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From the employer's careers site First seen 28 Oct 2026

Lead Security Engineer

Salary

$148,300 - $198,800 per year

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Description

We're seeking a Lead Security Engineer to join our US Parks & Resorts organization within Disney Experiences Technology. You'll report to the Manager, Site Reliability Engineering, and work closely with other site reliability engineers, application delivery teams, and systems engineers.

As a Lead Security Engineer, you will:

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

Requirements:

  • Minimum 7 years of related work experience
  • Proficient in agile environments
  • Minimum 5 years of experience with at least one CDN (Akamai, Cloudflare, Fastly, etc.)
  • Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools like Gitlab, AWS CodeBuild, Azure DevOps
  • Proficient in configuration management tools: Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, Chef
  • Experience in procedural programming languages (Python, Perl, Ruby, Java, Go, Rust, C/C++)
  • Skilled in Cloud environments (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)
  • Proven ability to design and build reliable, scalable enterprise systems
  • Capable of leading reliability efforts and identifying root causes in large-scale distributed systems
  • Demonstrated experience leading technical projects and ensuring smooth delivery
  • Strong troubleshooting skills across systems, network, and code
  • Proven experience mentoring, guiding, or training other engineers

The hiring range for this position in Lake Buena Vista, FL is $148,300 - $198,800 per year. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits.

Skills

Required

  • Agile environments
  • CDN (Akamai, Cloudflare, Fastly)
  • CI/CD tools (Gitlab, AWS CodeBuild, Azure DevOps)
  • Configuration management tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, Chef)
  • Procedural programming languages (Python, Perl, Ruby, Java, Go, Rust, C/C++)
  • Cloud environments (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)
  • Security controls
  • WAF and bot management configurations
  • Security monitoring and detection systems

Nice to have

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You apply with the employer directly. Their original posting is here: https://disney.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/disneycareer/job/Bay-Lake-FL-USA/Lead-Security-Engineer_10159285

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