Director of Security

Fluidstack

$300K — $400K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Experience building and running physical security programs for critical infrastructure or large-scale industrial facilities.
  • Proven track record of establishing security programs for both data center and corporate spaces.
  • In-depth understanding of cyber-physical convergence beyond traditional security measures.
  • Hands-on expertise with enterprise security systems such as ESS, ACS, and VMS platforms.
  • Experience managing guard force vendors and contractors in multi-site settings with robust contract governance.
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to interact with executive leadership and client security teams.
  • Bonus: Knowledge in AI data center infrastructure and relevant security certifications (CPP, PSP, CISSP).

Responsibilities

  • Own and develop the global physical security program across multiple sites and jurisdictions.
  • Architect and oversee deployments of security systems in new and existing facilities.
  • Lead the buildout of the Global Security Operations Center (GSOC) and collaborate with engineering teams.
  • Partner with construction teams to define security needs throughout project phases.
  • Manage relationships with guard vendors and technology providers, including contract negotiations.
  • Ensure compliance with security standards and conduct audits with customer security teams.
  • Perform threat and vulnerability assessments and drive actionable remediation efforts.

Benefits

  • Competitive total compensation package including salary and equity.
  • Retirement or pension plan aligned with local standards.
  • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance coverage.
  • Generous paid time off policy in accordance with local practices.
Full Job Description
The Security Team

Examples of key problems the team is working on
  • You're securing the frontier of AI. The model weights training on our infrastructure are the most valuable and most targeted artifacts in technology, and we're standing up the compute to hold them faster than anyone ever has. A breach isn't a leak, it's the frontier walking out the door.
  • Build the entire security program from scratch. Most leaders inherit someone else's system and spend a career patching it. Here you own it end to end, bare metal to boardroom, as we scale across continents.
  • Your threat surface is measured in gigawatts. The customers running on our infrastructure are building the most consequential technology in human history, and being responsible for the physical and logical security of that work makes everything else feel small.

Role Scope
  • Own Fluidstack's global physical security program end to end: standards, policies, roadmap, and execution across a growing multi-site, multi-jurisdiction portfolio.
  • Architect and govern ESS, ACS, and VMS deployments across greenfield builds and operational sites.
  • Lead the GSOC buildout and partner with the cyber-physical and detection engineering functions.
  • Partner with construction and site teams on security requirements from pre-RFS through operations, and manage guard force vendors, systems integrators, and technology vendors, including MSA/SOW negotiation and performance governance.
  • Own physical security control evidence for SOC 2, ISO 27001, FedRAMP, and customer security schedules, and interface with customer security teams during audits, site inspections, and due diligence.
  • Conduct site assessments, threat and vulnerability reviews, and drive remediation. This is a leadership role with real hands-on work as you build the program: deployment support, vendor walk-throughs, resolving an alert, checking the video.

What We're Looking For

The below is a starting point. We always make space for exceptional people, so if you don't fit this role exactly, tell us where you would.
  • You've built or run physical security programs for data centers, critical infrastructure, or large-scale industrial facilities, and you know what good looks like at scale.
  • You've stood a program up from early stage and owned both data center and corporate spaces.
  • You understand cyber-physical convergence deeply. This is more than gates, guards, and guns.
  • You have deep hands-on expertise with enterprise ESS, ACS, and VMS platforms (Lenel, Software House, Genetec, Milestone, Avigilon, or equivalents), and you can read and contribute to security design drawings and construction documents.
  • You've managed guard force vendors and systems integrators across multi-site environments with strong contract governance, and you know GSOC operations: alarm management, tooling integration, and escalation.
  • You communicate clearly and concisely with executive leadership and customer security teams, and you'll travel 30 to 40% to Fluidstack offices and sites.
  • Bonus: AI data center infrastructure. CPP, PSP, or CISSP. Threat, vulnerability, and risk assessments. Commissioning experience.
Salary & Benefits
  • Competitive total compensation package (salary + equity)
  • Retirement or pension plan, in line with local norms
  • Health, dental, and vision insurance
  • Generous PTO policy, in line with local norms

The base salary range for this position is $300,000 - $400,000 per year, depending on experience, skills, qualifications, and location. This range represents our good faith estimate of the compensation for this role at the time of posting. Total compensation may also include equity in the form of stock options.

We are committed to pay equity and transparency.

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