Director of Security Engineering

Sysdig

7d•$186,000 - $256,000•Remote

About The Position

At Sysdig, we believe cloud security isn't a compromise - it's a promise. From the start, our mission has been clear: to help organizations secure innovation in the cloud, the right way. We created Falco, the open standard for cloud threat detection, and continue to lead the cloud security market with runtime insights, open innovation, and agentic Al. Creators of technology trusted by over 60% of the Fortune 500, Sysdig gives teams the real-time clarity to move fast and defend what matters most. Culture matters here. We believe diversity fuels stronger ideas, and open dialogue drives sharper decisions. Recognized as a Best Place to Work and one of Deloitte's fastest-growing companies for the past 5 years, we're here to raise the standard for what cloud security and workplace culture should be. If you have the passion to dig deeper, the desire to challenge convention, and the curiosity to build something better, Sysdig is the right place for you.

Requirements

7 or more years in security or software engineering, including 4+ years leading and developing engineers.
Owned a team's roadmap, outcomes, and budget, and set direction.
Demonstrated, deep partnership with engineering teams.
Experience using AI and agentic tooling to deliver security capability and help engineers build better.
A genuine product-partnership instinct, and the credibility to engage executives and customers on security matters.
Technical foundations in cloud and Kubernetes security, infrastructure-as-code, and modern CI/CD.
A view of compliance (ISO 27001, ISO 27701, SOC 2 Type II) as continuous assurance to automate.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with eBPF and runtime security concepts.
Experience building internal developer platforms or secure "paved road" / scaffolding tooling.
Background in promoting AI workloads or shipping AI security capabilities.
A public voice and the appetite to use it — conference talks, writing, or open-source work. Welcomed and supported, though not required.

Responsibilities

Reporting to the CISO, build security engineering for Sysdig, end to end, across the full code-to-cloud lifecycle.
Lead a small, high-leverage team of senior and staff security engineers, setting the team's technical direction and growing it through hiring and talent development.
Own the security-engineering roadmap, standards, and budget.
Set functional strategy with the CISO and senior leadership, translating security strategy into operational plans and policy, cascading it across the function, and acting as the final decision-maker for security-engineering standards, tooling, and practices.
Bring an AI-first mindset to security delivery, using AI to deliver security capabilities that help engineering build better systems and write better code.
Make AI-assisted and agent-driven development safe across the org, use AI agents to scale security work itself, and defend the AI agents and workloads we run in production as first-class attack surface.
Partner with product, bringing thoughtful, hands-on guidance to the roadmap, using new capabilities first internally, then helping mature both our core cloud defense platform and our new AI workload protection.
Represent security with executives and customers, engaging senior leadership and major customers on security matters of significance, reconciling diverse stakeholder views to drive outcomes, and serving as a key leader within the Trust & Security function.
Turn compliance into assurance, aiming for continuous assurance of controls that not only meet the needs of the auditor but, more importantly, protect the trust of the customer.
Champion Sysdig's values — Trust in the Team, Love our Customers, Dig Deeper — and act as a change catalyst who builds a culture of trust, ownership, and continuous improvement.