Principal Software Engineering Manager

You will lead, develop, and retain a diverse engineering team responsible for AI-driven security operations and network defense engineering. Model, coach, and care for engineers and engineering leads through clear expectations, quality feedback, career development, inclusive hiring, succession planning, and accountability for measurable outcomes. Partner with stakeholders to determine requirements, identify dependencies, develop designs, and coordinate project and release plans across products and teams. You will drive the strategy and execution for AI-assisted threat detection, security analytics, automated investigation, response orchestration, and remediation. Build scalable engineering systems that use telemetry, Kusto/KQL, security signals, configuration and vulnerability data, and agentic workflows to improve detection, prioritization, response, and executive visibility. You will lead network defense programs spanning security research, vulnerability and exposure management, device security posture, segmentation, control-plane protections, ACL enforcement, AAA, credential hygiene, secure configuration, and compliance readiness. Hold teams accountable for security, reliability, privacy, quality, scale, and performance expectations. You will guide teams in producing secure, extensible, maintainable solutions, automation, test and quality processes, telemetry, runbooks, and operational readiness practices. Apply product and business judgment to prioritize investments, balance operational needs with long-term modernization, and improve performance, maintainability, and return on investment. You will provide technical and organizational leadership during complex, high-impact security incidents by directing cross-product triage, containment, root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and durable prevention. Ensure teams have the expertise, tools, and readiness to respond effectively and prevent recurrence through automation and design improvements. Resolve cross-organizational differences, communicate clearly in executive and security forums, remove blockers, and deliver measurable improvements in risk reduction, resilience, compliance posture, detection and remediation time, and operational efficiency. Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience. 3+ years of people management experience leading engineering teams or technical leads. Experience leading security, network defense, incident response, vulnerability management, or security operations programs in large-scale enterprise, cloud, or hybrid environments. Experience building or operating automated, telemetry-driven, or software-based solutions for security operations, detection, remediation, compliance, or operational excellence. Experience partnering across engineering, security, compliance, infrastructure, or platform teams to deliver complex programs with measurable outcomes. Experience leading AI-enabled security operations, security copilot workflows, agentic automation, machine learning applications in cybersecurity, or autonomous remediation capabilities. Deep understanding of enterprise network technologies and protocols including TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, BGP, OSPF, routing, switching, segmentation, ACLs, AAA, and network access controls. Experience with security telemetry, KQL/Kusto, Azure Data Explorer, Power BI, detection engineering, threat hunting, security data quality, and executive security reporting. Experience with network device security posture, vulnerability management, configuration compliance, SOX/audit readiness, secure access, and defense-in-depth architecture. Experience operating in Azure, hybrid cloud, or enterprise-scale infrastructure environments. Experience influencing executives, partner teams, and cross-functional stakeholders through ambiguity and organizational complexity. Industry certifications such as CISSP, CCIE, CCNP, CISM, GCIH, GCIA, OSCP, Security+, or equivalent practical experience.