Comcast

Lead Cybersecurity Engineer

Comcast$120K — $150K *
Plano, TX 75025In-Person
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related experience.
  • 5+ years of progressive experience in cybersecurity, information security, or security engineering.
  • 2+ years of leadership or team management experience.
  • Strong knowledge of Security Operations, Incident Response, and Vulnerability Management.
  • Proficiency with security technologies such as Microsoft Defender, Sentinel/SIEM, CrowdStrike, and Cisco Security Solutions.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and mentor a team of cybersecurity engineers and analysts.
  • Develop and execute cybersecurity roadmaps aligned with organizational objectives.
  • Oversee daily cybersecurity operations, including threat detection and incident response.
  • Manage enterprise vulnerability assessment and remediation programs.
  • Review and approve security designs for infrastructure and cloud initiatives.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive support for health, financial, and emotional well-being.
  • Personalized options and expert guidance for major life milestones.
  • Access to always-on tools that cater to individual needs.
Full Job Description
Job Summary
The Cybersecurity Team Lead is responsible for leading the organization's cybersecurity operations, engineering, and security governance initiatives while managing a team of security professionals. This role combines technical leadership, people management, strategic planning, and operational execution to ensure confidentiality, integrity, and availability of enterprise systems and data.

The ideal candidate is a hands-on security leader with expertise across security operations, vulnerability management, cloud and infrastructure security, incident response, compliance, and secure architecture. This individual will partner closely with engineering, infrastructure, architecture, and business teams to reduce cyber risk and strengthen the organization's security posture.

Job Description

Comcast experience required for this position.

Security Leadership & Strategy
  • Lead and mentor a team of cybersecurity engineers and analysts.
  • Develop and execute cybersecurity roadmaps aligned with organizational objectives.
  • Establish security standards, policies, and best practices across infrastructure, applications, and cloud environments.
  • Serve as a trusted advisor to leadership on cybersecurity risks, emerging threats, and mitigation strategies.
  • Promote a security-first culture through awareness, training, and stakeholder engagement.


Security Operations
  • Oversee daily cybersecurity operations, monitoring, and threat detection activities.
  • Lead incident response, threat hunting, forensic investigations, and post-incident reviews.
  • Coordinate remediation efforts for security vulnerabilities and compliance findings.
  • Ensure effective management of SIEM, EDR, IDS/IPS, email security, and security monitoring platforms.


Vulnerability & Risk Management
  • Manage enterprise vulnerability assessment and remediation programs.
  • Conduct risk assessments and recommend appropriate security controls.
  • Drive security hardening efforts across servers, applications, databases, and network infrastructure.
  • Track security metrics, KPIs, and risk posture reporting for leadership review.

Architecture & Engineering
  • Review and approve security designs for infrastructure, cloud, and application initiatives.
  • Partner with engineering teams to integrate security requirements throughout the solution lifecycle.
  • Guide implementation of Zero Trust, DevSecOps, identity security, and cloud security controls.
  • Support secure configuration management and platform modernization initiatives.


Governance, Risk & Compliance
  • Support regulatory and industry compliance requirements including PCI, SOX, SOC, ISO, and NIST controls.
  • Maintain security policies, standards, and operational procedures.
  • Participate in internal and external audits.
  • Ensure security controls are implemented, documented, and operating effectively.


Team & Stakeholder Management
  • Manage resource planning, performance, career development, and succession planning for the security team.
  • Collaborate with technology leaders, vendors, auditors, and business stakeholders.
  • Provide regular executive-level updates on security initiatives, risks, incidents, and remediation activities.
  • Manage cybersecurity project delivery, priorities, budgets, and operational objectives.

Required Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related experience.
  • 5+ years of progressive experience in cybersecurity, information security, or security engineering.
  • 2+ years of leadership or team management experience.
  • Strong knowledge of: Security Operations (SOC), Incident Response, Vulnerability Management, Cloud Security (Azure/AWS), Identity & Access Management, Network Security, Security Architecture, Risk Management
  • Experience with security technologies such as: Microsoft Defender, Sentinel/SIEM platforms, CrowdStrike, Splunk, Tenable, Qualys, Palo Alto, Cisco Security Solutions
  • Strong communication and executive presentation skills.


Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience supporting large enterprise environments.
  • Experience leading DevSecOps or cloud security initiatives.
  • Familiarity with NIST CSF, CIS Controls, MITRE ATT&CK, and Zero Trust frameworks.
  • Experience managing cross-functional cybersecurity programs


Employees at all levels are expected to:
  • Understand our Operating Principles; make them the guidelines for how you do your job.
  • Own the customer experience think and act in ways that put our customers first, give them seamless digital options at every touchpoint, and make them promoters of our products and services.
  • Know your stuff be enthusiastic learners, users and advocates of our game-changing technology, products and services, especially our digital tools and experiences.
  • Win as a team make big things happen by working together and being open to new ideas.
  • Be an active part of the Net Promoter System a way of working that brings more employee and customer feedback into the company by joining huddles, making call backs and helping us elevate opportunities to do better for our customers.
  • Drive results and growth.
  • Support a culture of inclusion in how you work and lead.
  • Do what's right for each other, our customers, investors and our communities.


Disclaimer: This information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications.

Skills
Communication, Cybersecurity, Leadership, Network Security

We believe that benefits should connect you to the support you need when it matters most, and should help you care for those who matter most. That's why we provide an array of options, expert guidance and always-on tools that are personalized to meet the needs of your reality-to help support you physically, financially and emotionally through the big milestones and in your everyday life.

Please visit the benefits summary on our careers site for more details.

Education
Bachelor's Degree

While possessing the stated degree is preferred, Comcast also may consider applicants who hold some combination of coursework and experience, or who have extensive related professional experience.

Certifications (if applicable)

Relevant Work Experience
10 Years +

About Comcast

FreeWheel manages the economics of content for the enterprise class of entertainment, offering technical infrastructure for revenue rights management and business operations, wrapped in advisory services. They offer advertising sales rights, display, video, mobile ad management, contract management, professional content, ad serving, reporting, analytics, technology, services, advisory services, business operations, programmatic advertising, advertising marketplace, and linear, and online advertising.

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Founded
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