Remote Director, Security Engineering & MDR Leadership

Optiv; Bozeman (MT); A distancia; USD 180.000 - 240.000; Jornada completa

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Descripción de la vacante

Optiv is seeking a Director of Security Engineering to lead the MSS and AFC engineering teams, shaping platform architecture and detection standards across SIEM, EDR, and SOAR. This fully remote role is hireable anywhere in the continental U.S.

and involves practice management, budget oversight, and cross-functional leadership. The ideal candidate has 10+ years in information security with advanced certifications, proven leadership of engineering teams, and experience driving automation and

Formación

• Bachelor’s Degree from a four-year college or university in a related field, or equivalent work experience; Master’s Degree in a related field preferred.
• Advanced security and/or leadership certifications (e.g., CISSP, CISM) and relevant security platform vendor certifications preferred.
• 10 or more years of information security and professional/managed services experience required.
• Demonstrated leadership of security engineering, SOC platform, or MSS delivery teams, including leadership of people managers, required.
• Strong information security and platform engineering experience across SIEM, EDR, SOAR, and additional security platforms such as Wiz and Cribl required.
• Experience with practice management, offer/sales enablement, and delivering managed security services engagements required.
• Experience driving scale through security automation and orchestration technologies preferred.
• Must be able to participate in scheduled and on-call/after-hours support, maintenance windows, and escalations across a 24x7x365 service.
• Occasional travel (typically less than 15%) may be required for client, team, or vendor engagements.

Responsabilidades

• Lead the security engineering practice across the SIEM, EDR, SOAR, and other security platforms, providing operational and strategic planning, fostering innovation, and organizing and negotiating the allocation of resources across the MSS and AFC portfolio.
• Own the technical direction and quality of MDR, co-managed SIEM, data engineering, and Tier 1 (engineering triage) offerings, including platform architecture, detection engineering standards, data-pipeline design, and SOAR orchestration.
• Establish and drive process, documentation, and detection-content improvement; deliver metrics showing continuous improvement and efficiency in the client operational experience and adherence to SLOs.
• Provide practice management, offer management, and sales enablement, partnering on scoping, proposals, and offer development, and direct high-priority initiatives while ensuring quality standards are met.
• Enforce all policies and procedures, including those for security, change management, standards, and service provision; serve as an executive escalation point for platform and service delivery concerns.
• Own accountability for the efficiency, value, and quality of the services the practice delivers, ensuring engineering leaders drive continuous improvement in cost, outcomes, and client experience.
• Manage the financial aspects of the function, including input to purchasing, budgeting, and vendor/tooling decisions.
• Manage staffing, including recruitment, supervision, scheduling, development, evaluation, and disciplinary actions; perform annual staff appraisals and develop staff through training and performance management.
• Stay abreast of evolving risks, platform capabilities, and vendor roadmaps; represent Optiv with clients, partners, and industry peers to inform engineering and operations processes.
• Establish and maintain regular communications with executives, other group leaders, and clients on stewardship calls and escalations.

Conocimientos

Leadership

Strategic planning

Security leadership

Communication

Problem solving

Educación

Bachelor’s Degree in a related field

Master’s Degree preferred

Herramientas

SIEM

EDR

SOAR

Wiz

Cribl

Descripción del empleo

Optiv is seeking a Director of Security Engineering to lead the MSS and AFC engineering teams, shaping platform architecture and detection standards across SIEM, EDR, and SOAR. This fully remote role is hireable anywhere in the continental U.S.

and involves practice management, budget oversight, and cross-functional leadership. The ideal candidate has 10+ years in information security with advanced certifications, proven leadership of engineering teams, and experience driving automation and