Senior Director of Enterprise Governance and Technology

Avertra Corp; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 220,000 - 350,000; Full time

Job summary

Avertra Corp in Herndon, VA, seeks a Senior Director of Enterprise Governance and Technology to unify Compliance & Governance, Cybersecurity, DevSecOps, and Enterprise IT under one mandate.

You will lead incident response, audit readiness, and client engagements with enterprise-scale responsibilities, balancing security, reliability, and business outcomes.

The role offers broad scope and strategic influence within a global organization.

Qualifications

• Incident Response & Crisis Management: proven experience leading teams through live incidents.
• Controls & Governance: background in SOC, PCI, ISO, and audit readiness.
• Infrastructure & Architectural Knowledge: enterprise IT, containerization, servers.
• VP-level enterprise leader with gravitas to lead in high-stakes situations.
• 15+ years in enterprise technology with senior leadership across multiple domains.

Responsibilities

• Lead live security incidents as senior incident commander with clear coordination.
• Own the cybersecurity program strategy, controls, and security culture.
• Oversee vulnerability management, risk assessments, and remediation.
• Own compliance across SOC, PCI, ISO and maintain audit-ready evidence.
• Represent security posture with enterprise clients and respond to RFPs.
• Build and mentor high-performing teams across domains.

Skills

Incident Response

Crisis Management

Governance

Cybersecurity

DevSecOps

Leadership

Communication

Client Relations

Cloud & On-Prem

Enterprise IT

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS/Engineering

Master's degree a plus

Job description

Senior Director of Enterprise Governance and Technology

Herndon, United States | Posted on 10/15/2026

Our mission is to simplify life. At avertra, we simplify and automate complex decision making for the customer centric industries that power the world's economies: utilities, financial services, logistics, and commerce. We are taking on real challenges in today's enterprise, the ones that directly shape the employee and customer experience, and as an AI-forward company we use logic and technology to create a better one.

What we can promise you:

• You will join a global team of curious, committed people building a sustainable, scalable ecosystem that uses logic and technology to create a better experience.
• You will be empowered to drive change, bring ideas forward, and help us become better.
• We will invest in you, giving you room to master your domain and drive excellence.

We are looking for a seasoned, battle-tested leader to unify four critical domains under one mandate: Compliance & Governance, Cybersecurity, DevSecOps, and Enterprise IT . This is a VP-level enterprise leader who brings calm under pressure and the gravitas to stand behind our security and compliance posture directly with enterprise clients, auditors, and regulators.

This is a broad, high-trust mandate for a leader who can instil confidence in enterprise clients and handle their toughest security and compliance questions head-on. You will keep the systems secure, reliable, and audit-ready, lead the organization through live security incidents with a steady hand, and build the controls and evidence that make SOC, PCI, and ISO reviews confirm what is already true. You are equally comfortable leading an incident bridge, shaping a technical RFP response, answering a client security review, and setting infrastructure and architecture direction.

Key Responsibilities

Cybersecurity & Incident Response

• Lead the organization through live security incidents and crisis scenarios as the senior incident commander, coordinating response, containment, and recovery with clarity and speed.
• Own the cybersecurity program end to end: strategy, controls, and a security-aware culture that goes well beyond basic monitoring.
• Oversee penetration testing, risk assessments, vulnerability management, and remediation, keeping the organization ahead of emerging threats.

Compliance & Governance

• Own compliance management across SOC, PCI, and ISO, from control design through evidence capturing, remediation, and successful certification.
• Build and maintain the control framework, policies, and documentation that keep the organization continuously audit-ready.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for auditors, regulators, and client security reviews.

DevSecOps

• Lead DevSecOps practice and tooling, integrating security operations and monitoring into DevOps and the delivery lifecycle.
• Drive CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and reliable, repeatable delivery with security built in from the start.
• Champion observability and security monitoring, so issues and threats are caught early and resolved fast.
• Own internal infrastructure, servers, and enterprise tools, ensuring reliable, secure, and scalable service across the organization and its regions.
• Lead infrastructure and architecture direction across cloud and on-premise environments, including containerization and scaling, optimizing for performance, resilience, and cost.
• Define standards for availability, disaster recovery, and business continuity, and hold the organization to them.

Client-Facing & Commercial

• Represent avertra's security, infrastructure, and governance posture directly with enterprise clients, instilling confidence and handling their toughest security and compliance inquiries head-on.
• Actively participate in technical RFP responses, shaping the technical narrative and answering complex security, infrastructure, and compliance questions.
• Partner with commercial and delivery teams to turn our technical strength into a competitive advantage.
• Build, lead, and mentor high-performing teams across compliance and governance, cybersecurity, DevSecOps, and enterprise IT.
• Set clear priorities and standards, develop the next layer of technical leaders, and lead with fairness, candor, and care.

Requirements

Player-Coach

You lead from the front. You build and grow strong teams and set the strategy, and you stay hands-on in the technology, never so far from the work that you lose the plot. Your engineers respect you because you can still do the job, not just describe it.

Security-First

You treat security and trust as non-negotiable foundations, not afterthoughts. You think in terms of risk, controls, and evidence, and you build a culture where the whole organization takes ownership of protecting our systems and data.

Incident Commander

You have been through real security incidents and crises, not just tabletop exercises. When it is live, you take command, steady the team, coordinate the response, and communicate with clarity to engineers, executives, and clients alike.

Audit-Ready by Design

You do not scramble before an audit. You build controls, documentation, and evidence into how the organization operates every day, so that SOC, PCI, and ISO reviews confirm what is already true.

Calm, Clear, and Decisive

When something breaks or an incident hits, you are the steady hand with a plan. You communicate clearly to engineers and executives alike, and you make sound decisions under pressure.

Business-Fluent Technologist

You connect technology to commercial outcomes. You can sit with a client, shape a technical RFP response, and translate deep technical detail into language that builds confidence and wins trust.

Requirements & Qualifications

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related technical field. Master's degree is a plus.

Experience

• Incident Response & Crisis Management. Proven experience leading teams through live security incidents and crisis scenarios, you have been through actual incidents, not only tabletop exercises.
• Controls & Governance. A heavy background in compliance frameworks, evidence capturing, and audit readiness across SOC, PCI, and ISO.
• Infrastructure & Architectural Knowledge. Deep understanding of enterprise IT infrastructure, containerization and scaling, and server environments.
• A seasoned, battle-tested enterprise leader at the VP level , with the gravitas and calm to lead in high-stakes situations.
• 15+ years in enterprise technology, including significant senior leadership spanning compliance and governance, cybersecurity, DevSecOps, and enterprise IT.
• Proven, hands-on experience leading teams through live security incidents and crisis response in a real production environment.
• Direct ownership of a compliance program, achieving and maintaining SOC, PCI, and ISO or comparable frameworks, with strong evidence capturing and audit readiness.
• Deep enterprise infrastructure and architecture experience across cloud and on-premise environments, including containerization, scaling, and server environments.
• Able to instil confidence in enterprise clients and directly handle their security and compliance inquiries, including technical RFP responses and client security reviews.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Deep command of cybersecurity principles, incident response and crisis management, risk management, and control frameworks.
• Fluency in compliance and audit practices (SOC, PCI, ISO), evidence management, and policy development.
• Strong foundation in enterprise infrastructure and architecture, cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP), containerization, CI/CD, and DevSecOps.
• Oversight of penetration testing and a security posture that goes beyond basic monitoring.
• Excellent communication skills, able to move between engineers, executives, auditors, and clients with ease.
• Strong command of English.

Certifications & Preferences

• Security certifications such as CISSP, CISM, or CISA are strongly preferred.
• ISO lead auditor, cloud, or Kubernetes certifications are a plus.
• Familiarity with utilities, energy, financial services, or other regulated industries.
• Experience in an enterprise software or consulting environment serving enterprise clients.

Work Schedule

US business hours, with flexibility to support global collaboration and respond to incidents when needed.

What We Promise You

• You'll join a global family of passionate people building a sustainable, scalable ecosystem committed to using logic to create a better experience.
• You will be empowered to drive change, challenge the status quo, and innovate without bureaucracy slowing you down.
• We will invest in you, giving you the opportunity to master your domain and drive excellence at scale.