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San Jose, California, United States
Onsite
We’re seeking a Lead, SDLC Security Engineering (Manager) to lead the implementation, operation, and adoption of security tooling, automated guardrails, and secure SDLC practices across the Productivity Solutions Division. This role will manage a small security engineering team and partner closely with DevSecOps, Developer Experience, QE, Release Management, and Security stakeholders to embed practical, low-friction security controls into developer workflows.
You will help ensure security is built into how software is developed, tested, and released — enabling teams to move faster while improving release confidence, vulnerability management, and secure-by-default engineering practices.
Impact
Your leadership will help PSD ship secure, reliable software at scale by embedding automated security controls directly into developer workflows. You will help reduce vulnerabilities, improve release confidence, strengthen secure SDLC practices, and enable developers to move faster with practical, built-in security.
What You’ll Do
Lead and develop a small team responsible for SDLC security tooling, automation, and developer-facing security guardrails.
Define team priorities, roles, execution plans, and resource needs in alignment with Platform Engineering & DevSecOps objectives.
Lead the implementation and continuous improvement of SDLC security tooling, including scanning, secrets management, policy-as-code, and automated guardrails.
Manage vulnerability management workflows and help define secure release criteria in partnership with Security, QE, Release Management, and engineering teams.
Integrate security automation into CI/CD pipelines and developer paved roads to make secure practices easier for engineering teams to adopt.
Coordinate threat modeling inputs and security requirements into software delivery workflows.
Partner with DevSecOps, Developer Experience, QE, Release Management, and engineering teams to drive secure-by-default practices.
Provide security engineering input into platform governance, incident response, release readiness, and risk review processes.
Drive adoption of security tooling, standards, documentation, and enablement across engineering teams.
Establish operating rhythms, performance expectations, and delivery plans for the security engineering function.
What You Bring
Typically, a minimum of 1-2 years of experience formally or informally leading people, projects, and/or programs.
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree or equivalent plus directly relevant experience.
Strong background in application security, cloud security, secure SDLC, DevSecOps, or CI/CD security automation supporting software product development.
Experience leading or coordinating engineers, technical programs, security tooling initiatives, or cross-functional implementation efforts.
Hands-on experience with secure SDLC tooling such as SAST, SCA, DAST, secrets detection, container/cloud scanning, vulnerability management, or policy-as-code.
Experience integrating security controls into CI/CD pipelines, developer workflows, and platform engineering environments.
Experience with threat modeling, vulnerability management, secure release criteria, and developer-facing security guardrails.
Ability to design scalable, low-friction security practices that reduce risk without slowing engineering teams unnecessarily.
Strong communication and cross-functional leadership skills, with the ability to partner across DevSecOps, Security, QE, Release Management, and software engineering teams.
Ability to resolve technical and operational challenges, manage conflicting priorities, and guide team members through complex assignments.
Additional Details
This job has a full time weekly schedule. It includes the option to work remotely. Applications for this job will be accepted until at least July 1, 2026 or until the job is no longer posted.The full-time equivalent pay range for this position is $143,760.00 - $269,550.00/yr plus eligibility for bonus, stock and benefits. Our pay ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. During the hiring process, a recruiter can share more about the specific pay range for a preferred location. Pay and benefit information by country are available at: https://careers.agilent.com/locationsAgilent Technologies, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity and merit-based employer that values individuals of all backgrounds at all levels. All individuals, regardless of personal characteristics, are encouraged to apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, pregnancy, race, religion or religious creed, color, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, registered domestic partner status, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state, local law, ordinance, or regulation and will not be discriminated against on these bases. Agilent Technologies, Inc., is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive in the workplace where everyone is welcome, and strives to support candidates with disabilities. If you have a disability and need assistance with any part of the application or interview process or have questions about workplace accessibility, please email job_posting@agilent.com or contact +1-262-754-5030. For more information about equal employment opportunity protections, please visit www.agilent.com/en/accessibility.