Hybrid Team Leader – Cybersecurity Engineering

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About the role

  • Lead and develop the Cybersecurity Engineering teams across Endpoint, Perimeter, and Cloud Security: set clear goals and priorities, provide day‑to‑day technical and people leadership, coach and mentor engineers, participate in hiring, and conduct regular performance and skills assessments.
  • Establish and maintain a documented training and certification plan for the team (including progression paths and succession planning), aligned with industry best practices and Garmin standards.
  • Contribute to the security engineering roadmap for Endpoint, Perimeter, and Cloud Security: provide significant input to strategy, translate business and risk requirements into actionable initiatives, and manage prioritization, trade‑offs, and delivery.
  • Contribute to the definition, implementation, and continuous improvement of security controls and architectures for endpoints, network/perimeter, and cloud environments (e.g., hardening standards, secure baselines, network segmentation, identity and access controls, data protection).
  • Drive improvements across people, process, and technology (operating model, tooling integration, automation, documentation, and cross‑team hand‑offs).
  • Define, track, and report meaningful engineering metrics and KPIs (e.g., control coverage, time to remediate, patch/coverage SLAs, vulnerability closure rates, endpoint compliance, perimeter rule hygiene) using industry and Garmin standards.
  • Guide, develop, document, and periodically test operational runbooks and playbooks for handling security‑related events and issues across endpoint, network, and cloud; ensure lessons learned are captured and fed back into engineering improvements.
  • Ensure that Cloud Security, Perimeter Security, and Endpoint Security requirements are consistently met or exceeded in all supported environments and projects.
  • Support risk assessments and technical security reviews by contributing expertise on endpoint, perimeter, and cloud security domains.
  • Foster a strong security culture by promoting best practices, awareness, and shared accountability across engineering and IT teams.
  • Implements strategies and solutions based on a broad understanding of Garmin's business model.

Requirements

  • Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, Business or another relevant field AND a minimum of 5 years relevant experience OR equivalent combination of education and relevant years of experience.
  • Endpoint Security Leadership: Solid understanding of endpoint protection technologies (EDR/XDR platforms such as CrowdStrike, Microsoft Defender, or SentinelOne) with ability to guide team in threat detection, incident response, and endpoint hardening across diverse operating systems.
  • Cloud Security Knowledge: Working knowledge of cloud security principles across major platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), security monitoring, and compliance frameworks. Ability to oversee cloud security initiatives, collaborate with cloud architects, and ensure alignment with industry standards (ISO 27001, SOC 2) while guiding the team in implementing security controls and best practices.
  • Perimeter & Network Security Oversight: Practical experience with firewalls, WAF, VPN technologies, and security monitoring tools (SIEM). Capable of reviewing security architectures, coordinating with network teams, and leading incident response efforts.
  • Global Collaboration & Stakeholder Management: Proven ability to work effectively in a global, cross-functional environment, collaborating with international peers, security teams, and business stakeholders across different time zones and cultures. Strong communication and interpersonal skills to align security strategies, share best practices, and build consensus across distributed teams while fostering a collaborative and inclusive team culture.
  • Strong ability to prioritize security initiatives, communicate risks to management, and mentor team members in perimeter defense strategies.
  • Would be a plus
  • Management certs (CISSP, CISM).
  • Community involvement (conferences, local security groups); ability to travel 1-2 times per year for 1-2 weeks.

Benefits

  • 24 days off each year plus extra vacation days based on years at Garmin and compensation for legal holidays.
  • Health package subscription and yearly budget for glasses.
  • Monthly budget for sports and wellbeing activities.
  • Local and global career development programs (training, mentorship, technical and leadership development, and more).
  • Access to e-learning platforms and support for technical conferences attendance.
  • Loyalty bonus within the company, plus other special bonuses (for holidays and personal life events).
  • Meal tickets.
  • Significant discount for Garmin products.
  • Employee stock purchase plan.
  • Contribution to the retirement plan (Pillar 3).
  • Garmin products available for testing and borrowing.
  • A comprehensive event series championing wellbeing, sports, and community tailored to foster holistic health (featuring sports events, classes, hackathons, parties, and more).

Job title

Team Leader – Cybersecurity Engineering

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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