Senior Manager, Product Security

Avalara is seeking a Senior Manager of Deployment Security to lead an engineering team focused on securing their cloud-native infrastructure and computer environments. This role involves collaborating with product engineering and platform teams to enforce secure-by-design principles and drive automation across public cloud environments.

Responsibilities:

• Lead, coach, and grow a high-performing team of security engineers focused on securing Avalara's cloud infrastructure, platform, and SaaS services
• Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and direction to staff and Engineering teams
• Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and container scanning tooling to support secure CI/CD processes
• Own the deployment and operational maturity of Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) solutions to continuously monitor configuration risks in public cloud
• Drive the implementation of Privileged Access Management (PAM) and identity governance controls in Avalara's cloud platform
• Provide expert guidance on threat modelling, vulnerability management, and security best practices across all areas of SDLC to Engineering
• Manage the execution of complex, multi-team security projects with clear milestones, metrics, and outcomes

Requirements:

• B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field
• 12+ years of total experience, including 5+ years in cloud or infrastructure security, and 3–5 years in a technical leadership role
• Expertise in cloud platform security (AWS, GCP, Azure, OCI), container security, service mesh and IaC technologies
• Experience designing and integrating security tooling into CI/CD pipelines and SDLC workflows
• Development background using Golang and Python