Director of Security Technology Engineering and Operations
About The Position
The Director of Security Technology Engineering and Operations is an enterprise executive accountable for the strategy, delivery, and 24x7 operation of the organization’s core security technology platforms. This role leads global security engineering and operations across network, endpoint, cloud, and data protection domains, ensuring security capabilities are resilient, scalable, compliant, and aligned to enterprise business priorities. As a member of the Information Security leadership team, this role partners with technology and business leaders to reduce risk, enable digital transformation, and provide executive‑ and board‑level visibility into security posture and performance.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
- 15+ years of progressive leadership experience in security engineering, operations, architecture, or security technology management
- Proven success leading large, complex, globally distributed technical organizations, including leaders of leaders
- Deep expertise across enterprise security technologies in network, endpoint, cloud, and data domains
- Demonstrated executive leadership in highly regulated, audit-driven environments
- Strong executive presence, communication, and ability to influence senior stakeholders and board-level discussions
Nice To Haves
- Experience leading enterprise-scale security modernization and cloud transformation initiatives
- Strong multi-cloud security background, including AWS, Azure, and GCP
- Experience with automation, metrics-driven operations, and technology portfolio optimization
- Industry certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CRISC, or related credentials
- Familiarity with advanced detection, deception, and emerging AI-enabled security capabilities
Responsibilities
- Provide executive leadership for a globally distributed, follow-the-sun security engineering and operations organization responsible for enterprise security technology platforms
- Define and execute the enterprise security technology strategy aligned to risk appetite, regulatory requirements, and business objectives
- Own the engineering, availability, and operational maturity of security platforms across boundary and network protection, endpoint security, data protection, and cloud security and advanced detection technologies
- Drive standardization, automation, modernization, and portfolio rationalization across the security technology landscape
- Enable secure cloud adoption and AI initiatives while protecting sensitive data and intellectual property
- Ensure security technologies support regulatory, compliance, and audit obligations in a highly regulated environment
- Establish and report meaningful security metrics for executive leadership and board-level audiences
- Partner with technology and business leaders to reduce risk while enabling transformation across the enterprise
- Build, develop, and retain senior leaders and technical talent, including succession planning
- Oversee significant security technology investments and external partnerships to balance resilience, risk, and value
Benefits
- Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)
- Basic term and optional term life insurance
- Short-term and long-term disability
- Pregnancy disability and parental leave
- 401(k) and employer-funded retirement plan
- Paid vacation (from two to five weeks depending on salary grade and tenure)
- Up to 11 paid holiday opportunities
- Adoption assistance
- Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 80 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law
- Incentive and recognition programs
- Equity stock purchase
- Pension
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Executive
