Director of Security Engineering

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Abnormal AICybersecurity software
Location: Remote - USAFull-TimeDirector
SalaryBase salary range: $214,200 — $308,000 USD
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Job Details

Experience
10+ years in security or software engineering, including 4+ years managing security teams
Required Skills
AWSKubernetesSoftware Engineering

Requirements

  • Bring 10+ years of experience in security or software engineering.
  • Have 4+ years of experience managing security teams.
  • Have a software engineering background and have shipped production software.
  • Have a proven record of building and scaling high-performing security teams.
  • Bring deep technical fluency in cloud-native environments, including AWS organizations and multi-account governance.
  • Have experience with Kubernetes, identity and access, detection engineering, and modern SDLC security.
  • Demonstrate cross-functional leadership and a record of delivering security outcomes through engineering teams.
  • Produce decision-ready written documents and drive alignment asynchronously.
  • Be comfortable presenting to C-level leadership, customers, and auditors.
  • Experience with managers of managers or equivalent scope is preferred.
  • Experience in compliance-driven environments such as FedRAMP, SOC 2, or ISO 27001 is a strong signal.
  • Experience securing AI/ML systems or governing AI adoption at scale is a strong signal.

Responsibilities

  • Act with full authority as deputy to the CISO and represent the security organization to executives, customers, and regulators.
  • Lead, coach, and grow managers and senior engineers across Security Engineering and Security Operations.
  • Own the security engineering roadmap across cloud security architecture, detection and response, identity, vulnerability management, and secure-by-default platform investments.
  • Drive cross-functional programs with Engineering, IT, and Product, including AI security governance, data perimeter controls, and federal compliance initiatives.
  • Set engineering standards for the security organization, emphasizing everything as code, automation, and outcome measurement.
  • Build hiring pipelines and own performance management, promotion cases, and succession planning within the teams.
  • Translate technical risk into business terms for executives and the board, and business priorities into a coherent security strategy.
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