Senior Cyber Platform Engineer

The Team You Will Join

As part of MetLife’s Global Security team, you’ll work alongside world-class experts to protect MetLife, our customers and our colleagues. The team is responsible for managing cybersecurity, IT risks and vulnerabilities, physical security, and more. In this fast-paced, mission-driven environment, you’ll join outstanding teammates to expand your skills, collaborate across the organization and implement innovative approaches to safeguard MetLife when it matters most. Ready to make an impact? Join us if you want to embrace the rapidly evolving environment and use transformative technology to integrate and build security into the foundation of key initiatives across MetLife.

The Opportunity

The Cyber Platform Engineer is responsible for designing, implementing, and supporting enterprise security solutions within MetLife’s environment. This hands-on role partners with cross-functional teams to ensure security platforms are effectively engineered, integrated, and operated in alignment with MetLife’s security policies and regulatory obligations.

The candidate will identify and implement opportunities to strengthen security capabilities, troubleshoot complex issues, and improve the automation, integration, reliability, and operational maturity of MetLife’s security platforms across a complex global environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and implement enterprise security platform solutions that strengthen MetLife’s security posture and improve operational effectiveness.
• Develop and maintain scripts, integrations, and automated workflows to reduce manual effort, improve efficiency, and increase the scalability and reliability of security operations.
• Evaluate and apply AI and emerging technologies to enhance platform capabilities, accelerate security workflows, and identify opportunities for intelligent automation.
• Lead technical implementations, upgrades, change management, documentation, and lifecycle activities in collaboration with global and cross-functional teams.
• Provide advanced technical support and troubleshooting for complex security platform issues and business-impacting incidents, serving as a senior escalation resource.

Required Qualifications

7+ years of experience in IT security engineering, platform engineering, or security architecture within a complex enterprise environment, including experience implementing and supporting enterprise security technologies.

Demonstrated scripting and automation experience using languages such as PowerShell, Python, or Bash to automate security engineering and operational workflows.

Experience troubleshooting complex technical issues across security platforms, infrastructure, endpoints, networks, or cloud environments, including working within formal change management processes.

Demonstrated AI fluency, including the ability to effectively use AI-assisted technologies to improve engineering, automation, troubleshooting, analysis, and operational workflows while applying appropriate security and data-handling practices.

Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work independently and partner effectively with technical and cross-functional teams in a global enterprise environment.

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience; relevant industry certifications such as CISSP, CISM, GIAC, or similar are a plus.

Experience with enterprise security platforms, cloud technologies, DevOps/DevSecOps practices, APIs, scripting, and security automation in a large-scale or global environment.

Experience applying AI, machine learning, or AI-assisted development and automation capabilities to security engineering, platform operations, or cybersecurity workflows.

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Location Expectation: This is a hybrid role requiring a minimum of 3 days per week in office.

The expected salary range for this position is $100,000 - $125,000. This role may also be eligible for annual short-term incentive compensation. All incentives and benefits are subject to the applicable plan terms.