Director of Cloud Security & Detection Engineering

Compass Group, North America; Georgia; Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Retirement Plan

Paid Time Off

Holiday Time Off

Employee Assistance Program

Flexible Spending Accounts

Job summary

Compass Group North America is seeking a Director of Security Engineering to own strategy, leadership, and execution for security across cloud security, infrastructure security, and detection engineering.

You will lead a multi-team organization, set roadmaps, manage vendors, and partner with IT and security teams to drive secure cloud adoption and robust telemetry, SIEM, and automation across AWS, GCP, and Azure.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, CS, Information/Cybersecurity, or equivalent work experience.
• 10+ years in cybersecurity/IT with 5+ years leading engineering teams and 2+ years leading managers or senior technical leads.
• Proven experience building or maturing enterprise-scale security engineering functions across cloud security, infrastructure security, and detection engineering, including securing medium to large enterprise infrastructure.
• Deep, current experience designing, implementing, and securing cloud infrastructure in one major platform (AWS, GCP, or Azure), with working knowledge of a second.
• Strong knowledge of cloud security principles and industry standards (NIST, ISO 27001, CIS).
• Demonstrated ownership of enterprise security tooling, including SIEM, EDR, and web content filtering strategy.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to assess risk, prioritize initiatives, and lead through ambiguity in a decentralized organization.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, project management, and documentation skills, with the ability to present security concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Security Engineering organization (Cloud Security, Infrastructure Security, and Detection Engineering) through managers and individual contributors, setting goals aligned to security objectives.
• Recruit, develop, and retain technical talent: build clear career paths, mentor managers and engineers, and conduct performance appraisals.
• Own the multi-year security engineering roadmap, shaping capabilities, methods, and investment priorities.
• Own the security vendor portfolio: tool consolidation, procurement, renewals, budgeting, and quarterly business reviews.
• Partner with IT, infrastructure, application, and sector technology teams to advance security projects.
• Present posture and metrics to the CISO Office and senior technology leadership as SME on security engineering.
• Direct the design, deployment, and operation of security controls across AWS, GCP, and Azure.
• Own the health and operation of endpoint, network security, and vulnerability management platforms.
• Own SIEM, SOAR, and security telemetry platform strategy and health.
• Mature detection engineering with MITRE ATT&CK, version control, testing, tuning, and coverage measurement.
• Drive event prioritization and cross-tool correlation with Incident Management.
• Advance automation development supporting incident management and security workflows.
• Remain available during significant security incidents and major platform disruptions.

Skills

Security leadership

Cloud security

Threat detection

Security architecture

Vendor management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering/CS

Tools

SIEM

EDR

Web content filtering

Job description

Compass Group North America is seeking a Director of Security Engineering to own strategy, leadership, and execution for security across cloud security, infrastructure security, and detection engineering.

You will lead a multi-team organization, set roadmaps, manage vendors, and partner with IT and security teams to drive secure cloud adoption and robust telemetry, SIEM, and automation across AWS, GCP, and Azure.