Deputy Chief Information Security Officer

Join our team as the Deputy Chief Information Security Officer (Deputy CISO). In this high-impact role, you will partner closely with the CISO to define and execute the security strategy, roadmap, and priorities across the organization. You will provide leadership and oversight across the security organization, build and mentor security engineers and architects, and own security budget planning and vendor/tool evaluation. You will also lead threat modeling and architecture reviews, drive secure-by-design practices into the SDLC and CI/CD pipelines, and personally lead or oversee response to major security incidents. This role requires a strong technical background in security architecture, engineering, and operations, as well as excellent communication skills and experience leading technical incident response.

• Partner with the CISO to define and execute the security strategy, roadmap, and priorities across the organization.
• Act as a deputy and escalation point for the CISO, representing security leadership in their absence, including with executives and the board when needed.
• Provide leadership and oversight across the security organization, empowering strong existing team leads to run their functions effectively while ensuring overall direction stays grounded in technical reality.

• Deep, hands-on expertise in cloud security architecture (AWS), including infrastructure-as-code
• Strong background in application security, secure software development, and modern architecture patterns (microservices, containers, APIs, zero-trust)
• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field from a reputable institution
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate deep technical risk into business terms for executives and the board
• Experience leading technical incident response, including root cause analysis for complex, multi-system incidents
• Proven ability to read and evaluate system architecture and code at a technical level - able to engage credibly with senior engineers, not just review documentation
• Demonstrated experience building and leading technical security teams
• 12+ years of experience in security engineering, security architecture, or technical security leadership roles, with a track record of hands-on technical work
• Prior experience as a CISO, Deputy CISO, or Head of Security Engineering at a comparable organization
• CISSP
• Experience with AI/ML security, including familiarity with OWASP LLM Top 10, MITRE ATLAS, or NIST AI RMF
• Experience operating in regulated industries (fintech, healthcare, SaaS at scale)