Agilent Technologies

Lead, SDLC Security Engineering

Agilent Technologies$143K — $269K *
US-Anywhere
+ 2 other locationsRemote
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 1-2 years of leadership experience in projects or teams
  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a relevant field
  • Strong background in application and cloud security
  • Hands-on experience with secure SDLC tooling
  • Familiarity with CI/CD security integration
  • Experience in threat modeling and vulnerability management
  • Excellent communication and cross-functional leadership skills

Responsibilities

  • Lead the security engineering team focused on SDLC tooling and automation
  • Define team priorities and execution plans in alignment with engineering objectives
  • Implement and improve SDLC security tooling like scanning and secrets management
  • Manage workflows for vulnerability management and secure release criteria
  • Integrate security automation into development pipelines for easier adoption
  • Coordinate threat modeling and security requirements in software workflows
  • Drive the adoption of security standards and processes across teams

Benefits

  • Option for remote work
  • Flexible full-time schedule
  • Opportunities for bonuses and stock options
  • Access to career development resources
  • Inclusive and collaborative work environment
Full Job Description
Job Description

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.


Qualifications

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/locations

Travel Required:
Occasional

Shift:
Day

Duration:
No End Date

Job Function:
R&D

About Agilent Technologies

Agilent Technologies is a global leader in life sciences, diagnostics, and applied chemical markets. With more than 50 years of insight and innovation, Agilent instruments, software, services, solutions, and people provide trusted answers to customers' most challenging questions. The company generated revenue of $5.34 billion in fiscal 2020 and employs 16,600 people worldwide.
Learn more about Agilent Technologies
Size
17,400 employees
Market Cap
$44.2 billion
Industry
Net Income
$810 million
Founded
1999
5 Year Trend
+8.9%
Revenue
$5.5 billion
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