Director, AI Security & Cloud Defense

Loop; New York (NY); On-site; USD 210,000 - 235,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) match

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Parental leave

Job summary

Loop is seeking a senior security leader to architect, operate, and scale its security program across cloud infrastructure, AI platforms, and autonomous workflows. You will balance rigorous financial-grade controls with startup speed in a hands-on, in-person role.

Reporting to the CISO, you will drive defense, governance, and compliance (SOC 2, ISO 27001, NIST AI RMF, GDPR), build scalable security controls, and mentor a growing security team while collaborating with Engineering.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in information security, cloud security, and SecOps with global tech enterprise experience.
• Hands-on expertise in securing agentic AI systems, AI automation, cloud-native AWS environments, and modern microservices.
• Strong foundation in SOC 2, NIST AI RMF, ISO 42001, and global data privacy frameworks (GDPR).
• Pragmatic, builder mindset—able to move fast, automate operations, and partner closely with Engineering.

Responsibilities

• Architect and execute a forward-looking security roadmap focused on securing autonomous AI systems, agents, and data flows alongside cloud and app security.
• Drive agentic defense, agentic red teaming, and agentic automation for SecOps (partnering with tools like SentinelOne Purple AI and Wayfinder, with human-in-the-loop oversight).
• Build robust security controls across identity, IAM, secrets, APIs, and data protection for AI workflows.
• Support compliance and governance efforts across SOC 2, ISO 27001, NIST AI RMF, ISO 42001, and global privacy standards (e.g., GDPR).
• Scale a high-performing security team and foster a "security-first, velocity-aware" culture that balances risk and reward without monolithic blockers.

Skills

Security leadership

Cloud security

Governance

Automation

Engineering collaboration

Tools

AWS

SentinelOne Purple AI

Wayfinder

Job description

Loop is seeking a senior security leader to architect, operate, and scale its security program across cloud infrastructure, AI platforms, and autonomous workflows. You will balance rigorous financial-grade controls with startup speed in a hands-on, in-person role.

Reporting to the CISO, you will drive defense, governance, and compliance (SOC 2, ISO 27001, NIST AI RMF, GDPR), build scalable security controls, and mentor a growing security team while collaborating with Engineering.