Head of Security (Fully Remote)

Undisclosed; United States; Remote; USD 74,000 - 129,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote culture

Job summary

Undisclosed, a global financial technology platform, seeks a strategic security leader to define and drive security across our organization. You will collaborate with engineering leadership to embed security into software development and scale a world-class security function.

You will own security strategy, incident response, application and cloud security, plus threat detection, compliance programs, and third-party risk.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in information security, with 3+ years leading security teams.
• Hands-on AWS and Kubernetes security expertise, plus application security in microservices.
• Experience with SOC 2, incident response, and AI-assisted development tools.

Responsibilities

• Own security strategy, incident response, application security, and cloud infrastructure security.
• Lead threat detection, compliance programs, and third-party risk management.
• Oversee cryptographic key management, AI security, and vulnerability management.

Skills

Security leadership

Threat detection

Incident response

Cloud security

Application security

Kubernetes security

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

AI-assisted development tools

Job description

• Strategic leadership role defining and driving security for a global financial technology platform.
• Collaborate with engineering leadership to embed security into software development.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own security strategy, incident response, application security, and cloud infrastructure security.
• Lead threat detection, compliance programs, and third-party risk management.
• Oversee cryptographic key management, AI security, and vulnerability management.

Requirements:

• At least 8 years in information security, with 3+ years leading security teams.
• Hands-on AWS and Kubernetes security expertise, plus application security in microservices.
• Experience with SOC 2, incident response, and AI-assisted development tools.
• Fully remote opportunity within Brazil.
• Influence executive-level decisions and scale a security function.
• Work with cloud-native infrastructure, blockchain, and AI technologies.

This company operates a global financial technology platform supporting cross-border payments and digital financial services. It is a fast-growing organization with a fully remote culture and a focus on security as a strategic business enabler.