Senior Director of Engineering – Policy and Data Platform

Jobtailor; California (MO); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a senior leader to own the strategy, architecture, and roadmap for a Policy and Data Platform. You will build and scale a multi-team engineering organization, develop managers and senior engineers, and translate customer security policy needs into durable technical systems.

You will partner with product and security teams to align platform capabilities with customer needs. The role requires leading engineering standards that improve platform reliability and building security

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field
• 15+ years of software engineering experience
• 5+ years in an engineering leadership role managing managers or senior engineers
• Experience architecting and scaling data platforms or policy systems in production
• Experience managing engineering budgets and resource planning for an organization of 30+ engineers
• Experience delivering large-scale distributed systems from design through production launch
• Experience building systems that secure customer environments (e.g., access control, firewall, workload protection)
• Familiarity with security policy enforcement across cloud, network, or hybrid environments
• Ability to translate technical tradeoffs into business terms for executives
• Experience building and scaling engineering teams through periods of rapid growth
• Ability to build trust and alignment across cross-functional, matrixed organizations

Responsibilities

• Own the strategy, architecture, and roadmap for the Policy and Data Platform
• Build and scale a multi-team engineering organization
• Develop managers and senior engineers
• Translate customer security policy needs into durable technical systems
• Partner with product and security teams to align platform capabilities with customer needs
• Set engineering standards and operational practices that improve platform reliability
• Build security policy systems that protect customers' environments
• Enable teams across Cisco to integrate with the platform
• Strengthen signals used to recommend new policies and expand enforcement points

Skills

Engineering Leadership

Data Platform Architecture

Security Policy Systems

Large-Scale Distributed Systems

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Job description

• Own the strategy, architecture, and roadmap for the Policy and Data Platform
• Build and scale a multi-team engineering organization
• Develop managers and senior engineers
• Translate customer security policy needs into durable technical systems
• Partner with product and security teams to align platform capabilities with customer needs
• Set engineering standards and operational practices that improve platform reliability
• Build security policy systems that protect customers' environments
• Enable teams across Cisco to integrate with the platform
• Strengthen signals used to recommend new policies and expand enforcement points

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience
• 15+ years of software engineering experience
• 5+ years of experience in an engineering leadership role managing managers or senior engineers
• Experience architecting and scaling data platforms or policy systems in production
• Experience managing engineering budgets and resource planning for an organization of 30+ engineers
• Experience delivering large-scale distributed systems from design through production launch
• Experience building systems that secure customer environments, such as access control, firewall, or workload protection policies
• Familiarity with security policy enforcement across cloud, network, or hybrid environments
• Ability to translate technical tradeoffs into business terms for executives
• Experience building and scaling engineering teams through periods of rapid growth
• Ability to build trust and alignment across cross-functional, matrixed organizations

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in engineering leadership, particularly in building and scaling data platforms and policy systems. Proven ability to translate customer security needs into effective technical solutions while managing large engineering teams and budgets.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Engineering Leadership
• Data Platform Architecture
• Security Policy Systems
• Large-Scale Distributed Systems
• Cross-Functional Collaboration

Hard Skills

• Software Engineering
• Data Platform Development
• Security Policy Enforcement
• Access Control Systems
• Firewall Management
• Workload Protection Policies
• Resource Planning
• Budget Management
• Distributed Systems Design
• Technical Tradeoff Analysis

Soft Skills

• Team Development
• Trust Building
• Alignment Across Teams
• Communication with Executives
• Cross-Functional Collaboration

Certifications & Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Industry Keywords

• Policy and Data Platform
• Customer Security Needs
• Operational Practices
• Platform Reliability
• Matrixed Organizations