Senior Manager, Platform Security

Gemini

Senior Manager of Platform Security at Gemini overseeing security solutions while leading a cloud-native engineering team. Contributing hands-on with engineering efforts and security technologies.

Posted 7/21/2026full-timeNew York City • Florida, New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $195,000 - $300,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in leading cloud-native engineering and security teams, with a strong focus on AWS, Terraform, and security frameworks. Capable of architecting security solutions, mentoring engineers, and aligning team strategies with business needs.

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AWSTerraformKubernetes (EKS)Security FrameworksTeam Leadership

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Hard Skills

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)CI/CD PipelinesSecurity Tooling CodeProgram KPIsTechnical Architecture

Soft Skills

Communication SkillsMentorshipRelationship BuildingOrganizational Change ManagementAttention to Detail

Tools & Technologies

GitHub Enterprise CloudCloud Security ToolsAutomation Tools

Industry Keywords

Platform SecurityGRCAuditsCloud-Native EngineeringBusiness Outcomes

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudKubernetesTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provide strategic and technical leadership of Gemini's Platform Security team, personally architecting and implementing security solutions alongside engineers — including writing and reviewing Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, and security tooling code
Align team-wide strategy with the needs of the business, internal partners, & peer Security leadership
Enable the ongoing success & growth of the team through creation of hiring plans and hands-on technical mentorship — pairing with engineers, reviewing designs and PRs, and staying current on the team's actual codebase
Establish a Platform Security roadmap for initiatives that will provide ever-increasing maturity of capabilities for stakeholders, while also reducing toil through automation
Serve as a senior technical escalation point for the team's hardest architecture and engineering problems, contributing working code/IaC when the situation calls for it
Foster trust-centric relationships with key partner teams, ensuring that their voices are heard and needs are being met, while achieving excellent security outcomes together
Lead the development of security policies, procedures, standards, & guidelines that will guide functional security outcomes with all GRC and Audits needs being met
Determine program KPIs that will meaningfully highlight where we’re succeeding, or falling short of, the mission we aim to accomplish for the business
Provide guidance through lived-experience and industry awareness on the different approaches to architecture, security engineering, and business-achievement goals
Define a customer-first process, choosing to provide self-service solutions that minimize friction, create agility, and provide value-oriented ways to solve problems
Manage relevant third-party vendor relationships, leading the determination of when & why to “build” vs. “buy” in response to gaps in capabilities the business may have

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of leadership experience for cloud-native engineering and/or security teams, with a strong preference for Amazon Web Services (AWS)-based organizations
10+ years of direct, technical experience in relevant roles (e.g., Platform Engineering, Security), with continued hands-on coding/IaC work within the last 2-3 years — not solely past practitioner experience
Strong experience in AWS, EKS (Kubernetes), IAM, Terraform, GitHub Enterprise Cloud
Experience leveraging industry security frameworks & standards that act as the basis of maturing the overall security program and enable successful business outcomes
Comfortable with hiring & scaling a team
Prior success in leading a team through organizational change management, with a strong preference for start-up experience in a technology-centric business
Able to easily communicate with technical stakeholders at their level, hearing their feedback and translating those needs or concerns into program-level outcomes
Pragmatic about security requirements, ignoring “best practices” that don’t make sense to the needs of the business by leveraging your team’s expertise for decision making
Strong written and verbal communication skills with an attention to detail.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive starting pay
A discretionary annual bonus
Long-term incentive in the form of a new hire equity grant
Comprehensive health plans
401K with company matching
Paid Parental Leave
Flexible time off