Cyber Security Exposure Associate Director

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC); Jersey City (NJ); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Health insurance

Pension benefits

Hybrid work model (3 onsite/2 remote)

Job summary

DTCC seeks an experienced leader to guide cyber exposure management initiatives, overseeing vulnerability and application security across cloud and on-prem environments. You will drive AI-assisted security testing, governance, and risk-based prioritization while mentoring delivery teams.

The role emphasizes collaboration with engineering, architecture, risk, and control functions to embed secure practices into the software lifecycle, with a hybrid onsite/remote work model.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years of related experience.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred and/or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and delivery of cyber exposure management capabilities across data, cloud, and applications.
• Support AI-enabled security scanning programs and orchestration strategies.
• Advance AI VDR operating model with continuous and targeted deep-assurance testing for higher-risk systems.
• Establish repeatable methods to validate findings and prioritize remediation.
• Partner with cross-team groups to integrate security scanning into development workflows.

Skills

Cyber exposure management

Vulnerability management

Application security

Security engineering

AI security testing

Education

Bachelor’s degree preferred

Tools

CI/CD security tooling

Security platforms evaluation

Job description

Are you ready to make an impact at DTCC? Do you want to work on innovative projects, collaborate with a dynamic and supportive team, and receive investment in your professional development? At DTCC, we are at the forefront of innovation in the financial markets. We are committed to helping our employees grow and succeed. We believe that you have the skills and drive to make a real impact. We foster a thriving internal community and are committed to creating a workplace that looks like the world that we serve.

The Information Technology group delivers secure, reliable technology solutions that enable DTCC to be the trusted infrastructure of the global capital markets. The team delivers high-quality information through activities that include development of essential, building infrastructure capabilities to meet client needs and implementing data standards and governance.

Pay And Benefits

• Competitive compensation, including base pay and annual incentive
• Comprehensive health and life insurance and well-being benefits, based on location
• Pension / Retirement benefits
• Paid Time Off and Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.
• DTCC offers a flexible/hybrid model of 3 days onsite and 2 days remote (onsite Tuesdays, Wednesdays and a third day unique to each team or employee).

The Impact You Will Have In This Role

Being a member of CISO team, the Principal Cyber Exposure Management Associate Director will provide technical and program expertise across cyber exposure management, AI-enabled security scanning, vulnerability management, and application security. The role will help define and operate scalable capabilities that identify, validate, prioritize, and reduce security exposure across applications, infrastructure, cloud environments, and software delivery pipelines.

Your Primary Responsibilities

• Lead the design and delivery of cyber exposure management capabilities that bring together vulnerability, application security, cloud, and asset risk data.
• Support frontier-model AI security scanning programs, including testing strategies, scanning harnesses, orchestration, model integration, control points, human review, and evidence capture.
• Advance the AI VDR operating model by connecting continuous, lower-cost scanning with targeted deep-assurance testing for higher-risk systems.
• Establish repeatable methods to validate findings, reduce duplicate results, prioritize remediation, and measure exposure reduction.
• Partner with application, infrastructure, cloud, engineering, architecture, risk, and control teams to integrate security scanning into development and operational workflows.
• Provide leadership for vulnerability management and application security management, including governance, remediation oversight, exception handling, reporting, and risk-based prioritization.
• Define requirements and guardrails for secure use of AI models and external scanning capabilities, including isolation, access, approvals, data handling, auditability, and operating limits.
• Evaluate security platforms, scanning technologies, and internal or third-party harness components based on effectiveness, scalability, integration, control coverage, and cost.
• Convert technical findings into clear risk decisions, implementation plans, and executive-level reporting.
• Mentor engineers and influence delivery teams without relying solely on direct authority.

NOTE: The Primary Responsibilities of this role are not limited to the details above.*

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years of related experience
• Bachelor's degree preferred and/or equivalent experience

Talents Needed For Success

• Strong experience in cyber exposure management, vulnerability management, application security, or security engineering.
• Knowledge of application and software security testing, including static analysis, dynamic analysis, software composition analysis, penetration testing, and secure development practices.
• Experience integrating security tools with software delivery pipelines, cloud platforms, application inventories, ticketing systems, and reporting platforms.
• Understanding of AI and large language model security, AI-assisted testing, agentic workflows, model evaluation, prompt and tool abuse risks, and responsible human oversight.
• Ability to design or lead automation using application programming interfaces, scripting, workflow orchestration, and data integration.
• Experience with risk-based prioritization that considers technical severity, exploitability, asset criticality, business impact, and compensating controls.
• Strong governance and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to work across cybersecurity, technology, risk, legal, audit, and business teams.
• Clear written and verbal communication, including the ability to explain complex technical issues to senior leaders.

The salary range is indicative for roles at the same level within DTCC across all US locations. Actual salary is determined based on the role, location, individual experience, skills, and other considerations. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.