Remote Director, Security Operations & Incident Response

Webhosting; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 205,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ESPP program

Job summary

Backblaze is seeking a remote, full-time Director of Security Operations to lead the organization’s cybersecurity efforts across traditional and AI-enabled environments. Reporting to the CISO, this role combines hands-on technical leadership with the建设 of security programs and governance.

Responsibilities include leading security monitoring, incident response, threat hunting, and vulnerability management, while driving AI-assisted detection, automation, and cross-functional collaboration with

Qualifications

• Hands-on technical leadership in security operations.
• Experience implementing and operating security controls.
• Experience leading teams, incidents, and security programs.

Responsibilities

• Lead security monitoring, incident response, threat hunting, security analytics, vulnerability management, adversary emulation, identity security, and operational resilience.
• Establish operational priorities, service objectives, metrics, playbooks, and processes based on organizational risk and business needs.
• Serve as incident commander for significant cybersecurity events and ensure lessons learned drive improvements to controls and operations.
• Drive responsible adoption of AI-assisted detection, investigation, vulnerability analysis, threat hunting, and response capabilities.
• Ensure effective security monitoring and response for AI applications, autonomous agents, workloads, and non-human identities.
• Use automation to reduce manual work and compress detection, analysis, containment, and remediation timelines.
• Partner with Security Architecture & Engineering to ensure controls are effectively designed, implemented, operationalized, monitored, and validated.
• Develop security talent and provide the CISO with clear reporting on incidents, exposure, operational performance, risk, and program maturity.
• ESPP program

Skills

Security Leadership

Incident Response

Threat Hunting

Security Analytics

Vulnerability Management

Adversary Emulation

AI Security

Automation

Job description

Backblaze is seeking a remote, full-time Director of Security Operations to lead the organization’s cybersecurity efforts across traditional and AI-enabled environments. Reporting to the CISO, this role combines hands-on technical leadership with the建设 of security programs and governance.

Responsibilities include leading security monitoring, incident response, threat hunting, and vulnerability management, while driving AI-assisted detection, automation, and cross-functional collaboration with