Director of Security Operations

Role overview The Director of Security Operations leads the day-to-day cybersecurity operations function across traditional and AI-enabled environments. Reporting to the Chief Information Security Officer, this hands-on technical leadership role partners closely with the Security Architecture & Engineering organization to drive operational excellence in detection, response, and resilience across a large-scale cloud platform.

Responsibilities - Direct end-to-end security operations including monitoring, incident response, threat hunting, vulnerability management, adversary emulation, identity security, and operational resilience. - Set operational priorities, service objectives, metrics, playbooks, and processes aligned to organizational risk and business needs. - Serve as incident commander for major cybersecurity events and translate post-incident learnings into concrete control and process improvements. - Drive responsible adoption of AI-assisted capabilities for detection, investigation, vulnerability analysis, threat hunting, and response. - Ensure effective security monitoring and response coverage for AI applications, autonomous agents, workloads, and non-human identities. - Apply automation to compress detection, analysis, containment, and remediation timelines and reduce manual toil. - Partner with Security Architecture & Engineering on control design, implementation, operationalization, monitoring, and validation. - Develop security talent and deliver clear executive reporting on incidents, exposure, operational performance, risk, and program maturity.

Requirements - Experience leading Security Operations, Incident Response, Detection Engineering, Vulnerability Management, IAM, or related cybersecurity functions. - Hands-on experience implementing and operating security controls across cloud, infrastructure, applications, identity, endpoints, and networks. - Strong technical grounding in security analytics, detection engineering, exposure management, adversary emulation, and identity security. - Track record leading significant cybersecurity incidents and coordinating cross-functional response activities. - Experience implementing security automation and AI-assisted operational capabilities. - Strong leadership, mentoring, communication, and executive presentation skills.

Nice to have - Experience in cloud-native or large-scale distributed environments and familiarity with modern cybersecurity and AI-risk frameworks.

Benefits and work setup - Healthcare coverage for family, including dental and vision. - Competitive compensation and 401K plan. - RSU grants for full-time employees and an ESPP program. - Flexible vacation policy, plus maternity and paternity leave. - Company-provided laptop with a personalization stipend for the workstation. - Childcare bonus, fertility treatment and support, and commuter benefits. - Learning and development program and a culture that supports a healthy work-life balance. - US base pay range: $205,000–$230,000, with final offers influenced by location, experience depth, and relevant credentials.