Senior Director, Security Engineering & Cloud Defense

Abnormal AI; United States; On-site; USD 214,000 - 308,000; Full time

Job summary

Abnormal AI seeks a Director of Security reporting to the CISO to lead Security Engineering and Operations. You will scale high-performing teams, own major programs end to end, and represent security to executives, customers, and auditors.

This is a deeply technical leadership role with a software engineering background and strong people leadership. You will partner with engineering, IT, and product to shape cloud-first security, compliance, and risk management while raising the bar on security

Qualifications

• 10+ years in security or software engineering, incl. 4+ years leading security teams.
• Proven ability to build and scale security teams.
• Deep fluency in cloud-native environments (AWS, Kubernetes, IAM).
• Strong cross-functional leadership with engineering partners.
• Excellent written communication and executive presence.

Responsibilities

• Lead Security Engineering and Security Operations under the CISO.
• Own the security engineering roadmap and cloud security architecture.
• Drive cross-functional programs with Engineering, IT, and Product.
• Set engineering standards and measurable security outcomes.
• Build hiring pipelines and manage performance and promotions.
• Translate risk into business terms for executives and board.

Skills

Security leadership

Software engineering background

Team building

Cloud-native security

Cross-functional collaboration

Executive communication

Executive presence

Education

Software engineering degree

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

Job description

Abnormal AI seeks a Director of Security reporting to the CISO to lead Security Engineering and Operations. You will scale high-performing teams, own major programs end to end, and represent security to executives, customers, and auditors.

This is a deeply technical leadership role with a software engineering background and strong people leadership. You will partner with engineering, IT, and product to shape cloud-first security, compliance, and risk management while raising the bar on security