Staff Security Engineer

Job Posting Title:

Staff Security Engineer

Req ID:

10120702

Job Description:

Disney Streaming’s Security Engineering (DESecEng) team provides engineering and tooling support for the Information Security team, Product teams, and Operations teams within Disney Entertainment and ESPN Technology (DE&ET). The team builds applications and automations, manages infrastructure, and directly supports Information Security initiatives for DE&ET and the wider Walt Disney Company’s Global Information Security (GIS) team.

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What you will do:

• Design, develop, and deploy scalable automation strategies to secure systems, products, networks, and Disney content. 

• Manage, maintain, document, train on, and improve Information Security tools and their operation within the DE&ET environment. 

• Research and introduce technologies and procedures to assist and improve the DE&ET information security posture. 

• Collaborate with partner teams to understand security needs and dependencies, and assist those teams in meeting GIS security goals. 

• Follow secure coding and review practices for code development and configuration deployment. 

• Develop and maintain code branches and environments for DESecEng owned code and tooling, utilizing best practice code hygine. 

• Assist with Incident Response as an escalation resource and subject matter expert. 

• Establish and implement procedures and mechanisms for protecting physical, digital, and media assets; safeguard accounts and access for users and data within the network and DE&ET assets; and protect Guest accounts and data. 

• Guide and train junior engineers in code development, security strategy and policy, and security response as needed. 

Nice to haves:

• Knowledge and familiarity with infrastructure-as-code products and principles, and its implementation with cloud environments. – Experience working with version control software (e.g. GitHub) and issue/project tracking software (e.g. Jira).

Required Education/Experience:

• Minimum of 7 years of related work experience ​

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience

The hiring range for this position in Santa Monica, CA is $138,900 to $186,200 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.

Job Posting Segment:

Enterprise Technology

Job Posting Primary Business:

Corporate Global Information Security

Primary Job Posting Category:

Security Engineering

Employment Type:

Full time

Primary City, State, Region, Postal Code:

Santa Monica, CA, USA

Alternate City, State, Region, Postal Code:

Date Posted:

2025-05-08