Director of Security Operations

Quick Facts

• Leads day-to-day cybersecurity operations, reporting to the CISO
• Hands-on technical leadership across traditional and AI-enabled environments

Description

The Director of Security Operations leads security operations across traditional and AI-enabled environments, partnering with Security Architecture & Engineering. This is a hands-on technical leadership role covering security monitoring, incident response, threat hunting, vulnerability management, identity security, and operational resilience.

Responsibilities

• Lead security monitoring, incident response, threat hunting, security analytics, vulnerability management, adversary emulation, identity security, and operational resilience
• Set operational priorities, service objectives, metrics, playbooks, and processes based on organizational risk and business needs
• Act as incident commander for significant cybersecurity events and ensure lessons learned improve controls and operations
• Drive responsible adoption of AI-assisted detection, investigation, vulnerability analysis, threat hunting, and response
• Ensure effective monitoring and response for AI applications, autonomous agents, workloads, and non-human identities
• Use automation to reduce manual effort and shorten detection, analysis, containment, and remediation timelines
• Partner with Security Architecture & Engineering to ensure controls are designed, implemented, operationalized, monitored, and validated
• Develop security talent and report to the CISO on incidents, exposure, operational performance, risk, and program maturity

Requirements

• Experience leading Security Operations, Incident Response, Detection Engineering, Vulnerability Management, IAM, or related cybersecurity functions
• Hands-on experience implementing and operating security controls across cloud, infrastructure, applications, identity, endpoints, and networks
• Strong technical understanding of security analytics, detection engineering, exposure management, adversary emulation, and identity security
• Experience leading significant cybersecurity incidents and cross-functional response activities
• Experience implementing security automation and AI-assisted operational capabilities
• Strong leadership, mentoring, communication, and executive presentation skills

Benefits

• Healthcare for family, including dental and vision
• Competitive compensation and 401K
• RSU grants for full-time employees
• ESPP program
• Flexible vacation policy
• Maternity & paternity leave
• MacBook Pro to use for work plus a generous stipend to personalize the workstation
• Childcare bonus (human children only)
• Fertility treatment and support
• Learning & development program
• Commuter benefits
• Culture supporting healthy work-life balance
• Base pay range: $205,000 – $230,000