Chief Information Security Officer

Seekr • Reston, VA

10d • Hybrid

About The Position

Seekr is seeking a Chief Information Security Officer to lead security strategy, governance, and execution for enterprise and government customers. The CISO will safeguard the company’s platforms, infrastructure, data, and AI systems while ensuring compliance with regulatory and national security requirements. The role combines cybersecurity, AI innovation, and mission-critical deployments, enabling secure delivery of capabilities to customers in high-stakes environments.

The CISO will partner with engineering, product, legal, HR, and go-to-market teams to embed security and a security-conscious culture throughout the organization, including model and software development, data storage and handling, cloud infrastructure, and customer deployments. This leader will build, lead, and scale a security organization responsible for implementing and executing the company’s security strategy across public cloud, secure government cloud, on-premise, and edge environments. The role also ensures ongoing compliance with relevant regulations and certifications and identifies additional requirements based on business needs.

Seekr develops explainable and trustworthy AI for mission-critical decisions in enterprises, government, and regulated industries. Its SeekrFlow platform provides secure, auditable AI solutions and is available across cloud, on-premises, and edge environments. The company partners with organizations in defense, finance, telecom, and critical infrastructure.

Requirements

• At least 10 years of cybersecurity experience, including at least 5 years in a senior leadership role such as CISO, VP Security, or equivalent.
• Ability to obtain a U.S. security clearance.
• Experience building and leading teams responsible for implementing and executing security programs at scale.
• Strong experience securing public cloud environments, including AWS, Azure, or GCP, and secure government cloud environments such as AWS GovCloud or Azure Government.
• Deep familiarity with AI-driven products and their full lifecycle, including data pipelines, labeling or annotation, model training, evaluation, deployment, and monitoring.
• Strong knowledge of government and defense security frameworks, such as NIST 800-53, FedRAMP, and CMMC, including security planning documentation.
• Proven experience building and operating security programs for both enterprise and government customers.
• Deep understanding of modern security practices, including zero trust architectures, identity and access management, and endpoint security.
• Experience with secure software development practices and integrating security into CI/CD pipelines.
• Demonstrated ability to lead incident response and manage high-severity security events.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to engage technical and non-technical stakeholders, including executives and government officials.
• Must meet applicable U.S. government international trade authorization requirements; applicants must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain required authorizations.

Nice To Haves

• Active U.S. security clearance (Top Secret).
• Previous experience as a Facility Security Officer (FSO).
• Experience securing AI/ML systems against adversarial threats, model inversion, and data poisoning.
• Background in defense, intelligence, or national security environments.
• Experience achieving and maintaining FedRAMP Authorization or similar government accreditations.
• Hands-on experience with AI-assisted development tools and ensuring their secure use.
• Industry certifications such as CISSP, CISM, or equivalent.
• Track record of scaling security organizations in high-growth technology companies.
• Experience securing air-gapped and highly regulated environments.
• Experience in external thought leadership, including speaking at conferences or participating in industry forums.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the company’s information security strategy in alignment with business and product objectives.
• Lead, mentor, and scale a high-performing security team responsible for implementing and executing security programs and controls.
• Lead security architecture and engineering across public cloud, government cloud, on-premise, and edge hardware environments.
• Guide organizations through end-to-end accreditation with applicable frameworks and maintain existing accreditations.
• Oversee security operations, including threat detection, incident response, vulnerability management, and continuous monitoring.
• Design and implement secure development practices, including for AI-assisted coding and model development workflows.
• Ensure the security, integrity, and governance of training data, models, and AI outputs, including protection against adversarial threats and model exploitation.
• Partner with product and engineering teams to embed security into the software development lifecycle and AI product lifecycle, including data ingestion, labeling, training, evaluation, deployment, and monitoring.
• Secure deployments across customer-hosted, air-gapped, and edge-based environments.
• Lead risk management, including third-party and vendor risk and supply chain security.
• Serve as the primary security liaison for enterprise and government customers, supporting audits, assessments, and accreditations, and maintaining Seekr’s Trust Center.
• Develop and maintain policies and procedures for operating in classified and unclassified environments.
• Drive security awareness and training programs across the company.
• Represent the company with customers, at industry events, in government engagements, and in customer briefings as needed.

Benefits

• Equity ownership through RSUs.
• Unlimited PTO and 14 paid company holidays.
• Flexible hybrid work environment, with offices in Reston, Virginia, and Austin, Texas, and remote options; flexible working hours.
• Role-appropriate compensation, potentially including base salary, bonuses, or commission plans depending on the role.
• 401(k) plan with employer matching.
• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance coverage starting on day one, for employees and their families.
• Paid parental leave for birth, adoption, or foster placement.
• Meaningful mission and the opportunity to work with a collaborative team on AI challenges.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Education Level: No Education Listed