{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"38dee560a521d0f6f736e6cb","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/38dee560a521d0f6f736e6cb","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/38dee560a521d0f6f736e6cb","title":"Lead Security Engineer","description":"“We Power the Magic!” That’s our motto at Disney Experiences (DX). Our team creates world-class immersive digital experiences for the Company’s premier vacation brands including Disney’s Parks & Resorts worldwide, Disney Cruise Line, Aulani, a Disney Resort & Spa, and Disney Vacation Club.\n\nWe are responsible for the end-to-end digital and physical Guest experience for all technology & digital-led initiatives across the Attractions & Entertainment, Food & Beverage, Resorts & Transportation and Merchandise lines of business as well as other initiatives including MyDisneyExperience and Hey, Disney!\n\nThis role sits in the US Parks & Resorts organization within Disney Experiences Technology and works closely with other site reliability engineers, application delivery teams, and systems engineers from across the company.\n\nThe Lead Security Engineer will report to the Manager, Site Reliability Engineering\n\nAbout The Role & Team:\n\nThe US Parks Site Reliability Organization is accountable for the reliability and resilience of a portfolio of critical applications and services. We partner with product, engineering, and SRE teams across the organization to define and evolve reliability standards rooted in SRE and DevOps principles. Rather than simply operating systems, we apply engineering approaches—observability, automation, and data‑driven decision making—to proactively improve service health. By designing reliability into platforms and reducing operational toil, we enable teams to focus on innovation and delivering world‑class guest experiences.\n\nWhat You'll Do:\n\nProcess and prioritize security assessment reports\nEvaluate designs and request and how well they conform to security controls\nDesign and maintain security controls for applications and infrastructure\nImplement WAF and bot management configurations.\nUnderstand and audit security configurations and standards.\nEnhance security monitoring and detection systems\nIdentifying current and emerging technology issues including security trends, vulnerabilities and threats\nConduct security investigations\nSourcing and implementing new security solutions to better protect the organization\nConducting proactive research to analyze security weaknesses and recommend appropriate strategies\n\nRequired Qualifications:\n\nMinimum 7 years of related work experience\nProficient in agile environments\nMinimum of 5 years of experience with at least one CDN (Akamai, Cloudflair, Fastly, etc)\nHands-on experience with CI/CD tools like Gitlab, AWS CodeBuild, Azure DevOps\nProficient in configuration management tools: Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, Chef\nExperience in procedural programming languages (Python, Perl, Ruby, Java, Go, Rust, C/C++)\nSkilled in Cloud environments (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)\nProven ability to design and build reliable, scalable enterprise systems\nCapable of leading reliability efforts and identifying root causes in large-scale distributed systems\nDemonstrated experience leading technical projects and ensuring smooth delivery\nStrong troubleshooting skills across systems, network, and code\nProven experience mentoring, guiding, or training other engineers, with strong written and verbal communication and the ability to influence without direct authority\nProactive demeanor toward continuous learning and mastering emerging tools and methodologies\nExperience with NIST and CIS security benchmarks\n\nRequired Education:\n\nBS degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, related software engineering field or equivalent work experience\n\nPreferred Education\n\nCertification including CISSP, Net+, Security +, or other relevant certifications\n\nThe hiring range for this position in Lake Buena Vista, FL is $148,300 - $198,800 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, dependent on the level and position offered.","company":"Disney Experiences","rawCompany":"disney experiences","city":"Miami","state":"FL","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-09-27T10:12:31.212Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1299.05","title":"Information Security Engineers","slug":"information-security-engineers"},{"code":"15-1299.08","title":"Computer Systems Engineers/Architects","slug":"computer-systems-engineers-architects"},{"code":"15-1212.00","title":"Information Security Analysts","slug":"information-security-analysts"}],"industries":[{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"},{"code":"713110","title":"Amusement and Theme Parks","slug":"amusement-and-theme-parks"},{"code":"513210","title":"Software Publishers","slug":"software-publishers"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Lead Security Engineer","description":"“We Power the Magic!” That’s our motto at Disney Experiences (DX). Our team creates world-class immersive digital experiences for the Company’s premier vacation brands including Disney’s Parks & Resorts worldwide, Disney Cruise Line, Aulani, a Disney Resort & Spa, and Disney Vacation Club.\n\nWe are responsible for the end-to-end digital and physical Guest experience for all technology & digital-led initiatives across the Attractions & Entertainment, Food & Beverage, Resorts & Transportation and Merchandise lines of business as well as other initiatives including MyDisneyExperience and Hey, Disney!\n\nThis role sits in the US Parks & Resorts organization within Disney Experiences Technology and works closely with other site reliability engineers, application delivery teams, and systems engineers from across the company.\n\nThe Lead Security Engineer will report to the Manager, Site Reliability Engineering\n\nAbout The Role & Team:\n\nThe US Parks Site Reliability Organization is accountable for the reliability and resilience of a portfolio of critical applications and services. We partner with product, engineering, and SRE teams across the organization to define and evolve reliability standards rooted in SRE and DevOps principles. Rather than simply operating systems, we apply engineering approaches—observability, automation, and data‑driven decision making—to proactively improve service health. 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