Technology Director/Policy & Security Engineering

Technology Director/Policy & Security Engineering

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience implementing security capabilities such as identity access management, cloud security policy, security baselines, key management and firewall
• 8+ years of experience in cloud adoption, enablement, or technical consulting roles within technology organizations
• 5+ years of strong understanding of multi-cloud environments (Azure, GCP, OpenShift) and hands-on experience with cloud-native development
• 5+ years of experience with Hashicorp Terraform, Sentinel and Vault
• 5+ years of proven expertise in solutions architecture and cloud onboarding processes
• 8+ years of excellent communication skills with a focus on clear documentation and cross-functional collaboration
• 5+ years of strong analytical skills, with experience in reporting and providing actionable insights from complex data sets
• 4+ years of Management experience

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of engineering managers and engineering leads
• Focus on delivering commitments aligned to enterprise strategic priorities
• Build support for strategies with business and technology leaders
• Guide development of actionable roadmaps and plans
• Identify opportunities and strategies for continuous improvement of software engineering practices
• Provide oversight to software craftsmanship, security, availability, resilience, and scalability of solutions developed by the teams or third party providers
• Identify financial management and strategic resourcing
• Set risk management guidelines and partner with stakeholders to implement key risk initiatives
• Develop strategies for hiring engineering talent
• Lead implementation of projects and encourage engineering innovation
• Collaborate and influence all levels of professionals including more experienced managers
• Lead team to achieve objectives
• Interface with external agencies, regulatory bodies or industry forums
• Manage allocation of people and financial resources for Technology Strategic Leadership
• Develop and guide a culture of talent development to meet business objectives and strategy

Preferred Qualifications

• Relevant certifications (e.g., Azure Solutions Architect, Azure Security Engineer, Google Professional Cloud Architect, Google Professional Cloud Security Engineer)
• Experience in financial services or other highly regulated industries
• Familiarity with DevSecOps practices and modern CI/CD tooling
• Demonstrated experience in technical project management or program management related to cloud initiatives
• Leading change in a large corporate technology environment with a focus on cloud function
• Experience in collaborating and partnering with other key parts of the organization and drive towards shared goals and success
• Ability to communicate effectively, in both written and verbal formats, at all levels of the organization, including senior executive-level leadership
• Ability to drive and lead organizational change in a dynamic environment
• Ability to work and influence successfully within a matrix environment and build effective business partnerships with all levels of team members
• Ability to be proactive, innovative, and creative in meeting customer and enterprise needs
• Demonstrated experience in building, leading, developing and retaining a high performing team of leaders, strong technical experts and high performing professionals in a cultural environment that achieves results through team member engagement and satisfaction
• Comfortable with ambiguity and facilitating discussion to explore the best possible solutions and possess the ability to lead
• Highly effective decision-making/critical thinking/problem solving skills with a collaborative and results-oriented leadership style
• Recognized internally and externally as a thought leader and subject matter expert