Security Engineering Lead - Cloud and Resilience

Help us use technology to make a big green dent in the universe!   Kraken powers some of the most innovative global developments in energy.   We’re a technology company focused on creating a smart, sustainable energy system. From optimising renewable generation, creating a more intelligent grid and enabling utilities to provide excellent customer experiences, our operating system for energy is transforming the industry around the world in a way that benefits everyone.   It’s a really exciting time in energy. Help us make a real impact on shaping a better, more sustainable future.   Kraken Customer   What we do: build the most AI-driven, innovative, forward-thinking platform for energy management. From optimising resources to delivering cost-effective, exceptional customer experiences through advanced Customer Information Systems (CIS), billing, meter data management, CRM, and AI-driven communications, Kraken is powering the next wave of innovation in the energy industry.    Why we do it: future energy will not look like energy as we know it today. We need to not just think about our future, but build for it. Now. Position Summary This is a high-impact technical leadership position bridging cloud security engineering with resilient, disaster-recovery-focused architecture. You will serve as the central bridge orchestrating Cloud security, Resilience and Disaster Recovery strategy across our core Platform and Infrastructure Resilience teams. Your mission is to ensure our entire ecosystem remains secure, continuously available, and ready to rapidly recover from sophisticated cyber incidents and catastrophic technical disruptions. What You'll Do:

Team Leadership & Strategy

• Manage and mentor a functional security engineering team (4-6 engineers), fostering a culture of open communication and inclusion.

• Set cloud security and resilience objectives and metrics and work within and across the teams to develop solutions to achieve them. 

Cross-Functional Resilience

• Act as the primary lead for disaster recovery program orchestration, aligning Platform, Infrastructure, and Engineering squads.

• Influence engineering teams to embed security and "design-for-failure" patterns into platform and application lifecycles and coordinate continuous resilience testing.

• Align strategies and operations for a “secure-by-default” strategy from the perspective of overall technical resiliency.

Technical Security & Incident Command

• Lead hands-on development of internal security tooling and provide architectural guidance to improve platform and application security across Kraken products and environments.

• Convert security root-cause analyses into actionable engineering tasks that satisfy global compliance mandates.

What You'll Bring:

• Proven leadership experience in security engineering and/or large-scale technical program orchestration across global teams.

• Deep expertise in cloud security best practices (specifically AWS), incident management, and resilience engineering.

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to align diverse technical teams and translate complex risks for executive leadership.

• Familiarity with compliance frameworks like ISO 27001, SOC 2, and threat modeling frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK.

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