Principal Security Engineer at Genworth Financial in Richmond, VA

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About Us At Genworth and CareScout, we're on a mission to simplify and dignify the aging experience. The truth is, most of us will help a parent, spouse, family member, friend, or neighbor navigate aging and care at some point in our lives. We've been there ourselves. That's why we're building better ways to help people find, fund, and understand aging care all while being supported every step of the way. We're a team of curious problem-solvers, compassionate listeners, and people who care about making a difference. We value diverse perspectives and are committed to fostering an inclusive culture where every team member feels respected, supported, and empowered to bring their authentic self. Our four values guide our strategy, our decisions, and our interactions: Make it human. We care about the people that make up our customers, colleagues, and communities. Make it about others. We do what’s best for our customers and collaborate to drive progress. Make it happen. We work with intention toward a common purpose and forge ways forward together. Make it better. We create fulfilling purpose-driven careers by learning from the world and each other. If you’re looking to build a meaningful career while helping transform the aging experience for millions of families, we’d love to hear from you. POSITION TITLE Principal Security Engineer POSITION LOCATION This position is available to Virginia residents as Richmond, Virginia in-office applicants. *A Hybrid schedule of both Remote and In-Office days is required. In office days are Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday with working hours targeting our core business hours of 9am-5pm EST. YOUR ROLE The Principal Security Engineer is a senior technical leader within Genworth's Cybersecurity organization, responsible for leading complex security engineering initiatives and advancing the company's security operations capabilities. This role provides deep technical expertise, drives execution of high-priority and high-complexity initiatives, and develops scalable solutions that reduce risk and strengthen Genworth's overall security posture. Principal Security Engineer serves as a trusted technical advisor who transforms emerging challenges into practical outcomes, improves cyber resilience, enhances detection and response capabilities, and enables secure adoption of modern technologies across the enterprise. What You Will Be Doing Influence complex, high-impact cybersecurity engineering initiatives across application security, infrastructure and cloud security, vulnerability and exposure management, security services, privileged access, automation, and related domains through technical expertise, collaboration, and trusted advisory capabilities. Troubleshoot and help resolve escalated technical issues by conducting root-cause analysis, advising on remediation approaches, and promoting sustainable solutions. Influence the design, integration, and enhancement of security capabilities and controls across enterprise applications, infrastructure, cloud environments, and technology delivery processes. Provide technical expertise and strategic guidance to address emerging technical and execution challenges, helping teams navigate ambiguity and progress solutions from concept through implementation. Partner with engineering, architecture, infrastructure, operations, application, risk, and business teams to align priorities, build consensus, and drive successful security outcomes. Champion improvements in security processes, tooling, automation, and orchestration to reduce manual effort, improve consistency, and strengthen prevention, detection, and response capabilities. Assess complex technical options and influence decision-making by recommending approaches that balance security risk, business objectives, regulatory expectations, operational impact, and long-term sustainability. Serve as a trusted technical advisor by providing guidance, mentoring, peer reviews, and thought leadership to security and tec