Director, Cybersecurity & Cloud Defense

Socket.dev; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Asset Living in Dallas is seeking a Director of Cybersecurity to lead our enterprise security strategy, governance, and operations in a cloud-first Microsoft 365 environment. This role will drive standardization of the program, build a scalable security operating model, and mature capabilities in alignment with NIST CSF 2.0 and CIS Controls.

You will optimize use of Microsoft 365 Defender, Entra ID, Defender, and third‑party MSSPs to deliver telemetry, threat detection, and rapid response.

Qualifications

• Relevant education in Cybersecurity, Information Security, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Build and manage clear internal cybersecurity team roles, responsibilities, and operating processes aligned with strategic MSSP partnerships.
• Leverage deep Microsoft 365 Defender and Azure expertise to maximize security telemetry, visibility, and threat response through the strategic integration of Microsoft with third-party security platforms.
• Lead the development, maintenance, and continuous improvement of enterprise threat detection and incident response playbooks and runbooks, ensuring effective detection, containment, mitigation, remediation, recovery, and post-incident lessons learned activities across the organization.
• Lead enterprise cyber-attack preparedness and crisis readiness by aligning people, processes, technologies, and testing programs to minimize operational risk and business impact from cyber incidents.
• Develop, maintain, and operationalize enterprise incident response and crisis management programs, including response plans, tabletop exercises, recovery testing, and stakeholder communications, to ensure rapid containment, effective decision-making, and minimal business disruption during cyber incidents.
• Implement and optimize security awareness training programs, leveraging industry best practices and measurable performance metrics to reduce human risk and provide leadership with clear visibility into cybersecurity awareness, engagement, and risk mitigation effectiveness.
• Drive the continuous improvement of outsourced cybersecurity services by maturing security monitoring, threat detection and response, vulnerability management, cloud security, threat intelligence, and security validation programs to reduce risk and strengthen security posture.
• Own and optimize enterprise security monitoring and protection capabilities, including EDR, ITDR, MDR, SIEM, Vulnerability Management, and Cloud Posture.
• Oversee continuous threat exposure management through network vulnerability scanning, external penetration testing, and dark web scans.
• Cloud Apps: Maintain visibility and control over the organization's cloud application portfolio through continuous discovery, classification, risk evaluation, and security oversight.
• Oversee enterprise identity and access management by driving adoption of Entra ID SSO, SCIM-based automated provisioning, and centralized identity governance across connected applications.
• Oversee enterprise identity and access governance for both Entra-integrated and non-SSO applications, ensuring secure authentication, authorization, user lifecycle management, and periodic access reviews across all business systems.
• Develop, maintain, and annually update security policies and procedures while conducting regular tabletop exercises to validate incident response readiness, including DR, IR, and BC.
• Oversee the management and optimization of email firewalls, including DMARC policy.
• Oversee the management and optimization of network firewalls IDS/IPS.
• Provide monthly executive reporting.

Education

Relevant education in Cybersecurity or related field

Tools

Microsoft 365 Defender

Azure

Entra ID

Purview

MSSPs

SIEM

Job description

Asset Living in Dallas is seeking a Director of Cybersecurity to lead our enterprise security strategy, governance, and operations in a cloud-first Microsoft 365 environment. This role will drive standardization of the program, build a scalable security operating model, and mature capabilities in alignment with NIST CSF 2.0 and CIS Controls.

You will optimize use of Microsoft 365 Defender, Entra ID, Defender, and third‑party MSSPs to deliver telemetry, threat detection, and rapid response.