Assoc. Dir , Cybersecurity Engineering

Job Description

Role Summary

The Associate Director for Product Security Platform Engineering will lead build and mature the security tooling ecosystem supporting application security cloud security guardrails SDLC security automation vulnerability intelligence and enterprisewide developer enablement.

This role serves as a technical and strategic leader working closely with Product Security leadership and platform engineering teams to ensure security capabilities are scalable measurable developerfriendly and aligned to enterprise security strategy.

Key Responsibilities

Platform Engineering & Security Tooling

• Lead design development and scaling of product security platforms including integrating application scanners and cloud-native security guardrails.

• Integrate security controls into CI/CD pipelines provisioning workflows and developer platforms

• Drive automation/AI and orchestration to reduce manual security review overhead.

Security Governance & Architecture

• Translate enterprise security policies and standards into enforceable platform capabilities.

• Partner with architecture Cloud DevOps and product teams to integrate securebydesign principles into engineering workflows.

Operational Management & Metrics

• Establish platform KPIs KRIs and adoption metrics; enable reporting for risk reviews leadership updates and regulatory needs.

• Oversee platform operations including performance availability team processes backlog management vendor management and escalations.

Team Leadership & Talent Development

• Lead a team of platform engineers and security specialists.

• Provide mentorship career development and continuous learning opportunities

• Cultivate a culture of engineering excellence automation and measurable security outcomes.

CrossFunctional Engagement

• Work closely with product lines cloud engineering DevOps and enterprise security teams to drive adoption of platform capabilities.

• Act as a trusted technical advisor to internal teams.

Required Qualifications

• 8 years of experience in cybersecurity engineering DevSecOps platform engineering cloud security or application security.

• Deep experience with at least two of: SAST SCA DAST cloud security platforms Containers vulnerability management tooling logging/telemetry or CI/CD integration.

• Strong engineering background (Python Java automation frameworks cloud-native architectures).

• Experience deploying enterprisescale security platforms and integrating them into engineering ecosystems.

• Proven leadership experience managing teams or large crossfunctional initiatives.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience embedded security controls in the developer workflow.

• Experience with AWS/Azure/GCP/Alibaba cloud guardrails.

• Background in distributed systems API platforms and event-driven architectures.

• Experience collaborating with globally distributed engineering teams.

• Bachelors or Advanced degree in Computer Science Cybersecurity or related field.

• Relevant certifications (CISSP CCSK GIAC etc.).

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