Director, Security Engineering & Operations

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Job Summary

The Director, Security Engineering & Operations directs, manages, and leads Payscale’s

Security Engineering and Eecurity Operations functions. This is a hands-on leadership role:

the Director sets strategy and manages the team while remaining directly engaged in

architecture, tooling, automation, and incident command. Responsibilities span the design

and hardening of security controls, threat detection and incident response, vulnerability

and exposure management, endpoint and identity protection, and security automation

across Payscale’s corporate, cloud, and hosting environments. The Director owns

Payscale’s MDR relationship and is accountable for the maturity, performance, and

roadmap of both functions.

This role reports to the CISO, VP - Cybersecurity & Enterprise Technology.

What You'll Do

Leadership & People Management

- Direct, manage, and lead the security engineering and security operations team

members; own hiring, onboarding, performance reviews, and career development

plans aligned to Payscale’s Information Security Career Ladder

- Set strategy and quarterly/annual objectives for both functions and translate them

into a prioritized, measurable roadmap; hold regular 1:1s and team connects to

maintain a high-performance, feedback-rich culture

- Mentor engineers an...