Director, Platform Security Engineering and Operations

What you'll do

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of security engineering individual contributors responsible for enterprise security platforms.
• Set technical and operational direction for security tools including zero-trust, SASE/SSE, network, and vulnerability management.
• Establish engineering standards, implementation patterns, and operating models to ensure consistent execution across the team.
• Oversee the design, engineering, and operation of platforms for IPS, vulnerability scanning, and AI gateway controls.
• Manage platform health, upgrades, capacity, resilience, lifecycle management, and vendor relationships across the security stack.
• Define and communicate metrics on coverage, control effectiveness, SLA adherence, and measurable risk reduction.
• Ensure audit and regulatory compliance for PCI-DSS, SOX, and GLBA through high-quality evidence and repeatable operations.
• Lead prioritization, investment recommendations, and tool rationalization based on risk reduction, cost, and operational fit.

What we're looking for

• 15+ years of experience in information technology, cybersecurity, cloud, infrastructure, network security, or platform engineering.
• 5+ years of demonstrated leadership of enterprise-scale security teams or major security engineering programs.
• Deep expertise in vulnerability scanning, zero trust architecture, network security, SASE/SSE platforms, and web security architectures.
• Proven people leadership capability in setting direction, developing talent, managing priorities, and coaching senior engineers.
• Excellent executive communication skills to brief senior stakeholders and explain risk and control tradeoffs.
• Experience working in a regulated environment with control evidence, operational resilience, and audit/regulatory response expectations.
• Prior experience in financial services or another highly regulated industry (preferred).
• Work Authorization.