InfoSec Director: Strategy, Ops & Incident Response

Winston Taylor; Charlotte (NC); Hybrid; USD 240,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Winston Taylor seeks a Director of Information Security to lead the security engineering & operations team, shaping the firm’s cyber program. The role demands strategic planning and hands-on execution, reporting to the CIO and partnering with IT, security compliance, and stakeholders to prevent threats and advance security architecture.

The ideal candidate combines deep security expertise with leadership, communication, and ability to drive security across a global professional services

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in information technology, information security, or related field required.
• 8+ years of progressive experience in cybersecurity, with significant experience in security operations and engineering required.
• 5+ years of experience in a security leadership role required.

Responsibilities

• Develops and implements a comprehensive security strategy in alignment with the firm's business objectives, goals, and requirements.
• Establishes and maintains relationships across internal departments and practice areas to foster a security-aware culture.
• Manages a dedicated team; fosters a collaborative and high-performance culture of delivering outcomes.
• Evaluates, designs, and implements security solutions and controls to protect the firm's infrastructure, systems, devices, and data.
• Collaborates with cross-functional Information Technology teams to assess risks and partners to develop requirements and foster implementation of security controls.
• Oversees day-to-day cyber security operations, monitoring, detection engineering, and manages the response to security alerts, escalations, and incidents.
• Leads and support security incident response protocols, including investigations, containment, and resolution of security events and incidents.
• Develops and maintains security incident response plans, including coordination with internal stakeholders and external partners.
• Manage relationships with third-party vendors, managed security providers, and security technology partners.
• Develop and track key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics for detection, response, and security engineering effectiveness.
• Identifies and evaluates emerging threats and vulnerabilities and coordinates with stakeholders and system owners to implement the appropriate mitigations.
• Ensure continuous improvement through purple teaming, simulation exercises, and lessons learned from incidents.

Skills

Security operations

Security engineering

Leadership

Executive communication

Cloud security

Threat detection

Risk assessment

Education

Bachelor's degree in information technology or related field

Tools

SIEM

EDR/NGAV

SOAR

Firewalls

IDS/IPS

DLP

Cloud security platforms

Job description

Winston Taylor seeks a Director of Information Security to lead the security engineering & operations team, shaping the firm’s cyber program. The role demands strategic planning and hands-on execution, reporting to the CIO and partnering with IT, security compliance, and stakeholders to prevent threats and advance security architecture.

The ideal candidate combines deep security expertise with leadership, communication, and ability to drive security across a global professional services