Director, Information Security

Accountabilities:

• • Define and mature security operations frameworks, including runbooks, escalation models, operational procedures, and response standards.
  • Build and lead security operations capabilities supporting continuous monitoring, investigation, triage, escalation, and incident response.
  • Improve detection coverage and containment effectiveness through analytics, automation, orchestration, and modern security engineering practices.
  • Collaborate with IT teams to develop secure integrations, logging pipelines, security baselines, and monitoring capabilities across on-premises and cloud environments.
  • Oversee the security technology portfolio and establish roadmaps that continuously improve capability, coverage, and operational maturity.
  • Guide security configuration standards, system hardening, patching strategies, and vulnerability prioritization.
  • Plan and lead tabletop exercises, simulation drills, and other preparedness activities, incorporating lessons learned into security operations.
  • Manage relationships with external security providers and ensure service levels, performance, quality, and contractual commitments are maintained.
  • Oversee threat intelligence collection, enrichment, analysis, and operational application while maintaining visibility into the evolving threat landscape.
  • Lead proactive threat-hunting, anomaly-detection, and adversary-simulation activities to identify and address potential threats.
  • Oversee digital forensics, evidence handling, investigation activities, and post-incident reporting.
  • Manage the incident response program, including response roles, escalation paths, communication frameworks, and incident coordination.
  • Develop, maintain, and regularly test incident response playbooks covering emerging and ongoing cyber threats.
  • Track security program maturity, key risk indicators, operational performance, and compliance progress.
  • Develop dashboards, metrics, and executive-level reports that provide clear visibility into cybersecurity performance and risk.

  Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
  • 10+ years of professional cybersecurity experience, including at least 7 years leading incident response, security operations, and threat management programs.
  • Extensive expertise with modern security operations technologies, including SIEM, SOAR, XDR/EDR, threat intelligence platforms, forensic tools, and cloud-native security monitoring solutions.
  • Strong understanding of cybersecurity operations, threat detection, incident response, threat hunting, digital forensics, and cyber resilience.
  • Demonstrated experience building and leading high-performing security teams and developing mature operational processes.
  • Strong ability to establish security frameworks, procedures, escalation models, metrics, and continuous improvement programs.
  • Experience working across cloud and on-premises environments, including security logging, integrations, hardening, monitoring, and vulnerability management.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with technical teams, business stakeholders, and senior leadership.
  • Strong analytical, decision-making, problem-solving, and crisis-management capabilities.
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities and third-party relationships while maintaining a strong focus on security outcomes.
  • Certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CISA, and/or CRISC are preferred.
  • Experience working in regulated industries is preferred.

  Benefits:

  • Competitive annual salary range of $210,000–$260,000.
  • Full-time, experienced-level leadership opportunity.
  • Opportunity to lead and mature enterprise-wide cybersecurity and cyber resilience capabilities.
  • High-impact role with broad exposure across security operations, threat management, incident response, and technology.
  • Collaborative environment focused on professional development, innovation, and problem solving.
  • Flexibility designed to support personal and professional priorities.