Remote Director of Security Engineering & Architecture

Southern New Hampshire University; United States; Remote; USD 129,000 - 207,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental and vision plans

Paid time off

Retirement plan

Tuition assistance

Parental leave

Wellbeing resources

Job summary

Southern New Hampshire University seeks a Director of Information Security Engineering to lead security architecture and engineering strategy, modernize platforms, and advance AI-enabled security across the university’s cloud-first environment. This remote role reports to the Deputy CISO and requires strong transformation leadership in a complex, risk-aware setting.

You will drive modernization of security practices, champion zero trust, infrastructure-as-code, and DevSecOps, and guide senior

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive cybersecurity experience.
• 5+ years in a senior technical leadership role overseeing architecture or engineering functions, including at least 3 years of direct people management experience.
• Masters in Cybersecurity or relevant discipline; equivalent experience acceptable.
• CISSP and/or ISC2 GIAC certifications preferred.
• Experience securing Azure PaaS/IaaS, Microsoft 365, and related cloud/identity platforms.

Responsibilities

• Drive organizational and cultural change within the team and promote engineering excellence.
• Establish modern security engineering practices (infrastructure-as-code, security-as-code, zero trust, DevSecOps).
• Lead security architecture practice and define service parameters and standards.
• Own the enterprise security reference architecture and ensure alignment with risk posture and regulations.
• Develop multi-year security architecture and engineering strategy with roadmaps and funding.

Skills

Cybersecurity leadership

Security architecture

Engineering leadership

Strategic planning

Talent development

Governance & risk

Cloud security

Education

Masters in Cybersecurity

Equivalent experience in lieu of degree

Tools

Azure PaaS/IaaS

Microsoft 365

Microsoft Fabric

Job description

Southern New Hampshire University seeks a Director of Information Security Engineering to lead security architecture and engineering strategy, modernize platforms, and advance AI-enabled security across the university’s cloud-first environment. This remote role reports to the Deputy CISO and requires strong transformation leadership in a complex, risk-aware setting.

You will drive modernization of security practices, champion zero trust, infrastructure-as-code, and DevSecOps, and guide senior