[Hiring] Director, Security Engineering @Optiv

Role Description

This position will be fully remote and can be hired anywhere in the continental U.S. The Director, Security Engineering is responsible for the service delivery and engineering of the SIEM, EDR, SOAR, and other security platforms supporting Optiv's Managed Security Services (MSS) and Advanced Fusion Center (AFC) delivery models. The role owns the engineering function behind Managed Detection and Response (MDR), co-managed SIEM, data engineering, and Tier 1 (engineering triage) offerings from a technical perspective. This is a high-visibility leadership role that provides practice management, leadership, strategy, offer management, and sales enablement, and directs high-priority initiatives while ensuring adherence to quality standards and SLOs. The Director is accountable for metrics demonstrating continuous improvement and efficiency in the client operational experience, for maturing platform and detection engineering processes, and for driving scale through automation and orchestration. The position mentors and develops people leaders and engineers and works cross-functionally to resolve key client challenges.

• Lead the security engineering practice across the SIEM, EDR, SOAR, and other security platforms.
• Own the technical direction and quality of MDR, co-managed SIEM, data engineering, and Tier 1 offerings.
• Establish and drive process, documentation, and detection-content improvement.
• Provide practice management, offer management, and sales enablement.
• Enforce all policies and procedures, including those for security and service provision.
• Own accountability for the efficiency, value, and quality of the services delivered.
• Manage the financial aspects of the function, including budgeting and vendor/tooling decisions.
• Manage staffing, including recruitment, supervision, and development.
• Stay abreast of evolving risks, platform capabilities, and vendor roadmaps.
• Establish and maintain regular communications with executives and clients.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree from a four-year college or university in a related field, or equivalent work experience; Master's Degree in a related field preferred.
• Advanced security and/or leadership certifications (e.g., CISSP, CISM) and relevant security platform vendor certifications preferred.
• 10 or more years of information security and professional/managed services experience required.
• Demonstrated leadership of security engineering, SOC platform, or MSS delivery teams required.
• Strong information security and platform engineering experience across SIEM, EDR, SOAR, and additional security platforms such as Wiz and Cribl required.
• Experience with practice management, offer/sales enablement, and delivering managed security services engagements required.
• Experience driving scale through security automation and orchestration technologies preferred.
• Must be able to participate in scheduled and on-call/after-hours support.
• Occasional travel (typically less than 15%) may be required.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret technical documentation.
• Ability to write clear runbooks, standard operating procedures, and executive-level communications.
• Ability to effectively present technical and service information to both technical staff and non-technical client stakeholders.

Benefits

• A company committed to our inclusive value through our Employee Resource Groups.
• Work/life balance.
• Professional training resources.
• Creative problem-solving and the ability to tackle unique, complex projects.
• Volunteer Opportunities. “Optiv Chips In” encourages employees to volunteer and engage with their teams and communities.
• The ability and technology necessary to productively work remotely/from home (where applicable).

EEO Statement

Optiv is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants for employment will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age 40 and over, marital status, genetic information, national origin, status as an individual with a disability, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.