Principal Cybersecurity Engineer

• Set enterprise security architecture reference patterns and guardrails for cloud network platform and application domains including hybrid and on-premises infrastructure.
• Design scalable controls and "secure by default" blueprints that teams reuse to accelerate delivery and reduce technical debt.
• Drive security as code practices integrating automated controls into CI/CD pipelines and cloud native workflows.
• Lead threat modeling risk assessments and security design reviews for complex initiatives and critical systems. Orchestrate incident response for high severity events ensuring rapid triage root cause analysis and durable remediation.
• Standardize vulnerability management across infrastructure and software layers prioritizing remediation based on risk and business impact.
• Integrate identity access and secrets management into platform and application architectures aligning to least privilege and zero trust principles.
• Guide performance monitoring logging and detection engineering to improve signal quality and reduce mean time to detect/respond.
• Partner with Technology Compliance and business leaders to embed security into evaluation selection installation and configuration of products.
• Collaborate with teams supporting enterprise networks on-prem data centers and distributed operational environments to ensure secure connectivity segmentation and baseline enforcement.
• Support governance of Azure services subscriptions connectivity and administrative models.
• Help define and maintain security baselines for servers platforms and cloud services including hardening standards for hybrid infrastructure.
• Mentor engineers at all levels; elevate secure coding testing automation and operational excellence across teams.
• Influence roadmap priorities using data metrics and risk quantification to support informed trade off decisions.
• Evangelize modern engineering practices (Agile/Kanban/Lean) ensuring security enhances-not hinders-developer and customer experience.
• May be called upon to support critical escalations and must be available during urgent IT incidents as needed.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent years of work experience.
• 10+ years in progressive experience in cybersecurity with significant experience in security engineering and architecture roles.
• Demonstrated leadership in enterprise security architecture for cloud platforms (e.g. Azure AWS or GCP) networks and platforms including hybrid and on-premises environments.
• Proven depth in identity and access management key and secrets management and zero trust concepts.
• Strong proficiency with infrastructure as code (e.g. Terraform or Bicep) configuration management and policy as code.
• Expertise in security information and event management (SIEM) endpoint detection and response and detection engineering.
• Advanced skills in scripting/automation (e.g. Python or PowerShell) to codify controls tests and runbooks.
• Excellent communication and executive influencing skills; able to translate risk and complexity into clear actionable decisions.
• Experience working in distributed or multi-site operational environments is a plus.

• Experience building platform security capabilities (e.g. cloud security posture management workload protection container security).
• Hands on knowledge of application security (secure SDLC dependency scanning and runtime protections).
• Familiarity with PCI DSS SOX HIPAA or similar frameworks; practical experience operationalizing compliance.
• Industry certifications (e.g. CISSP CCSP GIAC OSCP) or equivalent portfolio of work
• Experience with segmentation design network architecture or securing retail or regulated operational environments.

What We Do

Ahold Delhaize USA a division of global food retailer Ahold Delhaize is part of the U.S. family of brands which includes five leading omnichannel grocery brands – Food Lion Giant Food The GIANT Company Hannaford and Stop & Shop. Our associates support the brands with a wide range of services including Finance Legal Sustainability Commercial Digital and E-commerce Technology and more. Our team includes some of the best and brightest talent from a variety of backgrounds ranging from decades-long careers in retail to fresh perspectives from outside our industry. With a purpose-driven culture grounded in our values of courage care integrity teamwork and humor we are committed to fostering a culture of belonging where everyone is valued. Our team shares a common motivation to drive change take ownership and enable the brands we support to nourish their customers and communities. We thrive on supporting great local grocery brands and their strategies. As part of the largest grocery retail group on the East Coast we understand our vital role in enabling healthier people and a healthier planet and have an ongoing commitment to driving sustainable change that leads to a thriving food system nourishes local communities and creates a better world.

Why Work With Us

We love fresh perspectives not just fresh produce. We believe that an inclusive workplace fosters creativity accelerates innovation and helps us create an even better product. At Ahold Delhaize USA you’ll find coworkers who are caring and committed and who focus on dreaming big and getting things done.

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