Director, Cybersecurity Operations
On-siteScottsdale, Arizona, United States
Job Summary
Define and execute the global security operations strategy and roadmap across converged IT and OT environments. Direct 24x7x365 monitoring, triage, investigation, and response across endpoint, network, cloud, identity, AI runtime, and OT telemetry while serving as senior incident commander for P1/P2 events. Build and lead a high-performing global SOC team, mature detection engineering and threat hunting, and govern MSSP/MDR relationships. Drive adoption of automation, SOAR, and agentic AI SecOps platforms to scale response and reduce alert fatigue. Ensure operations support regulatory obligations including ITAR/EAR, SOX, and GDPR while managing the security budget and tooling portfolio.
Required Qualifications
- 12+ years of progressive cybersecurity experience
- 5+ years leading security operations, SOC, or incident response functions
- Demonstrated experience building and leading distributed 24x7 SOC teams
- MSSP/MDR governance experience
- hybrid operating models experience
- Deep expertise in threat detection and response
- SIEM/SOAR expertise
- EDR/XDR expertise
- threat intelligence expertise
- modern detection engineering expertise
- Proven incident command experience leading high-severity, business-impacting incidents end to end
- Strong people leadership: building, scaling, and retaining technical security teams
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or related field
- equivalent experience to Bachelor's degree
Desired Qualifications
- Experience securing converged IT/OT environments
- semiconductor industry experience
- manufacturing industry experience
- other critical-infrastructure industries experience
- Familiarity with export-control (ITAR/EAR) data residency requirements
- Fortune 500 regulatory environments (SOX, GDPR) familiarity
- Hands-on experience deploying automation and agentic AI SecOps platforms in production
- Industry certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, GCIA, GCIH, or equivalent
- Knowledge of ISO27001
- Knowledge of NIST CSF 2.0
- Knowledge of MITRE ATT&CK
- Knowledge of ICS/OT security frameworks (e.g., IEC 62443)
- Operates with executive presence
- communicates risk in business and quantified terms
- Balances strategic vision with operational discipline
- bias for measurable outcomes
- Builds trusted partnerships across IT, OT, manufacturing, and business stakeholders
- Leads calmly and decisively under pressure during active security incidents
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