Director of Security Operations

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $205k - $230k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

🛡️ Security Operations

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Backblaze

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 2007

🛍️ eCommerce

🏢 Enterprise

💰 $5M Series A on 2012-07

Cloud Storage • eCommerce • Enterprise

Backblaze is a cloud storage company that provides scalable and secure data backup solutions for both businesses and individuals. Their B2 Cloud Storage service offers S3 compatible object storage, allowing users to easily protect and manage their data with transparent pricing. Backblaze specializes in automatic and unlimited backup services for computer systems, ensuring data protection and recovery options for users, while also supporting integration with applications for enhanced functionality.

📋 Description

• Lead security monitoring, incident response, threat hunting, security analytics, vulnerability management, adversary emulation, identity security, and operational resilience • Establish operational priorities, service objectives, metrics, playbooks, and processes based on organizational risk and business needs • Serve as incident commander for significant cybersecurity events and ensure lessons learned drive improvements to controls and operations • Drive responsible adoption of AI-assisted detection, investigation, vulnerability analysis, threat hunting, and response capabilities • Ensure effective security monitoring and response for AI applications, autonomous agents, workloads, and non-human identities • Use automation to reduce manual work and compress detection, analysis, containment, and remediation timelines • Partner with Security Architecture & Engineering to ensure controls are effectively designed, implemented, operationalized, monitored, and validated • Develop security talent and provide the CISO with clear reporting on incidents, exposure, operational performance, risk, and program maturity

🎯 Requirements

• Experience leading Security Operations, Incident Response, Detection Engineering, Vulnerability Management, IAM, or related cybersecurity functions • Demonstrated hands-on experience implementing and operating security controls across cloud, infrastructure, applications, identity, endpoints, and networks • Strong technical understanding of security analytics, detection engineering, exposure management, adversary emulation, and identity security • Experience leading significant cybersecurity incidents and cross-functional response activities • Experience implementing security automation and AI-assisted operational capabilities • Strong leadership, mentoring, communication, and executive presentation skills • Experience in cloud-native or large-scale distributed environments and familiarity with modern cybersecurity and AI-risk frameworks is preferred

🏖️ Benefits

• Healthcare for family, including dental and vision • Competitive compensation and 401K • RSU grants for full-time employees • ESPP program • Flexible vacation policy • Maternity & paternity leave • MacBook Pro to use for work plus a generous stipend to personalize your workstation • Childcare bonus (human children only) • Fertility treatment and support • Learning & development program • Commuter benefits • Culture that supports a healthy work-life balance