Director of Security Engineering

Role overview Lead a security engineering organization responsible for protecting cloud services and supporting both commercial and federally authorized environments. Reporting to the chief information security officer, this technical leadership role owns major security programs, develops teams, and serves as a senior representative to executives, customers, and auditors. It calls for a software engineering background and a collaborative approach to making secure engineering practices easier to adopt.

Responsibilities - Act as the security leader’s deputy, representing the function to executives, customers, and regulators when needed. - Lead, coach, and grow managers and senior engineers across security engineering and security operations. - Set the security roadmap for cloud architecture, identity, detection and response, vulnerability management, and secure platform foundations. - Partner with engineering, IT, and product teams on security programs, including AI governance, data controls, and federal compliance. - Establish engineering standards that favor automation, code-based controls, and outcome measures. - Build hiring and succession plans, manage performance, and communicate technical risk and security strategy to senior leadership and the board.

Requirements - At least 10 years in security or software engineering, including at least four years managing security teams. - Production software engineering experience and the ability to assess security designs with an engineering perspective. - A track record of building and scaling strong security teams. - Deep knowledge of cloud-native security, including AWS multi-account governance, Kubernetes, identity and access, detection engineering, and secure software development practices. - Strong cross-functional leadership, written communication, and confidence presenting to executives, customers, and auditors.

Nice to have - Experience managing managers or teams of comparable scope. - Experience building secure-by-default platforms that reduce risk and developer friction. - Familiarity with compliance programs such as FedRAMP, SOC 2, or ISO 27001, or with securing AI and machine learning systems. - Experience scaling security in a resource-constrained environment through automation.

Benefits and work setup - Listed base salary range: $214,200–$308,000 USD. The role may also include incentive pay, equity, and benefits.