The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc

Senior Security Engineer

Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 6+ years of cyber-focused application development experience in technical leadership roles.
  • Strong background in security application development with modern frameworks like Angular, React, and Node.js with security modules.
  • Proven delivery of enterprise-scale cyber and application platforms.
  • Experience leading distributed/offshore technical teams with tools like Splunk and Dynatrace.
  • Ability to collaborate effectively across Cyber, Engineering, and Infrastructure organizations.
  • Expertise in API design, cloud-native development on platforms such as AWS, and secure coding principles.
  • Hands-on experience with AWS cloud architecture and AI/ML implementations.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as a trusted technical advisor, translating cyber strategy into impactful technical solutions.
  • Design, build, and implement AI/ML cyber solutions for enhanced threat detection and vulnerability management.
  • Lead end-to-end solution architecture and operational readiness for cyber platforms.
  • Architect and deliver solutions using AWS cloud services, emphasizing security and scalability.
  • Integrate AI/ML capabilities for intelligent cyber capabilities like analytics and automation.
  • Own application vulnerability management through tooling and automation workflows.
  • Define and promote application security best practices across engineering teams.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work schedule, with office attendance 3 days a week.
  • Technical leadership opportunity with an emphasis on mentoring and guiding offshore teams.
  • Contributed to roadmap planning and continuous improvement of cyber platforms.
  • Fostering security and resilience in application delivery through collaboration.
  • Access to advanced tools for logging, monitoring, and performance security.
Full Job Description
Senior Security Engineer - IS07FE

TheEnterprise Cyber Focal Office Sr. SecurityEngineeris a senior, hands-on technicalleaderand trusted partner to the Enterprise Cyber Focal Lead. This roleis responsible fordesigning, developing, and implementing complex,AIdrivencyber security solutions that strengthen application security, vulnerability management, and enterprise cyber resilience.Operating at atechnical lead/manager (T7)level, this role combinesdeep engineeringexpertise,cloud-native architecture, andapplied AIwith strong leadership and influence across Cyber, ReliabilityEngineering,Infrastructure Engineeringand Software Engineering teams. The role also provides technicalleadership anddirection to offshore teams and drives adoption of secure-by-design engineering practices across the enterprise.This role will have aHybrid work schedule,with the expectation of working in an office (Columbus, OH, Hartford, CT or Charlotte, NC) 3 days a week (Tuesday through Thursday).Technical Leadership & Solution Delivery
  • Serve as atrusted technical advisorto the Enterprise Cyber Focal Lead, translating cyber strategy into scalable,highimpacttechnical solutions.
  • Design, build, and implement complex cyber solutionsleveragingAI/ML to improve threat detection, vulnerability management, risk prioritization, and automation.
  • Leadend-to-end solution architecture, including design reviews, implementation, and operational readiness for cyber platforms and tooling.
  • Applyfull-stackapplication developmentexpertiseto build secure, resilient, andperformantcyber applications and services.
Cloud & AI Engineering
  • Architect and deliver solutions usingAWS cloud services, following cloud-native,wellarchitected, andsecurityprinciples.
  • Applyhands-on AI/ML capabilities(GCP preferred) to build and operationalize intelligent cyber capabilities (e.g., analytics, anomaly detection, automation,decision support).
  • Partner with data, AI, and platform teams to ensure solutions are scalable, secure, andproduction-ready.
ApplicationSecurity
  • Demonstratedhands-onexperience with enterprise security, logging, and monitoring platforms (e.g., Splunk, Dynatrace, Orca Security, Akamai),leveragingthese tools to drive threat detection, observability, and risk reduction at scale.
  • Applies deep technicalexpertisein security telemetry, application logging, and runtime monitoring to design, integrate, andoptimizeapplication levelsecurity and observability capabilitiesenterprise-wide.
  • Experienced in LeveragingGitHub Copilotas ahands-onproductivity and quality accelerator for secure software development, including code scaffolding, refactoring, test generation, and documentation, while ensuring adherence to enterprise security and coding standards.
Application Vulnerability Management
  • Own and lead application vulnerability managementfrom a technical standpoint, including tooling,integrations, automation, and remediation workflows.
  • Partner with CISO (THIP) and Engineering organization and drive modernization and automation of vulnerability intake, prioritization, and reporting using AI and data-driven techniques.
  • Partner with application teams to embed vulnerability remediation into SDLC and CI/CD pipelines.
Engineering Partnership & Best Practices
  • Act as atrusted partner toSecurity, Platform,Reliability and Software Engineers, enabling secure, reliable, and resilient application delivery.
  • Define, promote, and enforceapplication security best practices, including secure coding, dependency management, secrets handling, logging, and monitoring.
  • Influence engineering teams through technical standards, referencearchitectures, and hands-on guidance rather than mandate.
Team Leadership & Delivery Excellence
  • Provide technical leadership to anoffshore engineering team, including design guidance, code reviews, mentoring, and delivery oversight.
  • Ensure high engineering quality, operational stability, and adherence to enterprise security and compliance standards.
  • Contribute to roadmap planning, prioritization, and continuous improvement of cyber platforms and capabilities.
Required Experience & Qualifications
  • 6+ yearsof experience in cyber-focused application development (security engineering), with time in technical leadership roles.
  • Strongsecurity application developmentexperience (frontend, backend, APIs, integrations). This includesproficiencyin modern frameworks and languages such as Angular, React, or Vue.js withstrict Content Security Policy (CSP) and XSS prevention.Node.js orNestJSusing security modules like Helmet, Jose, andexpress-validator.
  • Proven experience designing and deliveringenterprise-scale cyber, security or application platforms.
  • Experience leading and mentoringdistributed/offshore technical teams, using Splunk, Dynatrace, Akamai or other events and logs.
  • Ability tooperateas atrusted partner and influenceracross Cyber, Engineering, and Infrastructure organizations.
  • Experience acrosslogging and monitoring, edge and application security,AI-assisteddevelopment, ITSM workflows, CI/CD pipelines, and automated deployment platforms, ensuring scalable, secure, and repeatable engineering practices.
  • Knowledge ofapplication security, vulnerability management, and secure SDLC practices is preferred.
  • The role requiresexpertisein API design (REST/GraphQL), database technologies (SQL and NoSQL), andcloud-nativedevelopment on platforms such as Azure or AWS. Afull-stacktech lead is also adept in CI/CD practices,infrastructure-as-code, containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes), and secure coding principles, withhands-onexperience integrating security, logging, monitoring, and performance tools.
  • Strongproblem-solvingskills,system-levelthinking, and the ability to collaborate across product, security, and operations teams are essential to delivering scalable, resilient, and secure applications.
  • Deep hands-on experience withAWS cloud architecture and related services. Demonstratedhands-on AI/ML implementation experience, withGCP preferred(Vertex AI,BigQuery, ML pipelines, or equivalent).
Candidate must be authorized to work in the US without company sponsorship.The company will not support the STEM OPT I-983 Training Plan endorsement for this position.Required Certifications:
  • One or more Security Certification focused on app sec - (e.g., CSPM, CSSM, CISSP, CISM, CSSLP, CCSP, CompTIA, ISC2, GIAC, EC-Council)
  • One or more cloud security
  • TheAWS Certified Security - Specialty(often called AWS Security Specialty, SCS-C02)
  • Google Professional Cloud Security Engineer
Preferred Certifications:
  • AI / ML Certification (AWS, GCP, or equivalent)
  • AWS Certification (e.g., Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer)

Compensation

The listed annualized base pay range is primarily based on analysis of similar positions in the external market. Actual base pay could vary and may be above or below the listed range based on factors including but not limited to performance, proficiency and demonstration of competencies required for the role. The base pay is just one component of The Hartfordtotal compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include short-term or annual bonuses, long-term incentives, and on-the-spot recognition. The annualized base pay range for this role is:

$128,400 - $192,600

About The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc

The Hartford is an industry leading provider of property and casualty insurance, group benefits and mutual funds. Throughout our rich history of more than 200 years, countless businesses and individuals, including Robert E. Lee, Abraham Lincoln and Babe Ruth, have turned to our company for protection. The Hartford celebrated its 200th anniversary in 2010.

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Join the esteemed team at The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., a leader in investment and insurance, where we offer more than just job opportunities—we provide a platform for professional growth and innovation. As one of the most respected names in the financial services industry, The Hartford is dedicated to fostering a culture of diversity, leadership, and continuous development.

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Learn more about The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc
Size
18,500 employees
Market Cap
$24.1 billion
Industry
Net Income
$1.7 billion
Founded
1810
5 Year Trend
+6.5%
Revenue
$20.5 billion
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