Director Cloud Security

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In todays rapidly evolving digital landscape cloud security stands as a key component to organizational success. It is paramount that we safeguard data ensure compliance and mitigate risk as workloads are migrated to Cloud and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) providers.

We are seeking a Director - Cloud Security who will lead a team of security professionals providing strategic leadership and oversight for our comprehensive public cloud infrastructure and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) security programs.

This critical role will be responsible for defining and executing a unified security strategy across our multi-cloud environments (Microsoft Azure Google Cloud Platform) and extensive SaaS application portfolio.

The ideal candidate will possess a deep understanding of both cloud infrastructure and SaaS security domains exceptional leadership capabilities and a proven track record of building and managing high-performing security teams. This role will ensure our Public Cloud Infrastructure and SaaS ecosystems are secure compliant and resilient against evolving threats aligning security initiatives with broader business objectives.

What youll do...

* Strategic Leadership & Program Management: Define develop and implement a holistic enterprise public cloud infrastructure and SaaSsecurity strategy roadmap and security architecture that integrates seamlessly across all platforms and applications. This includes partnering with various teams to align on the long-term technology roadmap for security products and features.

* Team Development & Oversight: Supervise mentor and develop a team of security managers and their respective teams (Public Cloud Security Infrastructure Manager SaaS Security Manager and their direct reports) fostering professional growth and maintaining high performance across both cloud and SaaS security functions.

* Unified Security Posture: Drive the implementation and management of robust security controls and policies ensuring a consistent and effective security posture across Azure GCP and all SaaS applications. This includes evaluating integrating and managing next-generation security tools and technologies specific to cloud ecosystems.

* Compliance & Governance: Oversee compliance with all relevant regulatory and internal requirements including NIST 800-53 ISO 27001 SOC 2 GDPR and CCPA across both cloud infrastructure and SaaS applications. Develop and implement security controls for IaaS PaaS and SaaS environments.

* Risk Management: Establish and manage comprehensive risk assessment and management programs for cloud infrastructure and SaaS applications prioritizing remediation efforts based on risk business impact and threat intelligence. This includes overseeing third-party SaaS vendor risk management due diligence and continuous monitoring of vendor security posture.

* Incident Response Oversight: Partner with Cyber Defense leadership to align on incident response goals requirements and data to ensure effective containment analysis and resolution. Assist with additional Response activities when requested by Cyber Defense leadership.

* Cross-functional Collaboration: Collaborate extensively with engineering operations procurement legal GRC business units and audit teams to embed security throughout the entire lifecycle of cloud services and SaaS applications from selection and design to deployment and offboarding.

* Reporting & Communication: Develop and present comprehensive reports on the enterprise cloud and SaaS security posture compliance status vendor risk and key security initiatives to executive leadership and relevant governance forums.

* Innovation & Threat Intelligence: Stay abreast of the latest security threats vulnerabilities emerging technologies and best practices relevant to multi-cloud environments (Azure GCP) and the evolving SaaS landscape. Evaluate and recommend new cloud security technologies and practices.

Youll have...

* Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Technology Software Engineering or a related field (or a combination of education and experience).

* 10 years of experience in information security with at least 5 years in a leadership capacity managing other security professionals or leading large security programs.

* Demonstrable hands-on experience securing production infrastructure in public clouds (Azure GCP preferred) and managing security for a diverse portfolio of production SaaS applications.

* Strong understanding of core cloud security concepts including Identity and Access Management (IAM) network security data protection logging monitoring infrastructure security and the shared responsibility model.

* Extensive hands-on experience with cloud security tools and services native to Azure and GCP (e.g. Defender for Cloud Sentinel Security Command Center VPC-SC) and SaaS security tools (e.g. SSPM CASB vendor risk management platforms).

* Proven experience designing implementing and managing security perimeters and controls across complex cloud and SaaS environments.

* Direct experience interpreting implementing and documenting controls based on various security frameworks including NIST 800-53 ISO 27001 SOC 2 GDPR and CCPA.

* Exceptional leadership communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to effectively articulate complex technical concepts and security risks to diverse technical and executive audiences.

Even better you may have...

* Masters degree in a relevant field.

* Professional certifications such as CISSP CISM CCSP or equivalent cloud-specific certifications (e.g. Azure Security Engineer Associate Google Cloud Professional Cloud Security Engineer).

* Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) security practices using tools such as Terraform and integrating security into CI/CD pipelines (DevSecOps).

* Familiarity with secure access service edge (SASE) or zero trust network access (ZTNA) solutions for secure connectivity to cloud and SaaS services.

* Experience in a highly regulated industry or a large global enterprise environment.

You may not check every box or your experience may look a little different from what weve outlined but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company we encourage you to apply!

As an established global company we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe or keep you close to home Will your career be a deep dive into what you love or a series of new teams and new skills Will you be a leader a changemaker a technical expert a culture builderor all of the above No matter what you choose we offer a work life that works for you including:

Immediate medical dental vision and prescription drug coverage

Flexible family care days paid parental leave new parent ramp-up programs subsidized back-up child care and more

Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement fertility treatments and more

Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases

Tuition assistance

Established and active employee resource groups

Paid time off for individual and team community service

A generous schedule of paid holidays including the week between Christmas and New Years Day

Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

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position is a range of salary grade LL5.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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