Strategic Cybersecurity Leader — Automation & Response

NextPath Workforce Solutions; Fort Lauderdale (FL); On-site; USD 180,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

NextPath Workforce Solutions is seeking a Director of Information Security to lead a modern cybersecurity program in Fort Lauderdale, FL. The role offers executive visibility and cross-functional influence, with opportunities to leverage automation and AI to scale security operations while strengthening business resilience.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in information security and IT, with 5+ years in leadership, and is experienced in implementing automation, policy development, and incident

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• CISSP or CISM preferred.
• 10+ years of progressive information security and IT.
• 5+ years in security leadership or management.
• Experience designing automation via SOAR, scripting, API integrations, or platform automation.
• Experience turning undocumented environments into documented, metrics-driven security operations.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a cybersecurity roadmap aligned with business risk, operational resilience, and organizational goals.
• Advise executive leaders on security posture, risk treatment options, priorities, and investment decisions.
• Partner with IT infrastructure, cloud, systems, application, and business owners to integrate practical security controls into workflows.
• Design and implement automation using SOAR, scripting, APIs, native platform capabilities, and applied AI to reduce manual work and improve threat detection and response.
• Document existing technical practices and informal workflows as clear policies, standards, procedures, and operational controls.
• Establish security metrics, SLAs, vulnerability remediation tracking, and executive reporting.
• Own and improve enterprise incident response planning, automated playbooks, tabletop exercises, identity governance, access reviews, and joiner/mover/leaver processes.

Skills

Automation SOAR

Executive comm.

Risk assessment

Cross-functional

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SOAR

APIs

Job description

NextPath Workforce Solutions is seeking a Director of Information Security to lead a modern cybersecurity program in Fort Lauderdale, FL. The role offers executive visibility and cross-functional influence, with opportunities to leverage automation and AI to scale security operations while strengthening business resilience.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in information security and IT, with 5+ years in leadership, and is experienced in implementing automation, policy development, and incident