Team Lead, Platform Security Architect

Who we are is what we do.

Deel is the all-in-one payroll and HR platform for global teams. Our vision is to unlock global opportunity for every person, team, and business. Built for the way the world works today, Deel combines HRIS, payroll, compliance, benefits, performance, and equipment management into one seamless platform. With AI-powered tools and a fully owned payroll infrastructure, Deel supports every worker type in 150+ countries—helping businesses scale smarter, faster, and more compliantly.

Among the largest globally distributed companies in the world, our team of 7,000 spans more than 100 countries, speaks 74 languages, and brings a connected and dynamic culture that drives continuous learning and innovation for our customers.

Why should you be part of our success story?

As the fastest-growing Software as a Service (SaaS) company in history, Deel is transforming how global talent connects with world-class companies – breaking down borders that have traditionally limited both hiring and career opportunities. We're not just building software; we're creating the infrastructure for the future of work, enabling a more diverse and inclusive global economy. In 2024 alone, we paid $11.2 billion to workers in nearly 100 currencies and provided healthcare and benefits to workers in 109 countries—ensuring people get paid and protected, no matter where they are.

Our momentum is reflected in our achievements and customer satisfaction: CNBC Disruptor 50, Forbes Cloud 100, Deloitte Fast 500, and repeated recognition on Y Combinator's top companies list – all while maintaining a 4.83 average rating from 15,000 reviews across G2, Trustpilot, Captera, Apple and Google.

Your experience at Deel will be a career accelerator. At the forefront of the global work revolution, you'll tackle complex challenges that impact millions of people's working lives. With our momentum—backed by a $17.3 billion valuation and $1 B in Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) in just over five years—you'll drive meaningful impact while building expertise that makes you a sought-after leader in the transformation of global work.

Summary

As a Team Lead, Security Operations, you will own Deel's security operations pod end to end with an AI first mindset. This is a player-coach role: you'll manage a globally distributed team of security analysts, set the strategy and metrics for how Deel detects and responds to threats, and stay hands-on at the same time, leading major incidents, hunting, and building detections alongside your team.

Govern managed security partner (MSSP) partner who provides 24x7 tier-one monitoring, and our in-house team across regions. You'll own that model completely: the escalation path, the partner relationship, the quality of every outcome, and the people who deliver it.

You will lead strategy to implementation of AI first security operations and response, from requirements and evaluation through data onboarding, detection parity, SOAR automation, cutover, and day-two operations. The pod's core responsibilities includes but not limited to threat hunting, insider threat, incident response, managing security events, purple teaming, phishing and email threat assessment across a remote-first, AWS-native environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the Security Operations pod. Coach, and develop a team of Security Analysts distributed across regions. Set goals, run performance and career conversations, and build a high-trust, blameless culture. Flex your working hours when needed so every team member gets real face time with their lead, regardless of time zone.

• Own incident response end to end. Act as the escalation point and incident commander for high-severity incidents, define the severity matrix and runbooks, coordinate with Engineering, IT, Legal, and People teams during response, and run blameless post-incident reviews that drive remediation to closure.

• Lead the SIEM/SOAR modernization program. Define requirements, run the evaluation, and lead the implementation, migration, and operationalization of a modern SIEM / AI SOC platform: log source inventory and onboarding, parsing and normalization, detection parity and detection-as-code, SOAR playbook migration, parallel run and cutover, cost and retention governance.

• Govern the MSSP partnership. Own SLAs, escalation criteria, alert-tuning feedback loops, quality sampling of tier-one work, and QBRs. Make the handoff between 24x7 partner coverage and internal 24x5 response seamless and measurable.

• Build and run the threat hunting and detection engineering program. Lead hypothesis-driven hunts mapped to MITRE ATT&CK, own the detection lifecycle and coverage gap analysis, integrate threat intelligence and continuously tune to reduce alert fatigue.

Total Rewards

Our workforce deserves fair and competitive pay that meets them where they are. With scalable benefits, rewards, and perks, our total rewards programs reflect our commitment to inclusivity and access for all.

• Our salary range reflects gross base salary. For commercial roles with commission eligibility, this figure represents On-Target Earnings (OTE), inclusive of base salary and target commission.

• Salary ranges are quoted in USD as a consistent global reference. Your offer will be localized to your country's currency using a market-aligned conversion.

• Final pay is based on objective, job-related criteria including experience, skills, and location.

• We don't ask about salary history. Offers are based on the role and what you bring to it.

Some things you'll enjoy

• Stock grant opportunities dependent on your role, employment status and location

• Additional perks and benefits based on your employment status and country

• Optional flexible working office membership, with IWG

At Deel, we're an equal-opportunity employer that values diversity and positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of race, religion, sex, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, pregnancy or maternity or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

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