closely with SRE, application delivery, and systems engineers to apply engineering rigor across observability, automation, and data-driven decision making.

What you’ll do

• Process and prioritize security assessment reports.
• Evaluate application and infrastructure designs for alignment with security controls and standards.
• Design and maintain security controls for applications and infrastructure.
• Implement WAF and bot management configurations.
• Understand and audit security configurations and security benchmarks.
• Enhance security monitoring and detection systems.
• Identify current and emerging technology issues, including security trends, vulnerabilities, and threats.
• Conduct security investigations and drive practical solutions.
• Sourcing and implementing new security solutions to better protect the organization.
• Conduct proactive research to analyze security weaknesses and recommend strategies.

What you bring

• Minimum 7 years of related work experience.
• Proficient in agile environments.
• Minimum 5 years of experience with at least one CDN (Akamai, Cloudflair, Fastly, etc.).
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools such as Gitlab, AWS CodeBuild, and Azure DevOps.
• Proficient with configuration management tools including Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, and Chef.
• Experience with procedural programming languages such as Python, Perl, Ruby, Java, Go, Rust, or C/C++.
• Skilled in cloud environments: AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.
• Proven ability to design and build reliable, scalable enterprise systems.
• Ability to lead reliability efforts and identify root causes in large-scale distributed systems.
• Demonstrated experience leading technical projects and ensuring smooth delivery.
• Strong troubleshooting across systems, network, and code.
• Experience mentoring, guiding, or training engineers, with strong written and verbal communication and the ability to influence without direct authority.
• Proactive mindset toward continuous learning and mastering emerging tools and methodologies.
• Experience with NIST and CIS security benchmarks.

Tools and technologies

Technologies relevant to this role include Akamai, Cloudflair, Fastly, Gitlab, AWS CodeBuild, Azure DevOps, Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, Chef, and programming languages such as Python, Perl, Ruby, Java, Go, Rust, and C/C++, along with AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, WAF, NIST, and CIS.

About the role and team

• The US Parks Site Reliability Organization is accountable for the reliability and resilience of a portfolio of critical applications and services.
• The team partners with product, engineering, and SRE groups to define and evolve reliability standards rooted in SRE and DevOps principles.
• Instead of only operating systems, the organization applies engineering approaches such as observability, automation, and data-driven decision making to proactively improve service health.
• By designing reliability into platforms and reducing operational toil, teams can focus on innovation and delivering world-class guest experiences.

Compensation and location

Bay Lake, FL onsite. The hiring range for Lake Buena Vista, FL is $148,300 - $198,800 per year. Base pay offered may consider internal equity and may vary based on geographic region and the candidate’s job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, and the role includes access to medical, financial, and/or other benefits depending on level and position offered.

Education

BS degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or a related software engineering field, or equivalent work experience.