Director, Cybersecurity Engineering Lead

Blackrock

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Hybrid

Quick summary

Work type
Hybrid
Location
New York, NY
Salary
$215,000–$275,000 / yr
Posted
31 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role $245k
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This role pays more than 72% of similar roles. Most pay $168,750–$254,925 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $245k versus about $212k for comparable roles.

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About Blackrock

BlackRock is the world''s largest asset management firm, providing investment management, risk management, and advisory services to institutional and retail clients through its Aladdin technology platform. Industry: Asset Management & Financial Services

Blackrock currently has 81 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Director, Cybersecurity Engineering Lead

Director, Cybersecurity Engineering Lead joins the Aladdin Platform Engineering – Engineering Services team to lead the cybersecurity engineering function. This role involves setting technical strategies for integrating security into software delivery and cloud infrastructure at scale. You will manage the end-to-end software supply chain security strategy, including artifact provenance, signing, and verifiable build attestations. Key responsibilities include hardening build systems and deployment pipelines, implementing DevSecOps principles like policy as code, and establishing security models for agentic and AI-assisted workflows. The role requires expertise in cloud-native technologies, containers, orchestration, serverless, microservices, and APIs. You will also manage automated controls such as threat modeling, static and dynamic analysis, and software composition analysis to protect a highly regulated financial services firm while mentoring a team of security engineers to ensure secure delivery is the default.

What you'll do

  • Own the end-to-end software supply chain security strategy including artifact provenance and verifiable build attestations.
  • Secure build systems, artifact repositories, and deployment pipelines by enforcing trust based on cryptographic evidence.
  • Define and implement security models for agentic workflows and AI-assisted development to mitigate prompt injection and identity risks.
  • Embed automated controls such as threat modeling, static/dynamic analysis, and infrastructure scanning into the delivery lifecycle.
  • Translate regulatory requirements into engineered guardrails and report risk metrics to senior leadership.
  • Build, lead, and mentor a team of security engineers while growing a network of internal security champions.

What we're looking for

  • 10+ years of experience in security engineering, platform engineering, or application security, including leadership in a large, regulated enterprise.
  • Deep expertise in software supply chain security, including build provenance, artifact signing, and verification.
  • Strong command of DevSecOps practices, including CI/CD pipeline security and policy as code.
  • Expertise in cloud-native security across containers, orchestration, serverless, microservices, and APIs.
  • Experience securing AI and machine learning workloads or the ability to reason about emerging AI risks in software delivery.
  • Proven ability to influence engineering organizations and communicate effectively with executive and regulatory audiences.
  • Bachelor’s degree in a related technical field or equivalent practical experience.
  • Industry certifications such as CISSP or CCSP (preferred).

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