Director - Security Integration & Engineering-Application Security/ Vulnerability Management
About The Position
American Express is committed to delivering secure, resilient, and scalable technology solutions that protect our customers and enable business growth. As part of this mission, the Director – Security Integration & Engineering will lead the engineering backbone of enterprise Security Posture Validation. This role drives the strategy, architecture, integration, automation, and sustained operation of the security tooling ecosystem that enables scalable, observable, and enforceable security controls across the software development lifecycle. The Director will oversee the design and execution of application and code-to-cloud security integrations, ensuring that tooling, automation, and telemetry pipelines generate accurate, defensible insights while supporting developer velocity and regulatory compliance. This leader will collaborate across cybersecurity, engineering, infrastructure, and risk domains to mature posture validation capabilities and align security controls with enterprise standards and global regulatory expectations. This position demands a strategic and technically deep leader who can operate at both executive and hands-on engineering levels, prioritize operational excellence alongside long-term transformation, and build high-performing teams that deliver measurable risk reduction.
Requirements
- Strategic and technically deep leader.
- Ability to operate at both executive and hands-on engineering levels.
- Ability to prioritize operational excellence alongside long-term transformation.
Responsibilities
- Lead the engineering backbone of enterprise Security Posture Validation.
- Drive the strategy, architecture, integration, automation, and sustained operation of the security tooling ecosystem.
- Oversee the design and execution of application and code-to-cloud security integrations.
- Ensure tooling, automation, and telemetry pipelines generate accurate, defensible insights while supporting developer velocity and regulatory compliance.
- Collaborate across cybersecurity, engineering, infrastructure, and risk domains to mature posture validation capabilities.
- Align security controls with enterprise standards and global regulatory expectations.
- Build high-performing teams that deliver measurable risk reduction.
Benefits
- Comprehensive support for your holistic well-being
- Opportunities to learn new skills
- Opportunities to develop as a leader
- Opportunities to grow your career
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
Education Level
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