Head of Security and Infrastructure

Yardstik; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 160,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance Plan

401k Retirement Plan

Health Savings Account

Liberal Vacation Policy

Opportunity to accelerate your career

Job summary

Yardstik, a growth-stage software company, is seeking a Head of Security and Infrastructure to lead security, DevOps, Site Reliability, and IT across the Technology Organization in Minneapolis, MN. You will own certifications, relationships with counsel, and technology spend while partnering with engineering to secure product development and deployment.

You will guide governance, risk management, and AI integration, and shape a pragmatic security roadmap to protect customers and the company as

Qualifications

• 10+ years of total experience in a SaaS-based B2B enterprise software provider
• Experience with AI-powered tools
• Expertise with cloud-native engineering environments (AWS, GCP, etc.)
• Extensive experience with web security and performance (WAF, CDN, etc.)
• Expertise in configuring and using advanced monitoring tools
• Experience with on-call and incident response processes
• Experience directly owning an organization’s maintenance of its certifications, accreditations, and attestations

Responsibilities

• Own essential accountabilities with a pragmatic approach as Yardstik grows
• Be a part of the highly collaborative Technology team
• Directly engage Technology org leadership and Principal Engineers to evolve the Technology Org
• Directly engage General Counsel, Go To Market leadership, and CFO org leadership
• Balance day-to-day IC work with priorities while maintaining focus on essential accountabilities
• Partner with software engineering to ensure product security and enable CI/CD processes
• Instrument systems for observability and supportability
• Incorporate AI-powered tools securely across departments

Skills

SaaS security leadership

AI tools experience

Cloud-native environments

Web security & performance

Monitoring & observability

Incident response & on-call

Certifications & attestations

Tools

AWS

GCP

Job description

Department: Technology Organization

Location: Minneapolis, MN

Yardstik is a start-up software company with a mission of building trust and safety into the Internet Economy. The world of background screening, certification, and training has lacked innovation and we’re here to change that for our customers. Our enterprise-class technology allows us to provide a right-fit solution for our customers realistic for any platform, in any industry. Join us in our efforts to protect organizations and their people.

We are adding a Head of Security and Infrastructure to join our Technology Organization’s leadership team. This position is an opportunity to collaborate with leaders and individual contributors across the entire company to help guide us as we grow.

You are the right candidate if you are an experienced security and infrastructure leader with a passion for working collaboratively in a high growth company. You must be comfortable wearing several different hats, capable of operating with a small team, and able to articulate business cases for its growth if warranted. This is a great opportunity to have a direct impact on the growth of Yardstik.

This is a unique opportunity to join the company at an early stage and we are looking for someone who wants to evolve with us. We are honored to have recently been named a MSPBJ Best Place to Work for the sixth year in a row and named to Newsweek’s America’s Greatest Startup Workplaces. Come be part of our amazing culture and join an environment where you can see and feel the impact of your work every day.

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

Essential Accountabilities:

• Leader, owner, and doer across:

  • Direct partnership working with our General Counsel and other teams to maintain our certifications, accreditations, and attestations (e.g. https://yardstik.com/security/)

  • Product and corporate security

  • DevOps, Site Reliability, and Infrastructure

  • Information Technology:

    • directly own core technical business functions

    • indirectly provide IT leadership for business application owners

  • Maintain vendor relationships, contract renewals, and technology spend

• Partner with software engineering team to:

  • Ensure product security

  • Enable their build, test, deployment, and release processes

  • Instrument systems for observability and supportability

• Must be comfortable partnering with departments across Yardstik to securely incorporate AI-powered tools into their technology stacks and processes

What you will do in this role:

• Own your Essential Accountabilities (noted above) with a pragmatic approach as Yardstik grows

• Be a part of the highly collaborative Technology team at Yardstik

• Directly engage our Technology org leadership and Principal Engineers to evolve our Technology Org as we grow

• Directly engage our General Counsel, Go To Market leadership, and CFO org leadership

• Balance day to day IC work into your priorities without losing focus on your overall Essential Accountabilities (noted above)

Your experience might look something like this:

• 10+ years of total experience in a SaaS-based B2B enterprise software provider company

• Experience with AI-powered tools

• Expertise with cloud-native engineering environments (AWS, GCP, etc.)

• Extensive experience with web security and performance (WAF, CDN, etc.)

• Expertise in configuring and using advanced monitoring tools

• Experience with on-call and incident response processes focus on lowering mean-time-to-recovery

• Experience directly owning an organization’s maintenance of its certifications, accreditations, and attestations

What we Offer:

• Company Health Insurance Plan

• 401k Retirement Plan

• Health Savings Account

• Liberal Vacation Policy

• Opportunity to accelerate your career

Compensation

At Yardstik, we are committed to ensuring that each employee's compensation reflects their unique experiences, performance, and skills in their role. Yardstik provides the annualized compensation range of $160,000 - $230,000 for this role.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Yardstik is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We’re committed to building a team based on talent, qualifications, and merit, welcoming all applicants without discrimination.