Security Manager

EverDriven•Greenwood Village, CO

18d•Hybrid

About The Position

As a Security Manager, you’ll lead EverDriven’s enterprise security function, ensuring the protection of our data, infrastructure, and operations across both internal and production environments. You’ll set the vision for a proactive, risk-based security program—building systems, processes, and a culture that protect the students and families we serve. This role blends strategic leadership with technical depth: you’ll coach engineers, influence policy & architecture, and drive security maturity across the organization.

Requirements

Advanced experience with Microsoft cloud security ecosystems (Azure, Sentinel, Entra ID, Defender XDR, Purview, Intune).
Experience managing security across both corporate IT and cloud-based production environments.
Proven ability to design, measure, and mature programs aligned with SOC 2, HIPAA, and FERPA frameworks.
Strong understanding of Azure networking (firewalls, routing, NSGs, VPNs, load balancers) and SaaS workload protection.
Proficiency in incident response, detection engineering, vulnerability management, and identity security.
Demonstrated success leading technical teams and driving organization-wide security adoption.
Effective communicator—able to translate complex issues into clear, actionable guidance for both technical and non-technical audiences.
Skilled at navigating ambiguity, making risk-based decisions, and prioritizing effectively in a fast-moving environment.
Track record of building alignment across IT, Engineering, Compliance, and business stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

Container and Kubernetes security.
Azure Landing Zones and infrastructure automation.
Infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Bicep, Azure DevOps).
Experience governing MSSP engagements or MDR/XDR programs.
CISM, CISSP, ITIL, CompTIA or similar certifications are a plus.

Responsibilities

Lead and mature EverDriven’s enterprise security program by defining strategy, measurable objectives, and execution rhythms across corporate and production environments.
Own the full lifecycle of security policies—drafting, updating, communicating, and measuring adoption to ensure practicality, auditability, and alignment with evolving business needs.
Manage the company’s security awareness program (KnowBe4), driving measurable behavioral change through ongoing simulations, role-based training, and targeted communications.
Govern EverDriven’s partnership with its MSSP, overseeing expectations, detection tuning quality, and continuous improvement opportunities.
Oversee third-party risk management, ensuring vendors meet security standards, documenting remediation plans, and aligning with procurement and legal stakeholders.
Lead annual disaster recovery and business continuity planning, ensuring system resilience and readiness through realistic testing and cross-team coordination.
Protect student, employee, and operational data through Microsoft security solutions including Azure, Sentinel, Entra ID, Defender XDR, Purview, and Intune.
Champion zero-trust architecture across Azure and M365, ensuring identities, access pathways, and network controls scale securely with EverDriven’s growth.
Integrate security into engineering workflows—embedding controls into CI/CD pipelines, code review standards, and infrastructure-as-code practices, enabling secure automation without slowing delivery.
Lead the end-to-end incident response, vulnerability management, and threat hunting programs—establishing playbooks, maturing detection capabilities, coordinating response, and driving continuous learning through retrospectives and tabletop exercises.
Align security, compliance, and risk management with HIPAA, FERPA, and SOC 2 frameworks—ensuring EverDriven maintains trust with school districts, auditors, and partners.
Coordinate and deliver responses to customer and district security assessments, questionnaires, and due-diligence requests, ensuring clarity, accuracy, and alignment with EverDriven’s security posture.
Partner with Engineering, IT, and Business Operations to translate compliance into actionable controls, documentation, and audit-ready processes.
Drive operational excellence by establishing repeatable controls, reporting mechanisms, and accountability frameworks used across teams.
Evaluate emerging technologies—including AI-assisted detection, confidential computing, advanced identity tooling, and passwordless authentication—and pilot solutions that materially reduce risk or improve operational efficiency.
Anticipate future security challenges and proactively evolve EverDriven’s controls, processes, and automation to stay ahead of the threat landscape.
Build a culture of shared responsibility by mentoring engineers and IT staff, modeling strong security judgment, and raising overall security literacy.