ECS

Director, Security Engineering

ECS$180K — $250K *
US-AnywhereRemote in Virginia, US
Information Technology
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 15+ years of experience in cybersecurity or related technical field.
  • 5+ years of experience leading technical teams at the Director level or higher.
  • Strong understanding of enterprise security architectures like SIEM and EDR/XDR.
  • Experience in complex enterprise or multi-customer environments.
  • Proven ability to build and mentor high-performing teams.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and mentor a high-performing security engineering team.
  • Define technical strategy and roadmap for security platforms.
  • Oversee design and lifecycle management of key security technologies.
  • Implement AI applications to enhance security engineering operations.
  • Serve as senior escalation point for complex technical designs and issues.
  • Engage directly with customers to map requirements to technical solutions.
  • Drive automation and continuous improvement across engineering functions.

Benefits

  • Work remotely in a senior technical leadership role.
  • Opportunity to lead cutting-edge cybersecurity engineering initiatives.
  • Collaboration with cross-functional teams and direct customer engagement.
  • Scope to influence the technical strategy and architecture standards.
  • Involvement in evaluating and adopting emerging security technologies.
Full Job Description
ECS is seeking a Director of Security Engineering to work remotely.

We are seeking a Director of Security Engineering to lead the team responsible for designing, implementing, and optimizing the security technologies that support our managed cybersecurity services.

This is a senior technical leadership role that combines engineering strategy, people leadership, customer engagement, and hands-on technical oversight. The Director will lead a cross-functional team of security engineers and partner closely with Security Operations, Sales, partner vendor teams, and customer teams to deliver secure, scalable, and supportable solutions.

Responsibilities:
  • Lead, develop, and mentor a high-performing security engineering team.
  • Define the technical strategy, architecture standards, and roadmap for our security platforms.
  • Oversee the design, deployment, integration, and lifecycle management of technologies including SIEM, EDR/XDR, DLP, network and cloud security, and security automation.
  • Identify and implement practical applications of AI across security engineering operations to improve engineering efficiency, accelerate troubleshooting and analysis, automate repeatable workflows, and enhance the scalability of managed services.
  • Review complex technical designs and serve as the senior escalation point for engineering and customer issues.
  • Lead engineering efforts for customer onboarding, platform deployments, migrations, service expansions, and modernization initiatives.
  • Work directly with customers to understand requirements, present architectures, explain technical decisions, and resolve concerns.
  • Partner with Security Operations, Sales, and the PMO to ensure solutions are delivered successfully and can be effectively operated and supported.
  • Drive automation, standardization, platform reliability, and continuous improvement across the engineering organization.
  • Evaluate emerging technologies and vendors and make recommendations on adoption, modernization, and retirement.
  • Manage engineering priorities, staffing, hiring, performance, professional development, and delivery risk.
  • Support solution development, technical proposals, and strategic customer engagements.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Salary Range: $180,000-$250,000

General Description of Benefit

  • 15+ years of experience in cybersecurity, security engineering, network engineering, infrastructure engineering, or a related technical discipline.
  • 5+ years of experience leading technical teams in cybersecurity, IT, network operations, or security operations environments. Preference will be given to applicants who have led large cybersecurity engineering teams at the Director level or above.
  • Strong understanding of enterprise security architectures, including several of the following: SIEM and security analytics; EDR/XDR and endpoint security; data loss prevention; network and cloud security; Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR); Identity and security integrations; and logging, telemetry, and monitoring systems.
  • Experience designing, deploying, integrating, or operating security technologies in complex enterprise or multi-customer environments.
  • Experience establishing engineering standards, architecture practices, and technical roadmaps.
  • Experience leading major technical implementations, migrations, integrations, or modernization efforts.
  • Ability to troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues across security, network, infrastructure, and cloud environments.
  • Proven ability to build, mentor, and lead high-performing technical teams.
  • Strong ability to translate business and operational goals into engineering priorities and execution plans.
  • Experience managing multiple concurrent projects, priorities, risks, and customer commitments.
  • Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Strong customer-facing experience with the ability to engage technical leaders, executives, and stakeholders.
  • Sound technical judgment with the ability to evaluate tradeoffs across security, reliability, cost, scalability, and operational impact.

About ECS

ECS is a leading provider of digital solutions and services to the federal government. The company was founded in 2001 by Roy Kapani and has since grown to become a trusted partner to a wide range of government agencies. ECS offers a broad range of services, including cloud computing, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence. The company has been recognized for its innovative solutions and has won numerous awards, including the AWS Public Sector Partner of the Year award.
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