Cyber Security Leader: Hands-On Architect & IR Lead

Vaco Recruiter Services; Kerrville (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Vaco Recruiter Services is seeking a Cyber Security Manager to lead security architecture, engineering, and operations across a complex enterprise environment. This player-coach role combines leadership with hands-on technical work and strategic direction.

You will drive security across on-premises, AWS, and Azure, establish guardrails for AI/ML, lead threat hunting and incident response, and mentor a high-performing team while partnering with business and infrastructure teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or a related field; equivalent professional experience considered.
• 8+ years of hands-on cybersecurity experience.
• 5+ years of technical leadership or management experience.
• Strong knowledge of the MITRE ATT&CK framework.
• Deep experience with cloud-native security across AWS and/or Azure.
• Hands-on experience securing and troubleshooting Kubernetes, IAM, Windows, and Linux environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead security architecture and engineering across on-premise, AWS, and Azure environments.
• Establish security standards and guardrails for AI/ML and LLM technologies, including RAG pipelines, API security, prompt injection, and emerging AI threats.
• Lead and participate in threat hunting, incident response, vulnerability management, and remediation.
• Serve as a senior technical escalation point for complex cybersecurity issues.
• Develop and maintain DevSecOps practices, including CI/CD security controls, IaC scanning, and automated compliance.
• Provide technical direction around security architecture, tooling, infrastructure, and technical debt.
• Identify security risks and translate highly technical issues into actionable recommendations for technical and business leadership.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing cybersecurity team.
• Partner with infrastructure, cloud, application development, and business teams to implement security best practices across the organization.

Skills

Cybersecurity experience

Technical leadership

MITRE ATT&CK

Cloud security

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/IT/Cybersecurity

Tools

Kubernetes

IAM

Windows

Linux

Job description

Vaco Recruiter Services is seeking a Cyber Security Manager to lead security architecture, engineering, and operations across a complex enterprise environment. This player-coach role combines leadership with hands-on technical work and strategic direction.

You will drive security across on-premises, AWS, and Azure, establish guardrails for AI/ML, lead threat hunting and incident response, and mentor a high-performing team while partnering with business and infrastructure teams.