Lead Security Engineer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-06-11, Skillenai has indexed 22 job postings with the title “Lead Security Engineer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is incident response, with demand down 76% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-06-11
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+How many Lead Security Engineer jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 22 job postings with the title “Lead Security Engineer” over the 90 days ending 2026-06-11, with demand down 76% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do Lead Security Engineer jobs require?
Across Lead Security Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-06-11, the skills mentioned most often are incident response, vulnerability management, IAM, Threat Detection, AWS.
+Which cities are hiring the most Lead Security Engineer?
As of 2026-06-11, Lead Security Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in San Francisco, Brazil, Mountain View, New York City, Palo Alto.
+Is Lead Security Engineer a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 22 Lead Security Engineer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-06-11, with demand down 76% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in Lead Security Engineer postings is incident response, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly Lead Security Engineer postings — last 90 days
Skills most often required for Lead Security Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| incident response | 11 | 50.0% |
| vulnerability management | 10 | 45.5% |
| IAM | 8 | 36.4% |
| Threat Detection | 7 | 31.8% |
| AWS | 7 | 31.8% |
| monitoring | 7 | 31.8% |
| Security engineering | 7 | 31.8% |
| logging | 6 | 27.3% |
| compliance | 6 | 27.3% |
| business continuity | 6 | 27.3% |
| Python | 5 | 22.7% |
| Security Groups | 5 | 22.7% |
| Risk Management | 5 | 22.7% |
| SIEM | 5 | 22.7% |
| Cybersecurity Frameworks | 5 | 22.7% |
Top metros hiring Lead Security Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 3 | 13.6% |
| Brazil | 1 | 4.5% |
| Mountain View | 1 | 4.5% |
| New York City | 1 | 4.5% |
| Palo Alto | 1 | 4.5% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-06-11, matching postings whose canonical role is “Lead Security Engineer”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
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- Lead Security Engineer
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- 2026-06-11
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The demand, skills, and geo numbers on this page come from the same Skillenai labor market index that powers our API. Use it for compensation benchmarking, hiring-competition analysis, and skill-adoption tracking.
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