Vertex Inc. · 16 hours ago
Director - CyberSecurity Operations
United States
Full-time
Remote
Director/Executive
$158K/yr - $205K/yr
10+ years expVertex Inc. is seeking a Director of Cybersecurity Operations to lead the operational defense against modern, AI-enabled threats. The role involves building and improving a cyber operations program while ensuring operational excellence across a multi-cloud environment.
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Responsibilities
Lead a modern SecOps program delivering continuous monitoring, alert triage, investigation, and response coordination across a multi-cloud environment
Own the strategy and execution for SIEM/SOAR, endpoint and identity telemetry, cloud security signals, and centralized log management (collection, normalization, retention, and integrity)
Build and run a detection engineering function: develop, tune, and maintain detections mapped to attacker behaviors (e.g., MITRE ATT&CK), validate coverage, and reduce false positives
Operationalize AI-assisted triage and correlation (e.g., anomaly detection, alert enrichment, case summarization) with measurable improvements in fidelity and analyst efficiency
Establish guardrails for SecOps automation (human-in-the-loop controls, auditability, testing, rollback procedures, and change governance)
Own the incident response lifecycle: readiness, identification, containment, eradication, recovery, and post-incident lessons learned
Drive the development and maintenance of playbooks (including cloud-native, AI, and identity-centric scenarios) and ensure consistent execution through training and exercises
Operationalize digital forensics and evidence handling capabilities (chain of custody, investigation workflows, endpoint/cloud log forensics), including emerging needs such as detection of synthetic artifacts and AI-enabled fraud
Partner with Business Continuity/DR teams to validate recovery strategies and ensure response operations support resiliency objectives
Plan and execute tabletop exercises that simulate high-speed, AI-driven adversaries and validate decision-making, communications, and escalation paths
Build a threat management program that connects threat intelligence → detection engineering → hunting → testing → remediation
Lead threat intelligence intake and prioritization efforts focused on Vertex’s business risks, including AI-enabled attacker tradecraft and cloud attack paths
Run proactive threat hunting using behavior-based hypotheses, analytics, and cross-domain telemetry to uncover low-signal, multi-stage activity
Oversee enterprise penetration testing and adversary emulation, including assessments of cloud control planes, identities, APIs, and AI/LLM attack surfaces where applicable
Establish a purple teaming cadence to continuously validate detection and response effectiveness, improving readiness through measurable outcomes
Create a security analytics strategy that uses AI/ML and advanced correlation to improve detection fidelity, accelerate investigations, and forecast operational risk
Partner with data, engineering, and governance stakeholders to ensure telemetry and labeling are fit for analytics and model-driven detection
Enforce AI governance alignment for security operations: policy, controls, and monitoring for enterprise AI systems (model risk considerations, access controls, data handling, prompt/input logging where appropriate, and adversarial testing expectations)
Ensure AI-enabled security automation is validated, explainable where necessary, auditable, and compliant—never blindly trusted
Set the strategy and roadmap for cyber operations, maintaining a high performing Security Operations Function
Define and report operational KPIs (e.g., MTTD/MTTR, containment time, detection coverage, false-positive rate, automation effectiveness, exercise outcomes)
Establish vendor and service-provider governance (including MSSP/MDR where used), SLAs, and quality controls
Communicate clearly with executives and stakeholders during incidents and program reviews, translating technical risk into business impact
Qualification
Required
10+ years in cybersecurity with significant leadership experience in SecOps/SOC, incident response, and detection/response engineering
Proven success operating security programs in multi-cloud environments and hybrid enterprise architectures
Deep knowledge of SIEM/SOAR operations, detection engineering, log/telemetry pipelines, endpoint/identity/cloud security telemetry, and incident command
Demonstrated ability to operationalize AI-driven security analytics and automation with strong governance, testing, and auditability
Strong familiarity with incident response and forensics practices (e.g., NIST/industry-aligned IR lifecycles), evidence handling, and post-incident improvement
Excellent leadership, hiring, coaching, and cross-functional influence; ability to drive outcomes across engineering, IT, and business stakeholders
Preferred
Experience building or maturing threat intelligence, threat hunting, penetration testing, and purple teaming programs
Hands-on understanding of AI/ML and LLM risk domains (prompt injection, data/model poisoning, model extraction, sensitive data leakage, deepfake-enabled social engineering) and practical mitigations
Experience in regulated environments and working with audit/compliance teams (e.g., SOC 2/ISO 27001/SOX/privacy obligations) in an operational security context
Relevant certifications (one or more): CISSP, CISM, GIAC (e.g., GCIH/GDAT/GCFA), AWS/Azure security certifications, or equivalent
Benefits
Vertex Bonus Plan (VOB)
Role-specific sales commission/bonus
Equity grants
Company
Vertex Inc.
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1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$345M2024-04-23Post Ipo Debt· $345M
2020-07-29IPO
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David DeStefano
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