Director of Security Operations

backblaze; United States; Remote; USD 205,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RSU grants for full-time employees

ESP P program

401K plan

Healthcare coverage for family

Flexible vacation policy

Maternity and paternity leave

Company-provided laptop

Commuter benefits

Job summary

Backblaze is hiring a Director of Security Operations to lead the day-to-day cybersecurity operations across traditional and AI-enabled environments. This hands-on technology leader reports to the CIO and collaborates with Security Architecture & Engineering to drive detection, response, and resilience on a large-scale cloud platform.

The role oversees incident response, threat hunting, vulnerability management, identity security, and operational resilience while advancing AI-assisted

Qualifications

• Experience leading Security Operations, Incident Response, Detection Engineering, or related cybersecurity functions.
• Hands-on security controls across cloud, infrastructure, apps, identity, endpoints, and networks.
• Proven track record coordinating significant cybersecurity incidents.

Responsibilities

• Direct end-to-end security operations including monitoring, incident response, threat hunting, vulnerability management, adversary emulation, identity security, and operational resilience.
• Set operational priorities, service objectives, metrics, playbooks, and processes aligned to organizational risk and business needs.
• Serve as incident commander for major cybersecurity events and translate post-incident learnings into concrete control and process improvements.
• Drive responsible adoption of AI-assisted capabilities for detection, investigation, vulnerability analysis, threat hunting, and response.
• Ensure effective security monitoring and response coverage for AI applications, autonomous agents, workloads, and non-human identities.
• Apply automation to compress detection, analysis, containment, and remediation timelines and reduce manual toil.
• Partner with Security Architecture & Engineering on control design, implementation, operationalization, monitoring, and validation.
• Develop security talent and deliver clear executive reporting on incidents, exposure, operational performance, risk, and program maturity.

Skills

Security ops leadership

Incident response

Detection engineering

Vulnerability management

IAM

AI-assisted security

Job description

Role overview

The Director of Security Operations leads the day-to-day cybersecurity operations function across traditional and AI-enabled environments. Reporting to the Chief Information Security Officer, this hands-on technical leadership role partners closely with the Security Architecture & Engineering organization to drive operational excellence in detection, response, and resilience across a large-scale cloud platform.

Responsibilities

• Direct end-to-end security operations including monitoring, incident response, threat hunting, vulnerability management, adversary emulation, identity security, and operational resilience.
• Set operational priorities, service objectives, metrics, playbooks, and processes aligned to organizational risk and business needs.
• Serve as incident commander for major cybersecurity events and translate post-incident learnings into concrete control and process improvements.
• Drive responsible adoption of AI-assisted capabilities for detection, investigation, vulnerability analysis, threat hunting, and response.
• Ensure effective security monitoring and response coverage for AI applications, autonomous agents, workloads, and non-human identities.
• Apply automation to compress detection, analysis, containment, and remediation timelines and reduce manual toil.
• Partner with Security Architecture & Engineering on control design, implementation, operationalization, monitoring, and validation.
• Develop security talent and deliver clear executive reporting on incidents, exposure, operational performance, risk, and program maturity.

Requirements

• Experience leading Security Operations, Incident Response, Detection Engineering, Vulnerability Management, IAM, or related cybersecurity functions.
• Hands-on experience implementing and operating security controls across cloud, infrastructure, applications, identity, endpoints, and networks.
• Strong technical grounding in security analytics, detection engineering, exposure management, adversary emulation, and identity security.
• Track record leading significant cybersecurity incidents and coordinating cross-functional response activities.
• Experience implementing security automation and AI-assisted operational capabilities.
• Strong leadership, mentoring, communication, and executive presentation skills.

Nice to have

• Experience in cloud-native or large-scale distributed environments and familiarity with modern cybersecurity and AI-risk frameworks.

Benefits and work setup

• Healthcare coverage for family, including dental and vision.
• Competitive compensation and 401K plan.
• RSU grants for full-time employees and an ESPP program.
• Flexible vacation policy, plus maternity and paternity leave.
• Company-provided laptop with a personalization stipend for the workstation.
• Childcare bonus, fertility treatment and support, and commuter benefits.
• Learning and development program and a culture that supports a healthy work-life balance.
• US base pay range: $205,000-$230,000, with final offers influenced by location, experience depth, and relevant credentials.