Director of Security & AI-Powered SOC

Lyten, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 207,000 - 310,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus & equity

Healthcare

Dental

Vision

401K

Relocation assistance

Paid holidays

PTO

Sick time

Job summary

Lyten, Inc. is seeking a Director of Security to own security across IT and OT across multi-site manufacturing. Lead Security Operations, GRC, and OT security; establish an AI-assisted SOC; and protect Lyten's IP. Start with a small team and scale to a full security organization.

Required advanced degrees with extensive security leadership experience in defense/manufacturing, OT environments, and regulatory compliance including CMMC, SOC 2, and ITAR. International expansion is involved.

Qualifications

• Doctorate degree in related field with 7+ years of experience (leadership included).
• Master’s degree in related field with 9+ years of experience (3+ years in leadership).
• Bachelor’s degree in related field with 11+ years of experience (3+ years in leadership).

Responsibilities

• Establish and run Security Operations Center (SOC) with IAM staff and partners.
• Select and operate SIEM, EDR, and vulnerability management tooling.
• Stand up AI-assisted SOC to improve detection and analyst productivity.
• Secure MES, SCADA, and historian systems and plant networks per ISA-95/IEC 62443.
• Own GRC program: CMMC, SOC 2, ITAR/export-control readiness; policies and audits.
• Define AI/model security and IP/DLP guardrails for safe AI adoption.
• Oversee IAM, least-privilege, MFA, and PAM across sites.
• Protect battery and graphene IP through data classification and loss prevention.
• Build multi-year security roadmap and hire/lead a dedicated security team.

Skills

Security operations

Incident response

GRC

OT security

CMMC

SOC 2

ITAR

Leadership

Program scaling

Education

Doctorate in related field

Master's in related field

Bachelor's in related field

Tools

SIEM

EDR

Vulnerability management

IAM

MFA

PAM

Job description

Lyten, Inc. is seeking a Director of Security to own security across IT and OT across multi-site manufacturing. Lead Security Operations, GRC, and OT security; establish an AI-assisted SOC; and protect Lyten's IP. Start with a small team and scale to a full security organization.

Required advanced degrees with extensive security leadership experience in defense/manufacturing, OT environments, and regulatory compliance including CMMC, SOC 2, and ITAR. International expansion is involved.