Cybersecurity Practice Lead

SoftServe; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

SoftServe is a global digital solutions company seeking a senior cybersecurity leader to scale our security practice. You will drive strategy, design scalable security solutions, and lead client engagements across consulting, managed security, and enterprise environments.

In this role you will collaborate with CTOs and CISOs, spearhead presales activities, and guide delivery from architecture through implementation. Join a dynamic team shaping secure, resilient digital ecosystems.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on cybersecurity leadership and strategy implementation.
• Cloud security across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
• Knowledge of data protection, DLP, AI security, and regulatory frameworks such as GDPR, HIPAA, SOC 2.
• Experience in risk assessment across S-SDLC, Cloud, and Infrastructure Security.
• Presales experience including technical presentations and solution design.
• Excellent English communication across audiences.

Responsibilities

• Drive cybersecurity strategy and grow security services portfolio across consulting, managed security, and enterprise environments.
• Lead client engagements from delivery to satisfaction end to end.
• Establish relationships with client CTOs, CISOs, and their direct reports across technical and business functions.
• Identify opportunities, scope engagements, and create high-quality proposals with CRO and sales teams.
• Facilitate sales through a consultative solution selling approach, cooperating with the CRO team.
• Design and pitch the technical side of architecture from presales to delivery, including structured solutions and demos.

Skills

Cybersecurity strategy

Cloud security

Risk assessment

Presales

Stakeholder engagement

English fluency

Job description

SoftServe is a global digital solutions company with headquarters in Austin, Texas, founded in 1993. Our associates are currently working on 2,000+ projects with clients in the USA, Europe, and APAC region. We are about people who create bold things, who make a difference, who have fun, and who love their work.

Our Critical Services Center of Excellence (CoE) is a group of passionate technologists specializing in software architecture, startups, and enterprise platforms. We work closely with clients to assess their security posture, simulate real-world attack scenarios, uncover vulnerabilities, and implement meaningful improvements.

Our goal is to help businesses become more secure, modern, and resilient – and we are looking for a senior cybersecurity leader to help us scale that mission.

IF YOU ARE

• Experienced with at least 8+ years of hands-on implementation of cybersecurity strategy, security services design, development, and scaling
• Proficient in cloud security across major platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Knowledgeable of key information security concepts - data protection, DLP, secure use of AI, and regulatory frameworks such as GDPR, HIPAA, or SOC 2
• Skilled in risk assessment across S-SDLC, Cloud, and Infrastructure Security
• Experienced in designing scalable security solutions from the ground up
• Experienced in presales activities including technical presentations and solution design
• Confident communicating and presenting across different audiences in fluent English
• Decisive and agile in execution - comfortable navigating ambiguity and limited information
• Entrepreneurial, hands-on, and able to lead from the front while ensuring operational excellence
• Effective at engaging and influencing internal and external stakeholders at all levels including CTO and CISO

AND YOU WANT TO

• Drive cybersecurity strategy and grow a portfolio of security services across consulting, managed security, and enterprise environments
• Lead a client portfolio of engagements, owning delivery quality and client satisfaction end to end
• Establish relationships with client CTO, CISO, and their direct reports across technical and business functions
• Identify opportunities, scope engagements, and create high-quality proposals in collaboration with CRO and sales teams
• Facilitate sales through a consultative solution selling approach, cooperating with the CRO team to identify and pursue potential opportunities
• Design and pitch the technical side of architecture from presales to delivery, including structured solutions, technical demos, and active listening to client needs
• Design and refine strategies that help clients achieve their security goals across infrastructure, data, and AI security
• Tackle complex, cutting-edge challenges with global reach, focusing on infrastructure, data, and AI security across various cloud and commercial technologies
• Partner with technical and sales teams across the US and EMEA to drive meaningful outcomes
• Stay ahead of the latest threats, vulnerabilities, and industry trends - and advise clients on how to mitigate risks and strengthen their defenses

TOGETHER WE WILL

• Work with world-leading companies and people across the US and EMEA
• Engage on a wide range of projects and clients with different types of needs and requirements
• Earn a highly independent position with total ownership and accountability - supported when you need it
• Get a great deal of learning and development opportunities along a structured career path
• Develop your cybersecurity, leadership, communication, and negotiation skills through strong educational and mentorship programs
• Contribute to work that makes businesses, and the people who depend on them, more secure, resilient, and ready for what's next

SoftServe is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration regardless of race, color, ancestry, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, citizenship, disability, health condition, marital or family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

About us

We are a digital engineering and technology consulting company where expertise grows alongsidepeople. For more than 30years, we have been elevating technology: helping organizations navigate complex businesschallenges by combining deepengineering knowledge with thoughtful, research-backed innovation. Our teams work across keyareas: digitalengineering, data and analytics, Сloud, and AI/ML. In each, we deliver practical, scalablesolutions rooted in realbusiness needs and measurable human impact.

You bring your perspective and ambition. We create an environment where your work meetsclarity, confidence, andpurpose.

We offer

Flexible Work Model

Work from home, from the office, or in a hybrid format that supports focus andcollaboration.

Competitive, market-based pay, benchmarked by role andlocation — plus health coverage, paid time off, wellness support, and learningopportunities.

Partner with approachable leaders who communicate clearly and tie daily work to ourdirection.

Advanced tech communities

Hands-on engagement with AI/ML, Cloud, Quantum Computing,IoT, and Robotics communities, with projects built on modern frameworks.

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