Senior Security Researcher, Offensive Security – Red Team
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Chief Information Security Officer – CISO
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full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Iselin • New Jersey • 🇺🇸 United States
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Lead
Tech Stack
AWSAzureCloud
About the role
- **Key Responsibilities **
- **Security Operations Leadership (Primary Focus) **
- - Design, implement, and manage a comprehensive security operations infrastructure
- - Personally configure and deploy security tools, including endpoint protection, SIEM, and cloud security solutions
- - Build and optimize security monitoring, incident response, and threat detection capabilities
- - Drive automation initiatives to eliminate manual inefficiencies in security processes
- **Compliance and Risk Management **
- - Lead compliance initiatives including FedRAMP, SOC 2, and other regulatory frameworks
- - Partner with business analysts to navigate regulatory requirements and audits
- - Develop and maintain security policies, procedures, and documentation
- - Manage security risk assessments and remediation programs
- **Technical Security Architecture **
- - Secure cloud infrastructure across AWS, Google Cloud, and other platforms
- - Integrate security into CI/CD pipelines, working closely with DevOps teams
- - Implement and manage security tools (CrowdStrike, etc.) across the organization
- - Conduct hands-on security reviews of architecture and code
- **Cross-functional Collaboration **
- - Partner directly with development and engineering teams on secure software development
- - Oversee internal IT security (smaller component of role)
- - Communicate security initiatives and status to leadership and stakeholders
- - Coordinate with global teams to ensure consistent security practices
Requirements
- **Required Qualifications **
- **Technical Expertise **
- - **Minimum 7+ years in security operations **with demonstrated hands-on experience
- - Deep expertise in cloud security (AWS, Google Cloud, Azure)
- - Proven ability to personally deploy and configure enterprise security tools
- - Strong understanding of modern DevOps practices and CI/CD security integration
- - Experience with security automation and orchestration
- **Compliance and Governance **
- - Hands-on experience with FedRAMP certification processes
- - Track record of achieving and maintaining SOC 2, ISO 27001, or similar certifications
- - Understanding of regulatory compliance requirements and audit processes
- Leadership and Communication
- - Experience leading security initiatives in fast-growing organizations
- - Strong communication skills for collaborating with global, distributed teams
- - Ability to translate technical security concepts for various stakeholders
- - Comfortable working in a startup environment with evolving requirements
- **Preferred Qualifications **
- - Currently in a similar-sized company CISO role, or a Deputy CISO, Director of Security Operations, or similar "CISO minus one" role at a larger organization
- - Experience in identity management or authentication technologies
- - Background in both security operations and security engineering
- - Previous startup or scale-up experience
- - Located in or willing to work EST hours (strong preference for NY/NJ area)
- - Public-facing CISO experience (client communications) is a plus but not required
Benefits
- **What We Offer **
- - Opportunity to build and shape security at a growing startup
- - Direct impact on product and company security posture
- - Collaborative environment with talented engineering teams
- - Competitive compensation and equity package
- - Flexible work arrangements with preference for hybrid in NY/NJ area
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
security operationscloud securityDevOps practicesCI/CD security integrationsecurity automationsecurity orchestrationsecurity risk assessmentsincident responsethreat detectionsecurity architecture
Soft skills
leadershipcommunicationcollaborationproblem-solvingadaptabilitystakeholder managementteamworktranslating technical conceptsworking in fast-paced environmentscross-functional collaboration
Certifications
FedRAMPSOC 2ISO 27001
