Description
The Walt Disney Studios Content Security organization is responsible for securing and protecting creative content throughout the production lifecycle.
This role, Staff Content Security Engineer, reports into Director, Content Security Engineering and is a Monday to Thursday in-office role based in Glendale, CA, with Fridays being remote.
The successful candidate will be part of a strong technical consulting team of seasoned Engineers, working at the intersection of technology and entertainment.
Responsibilities:
- Demonstrate subject matter expertise in designing and integrating secure complex systems across platforms and cloud-native tools.
- Serve as a key technical partner for high-risk or high-visibility assessments across AppSec, CloudSec, and media infrastructure.
- Advocate and advise on secure workflows that enable remote editing, cloud post-production, and real-time asset delivery.
- Drive technical testing efforts for custom or vendor-supplied tooling, APIs, and third-party integrations.
- Define and standardize repeatable security patterns, reusable controls, and hardening baselines used across assessments and vendor engagements.
- Mentor engineers across levels and domains to improve security acumen and solution delivery.
- Contribute to threat modeling, framework development, and control selection for Studio-wide initiatives.
- Stay up-to-date with new technologies, emerging attack techniques, and cloud security trends relevant to creative pipelines.
- Research and grow knowledge in AI technology and security implications.
Required Qualifications:
- 7+ years of experience in cybersecurity, software engineering, or infrastructure roles with architecture design and assessment experience.
- Demonstrated ability to drive security improvements across multiple teams and disciplines.
- Comfortable translating threat models, abuse cases, and technical risk into clear recommendations and architectural input.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.
- Passion for innovation and the curiosity to dive deep into new tools, workflows, or risks, particularly in content creation and generative AI.
Desired Qualifications:
- Entertainment/media industry experience preferred.
- CISSP, CISM, or equivalent security certifications preferred.
- Demonstrate thorough knowledge of feature film production and post-production industries, services, and workflows.
- Understand the security considerations of systems that leverage AI/ML, including generative AI.
- Experience working with or assessing media-specific systems and content protection solutions.
The hiring range for this position in Glendale is $141,900.00 to $170,000.00 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. 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.