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Senior Director, Cybersecurity Operations & Compliance

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Summary

Senior director role owning DDN's identity and access governance: building the IAM platform (IdP/MFA, privileged access, machine identities), driving SOX audit readiness, chairing IT architecture review, and managing public-cloud account governance from the Santa Clara colocation site.

Roles and Responsibilities

  • Develop the compliance roadmap and lead SOC 2 and ISO 27001 certification programs.

  • Collaborate with the Identity and Access Management team to strengthen the company’s identity posture and AI governance guardrails.

  • Direct the End-User Services team in deploying endpoint protection solutions, including mobile device management, conditional access, verified identity, and related security capabilities.

  • Develop and operate a comprehensive threat and vulnerability management program.

  • Develop and manage a comprehensive threat hunting, event analysis, and incident response capability.

  • Perform detailed and complex security analysis, including malware analysis.

  • Provide technical leadership for all relevant information security platforms.

  • Serve as the final escalation point for threat hunting, event detection and analysis, and incident response.

  • Oversee and directly participate in the administration of the firm’s SIEM and other relevant information security technology platforms.

  • Lead the response to and containment of information security-related incidents.

  • Ensure indicators of attack and indicators of compromise are promptly integrated into relevant systems and platforms.

  • Manage threat intelligence sources, including both human-readable and machine-readable intelligence.

  • Partner with IT, Legal, and Internal Audit to develop and maintain security best practices and policies for internal systems.

  • Play a primary role in the selection of new information security technologies.

  • Support the development of information security team members and facilitate knowledge transfer to other IT and firmwide groups.

Job Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience in cybersecurity operations, including 5+ years leading cybersecurity teams at the manager, director, or higher level.

  • Proven experience owning enterprise cybersecurity strategy, including capital and operating budgets.

  • Deep hands-on expertise across all aspects of a comprehensive cybersecurity program.

  • Experience managing hybrid environments that span on-premises or colocation infrastructure and at least one major cloud platform, such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.

  • Deep knowledge of and experience with industry compliance programs, including SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, DORA, and related frameworks.

  • Strong foundation in disaster recovery, business continuity, and high-availability architecture.

  • Experience with infrastructure automation, configuration management, and modern operations practices.

  • Track record of building, leading, and retaining high-performing technical teams.

  • Legally authorized to work in the United States.

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