Security Tech Lead

Job#: 3047460

Job Description:

Security Tech Lead

Location: Remote, United States

Role Overview

You will lead engineers who are building a security modular platform. You will work with other engineering teams to bring security services into the platform and deliver this to the broader ecosystem. You will be responsible for automation, development, break/fix, and consulting with other business units to maintain functional services. The intent is to reuse existing services, apply best practices, and make them available through multiple mechanisms such as a portal, SDK, or CLI. AI will also play a role in this experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of software engineers, encouraging an inclusive engineering culture.
• Ensure the team follows software engineering best practices including testing, code reviews, and documentation.
• Guide the use of modern technologies that support shifting security left for the larger developer ecosystem.
• Oversee the architecture, design, and implementation of the security modular platform with a focus on scalability, reliability, and latency.
• Develop platform level capabilities, such as role-based access control, authentication, and compliance enforcement.
• Work with Product Management, DevOps, and other engineering teams to align technical plans with business goals.
• Identify and integrate existing security solutions to the security modular platform.
• Manage the delivery lifecycle of major platform plans and track performance metrics.

Required Qualifications

Education: A bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field is required.

Experience: This role requires 8+ years of software engineering experience with at least 3+ years in engineering leadership roles. Proven experience integrating existing security services to a platform at a large scale is necessary.

Technical Skills:

• Knowledge of distributed systems, cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure), and modern backend stacks (e.g., Node.js, Java, Go, or Python).
• Background with SecOps capabilities such as IAM, data classification, static and dynamic code scanning, secrets and key management, WAF, and SIEM.
• Experience working with and developing CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with developing SDKs and CLIs.
• Experience with AI in the context of security and developer experience.
• Experience with Agile methodologies.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with a major business unit within a large financial services organization.
• Experience with Harness and/or GHA for CI/CD pipelines.
• Background with securing golden images.

Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico.

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Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.

Everforth Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Everforth Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law.

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Employee Type:

Contract

Remote:

Yes

Location:

Costa Mesa, CA, US

Job Type:

Date Posted:

September 25, 2026

Pay Range:

$80 - $90 per hour

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