Director, Identity & Network Security – Zero Trust Leader

Catalent Pharma Solutions; Morrisville (NC); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Catalent Pharma Solutions in Durham/BBridgewater seeks a Director of Identity & Network Security to lead enterprise identity, privileged access, network security, and segmentation programs across corporate, cloud, manufacturing, and OT environments. This senior role guides teams and vendors toward measurable outcomes and maintains a multi-year security roadmap.

The role demands 10+ years in cybersecurity, 5+ years in identity/network security leadership, and 3+ years managing teams.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive cybersecurity experience, including 5+ years leading identity and/or network security functions.
• 3+ years managing teams.
• Experience with security frameworks such as NIST CSF, NIST SP 800-53, ISO/IEC 27001.
• Ability to translate technical risk into business impact, executive decisions, and funded roadmaps.

Responsibilities

• Own and execute the multi-year roadmap for Identity and Access Management, privileged access, network security, segmentation, and Zero Trust.
• Serve as senior escalation point and decision authority for identity and network security matters.
• Build, coach, and retain a high-performing team with clear accountability and measurable performance expectations.
• Manage budgets, vendor performance, managed-service outcomes, contracts, and technology investment recommendations.
• Direct the identity lifecycle across workforce, privileged, service, third-party, and machine identities.
• Establish governance for Active Directory and Entra ID, including privileged role activation and emergency access.
• Advance privileged access management, secrets management, least privilege, and removal of standing administrative access.
• Own firewall strategy, security architecture, policy governance, and rule lifecycle management.
• Oversee perimeter, internal, cloud, remote-access, and third-party connectivity controls for reliability and policy optimization.
• Lead deployment and operation of segmentation and Zero Trust controls across critical environments.
• Define and maintain identity and network security policies, standards, and control objectives.
• Support audits, regulatory reviews, risk assessments, and issue remediation with sustainable corrective actions.

Skills

Leadership

Executive communication

Collaboration

Tools

Microsoft Entra ID

Active Directory

Palo Alto Networks

Job description

Catalent Pharma Solutions in Durham/BBridgewater seeks a Director of Identity & Network Security to lead enterprise identity, privileged access, network security, and segmentation programs across corporate, cloud, manufacturing, and OT environments. This senior role guides teams and vendors toward measurable outcomes and maintains a multi-year security roadmap.

The role demands 10+ years in cybersecurity, 5+ years in identity/network security leadership, and 3+ years managing teams.