Manager, Security Engineering & Platforms

Cardinal Health is seeking a Manager, Security Engineering & Platforms to lead cybersecurity engineering teams responsible for foundational security platforms and services. The role provides people and technical leadership across SIEM, SOAR, and cyber defense engineering, while driving platform strategy, automation, infrastructure management, and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and develop multiple Security Engineering & Platform teams, including supervisors, engineers, and technical specialists
• Establish strategic direction and roadmaps for cybersecurity platforms and engineering capabilities
• Collaborate with internal customers, technology teams, cybersecurity teams, and business stakeholders
• Mentor team members and support their professional and technical development
• Oversee administration, support, and optimization of enterprise security monitoring, automation, and cyber defense platforms
• Manage infrastructure supporting cybersecurity technologies, including cloud-hosted and on-premises environments
• Drive automation initiatives through orchestration platforms, scripting, APIs, and engineering best practices
• Ensure platforms are monitored, maintained, and continuously improved to maximize security effectiveness and operational efficiency
• Lead platform lifecycle activities, including upgrades, migrations, integrations, and modernization efforts
• Support incident response and security operations teams through reliable platform engineering and service delivery
• Execute security engineering projects and initiatives that improve organizational security capabilities
• Manage vendor relationships, contracts, and technology evaluations
• Participate in proof-of-concept testing, technology assessments, and strategic platform selection activities
• Partner with Security Architecture teams to transition new technologies into operational support models
• Develop and maintain operational processes, standards, and documentation supporting security engineering functions
• Manage team workload, priorities, staffing, budgeting, and resource allocation
• Manages department operations and supervises professional employees, front line supervisors and/or business support staff
• Participates in the development of policies and procedures to achieve specific goals
• Ensures employees operate within guidelines
• Decisions have a short term impact on work processes, outcomes and customers
• Interacts with subordinates, peers, customers, and suppliers at various management levels; may interact with senior management
• Interactions normally involve resolution of issues related to operations and/or projects
• Gains consensus from various parties involved

Requirements:

• Ability to lead and motivate technical teams while balancing operational, strategic, and organizational priorities preferred
• Experience managing cybersecurity platforms, infrastructure, or engineering functions preferred
• Experience leading technical teams in cybersecurity, information technology, or related disciplines preferred
• Experience supporting enterprise security technologies and the infrastructure that enables them preferred
• Experience developing operational processes and support models for complex technical environments preferred
• Experience with cloud infrastructure and modern enterprise technology environments preferred
• Strong understanding of cybersecurity principles, security operations, and defensive security technologies preferred
• Experience collaborating across multiple technical and business teams preferred
• Strong communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills preferred
• Experience managing Security Engineering, Platform Engineering, Security Operations, or Cyber Defense teams preferred
• Experience leading leaders, including supervisors, team leads, or senior technical contributors preferred
• Experience with security monitoring, security automation, incident response technologies, or cyber defense platforms preferred
• Experience with scripting, automation, and API-based integrations preferred
• Experience with Linux operating systems and supporting infrastructure preferred
• Experience with networking concepts and enterprise network technologies preferred
• Experience working in cloud environments preferred
• Familiarity with infrastructure automation and Infrastructure as Code practices preferred
• Familiarity with cybersecurity frameworks and industry best practices preferred
• Experience managing projects, budgets, vendor relationships, and technology roadmaps preferred
• Experience working in large enterprise environments preferred