
VP, Security
Brightspot
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Reston • Virginia • United States
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Salary
💰 $180,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Own and continuously improve Brightspot’s overall security posture across platform, infrastructure, and internal systems
- Conduct a comprehensive security audit of the Brightspot ecosystem and define a roadmap for strengthening security practices
- Lead and maintain security compliance initiatives including SOC 2, GDPR, and other enterprise security frameworks
- Design and implement security architecture, controls, and automation across cloud infrastructure and development workflows
- Build and operate internal security monitoring and incident response capabilities
- Implement and manage firewalls, access controls, secrets management, and network security policies
- Partner with Engineering and Infrastructure teams to ensure secure software development and deployment practices
- Support the Sales organization in enterprise and government sales cycles, positioning Brightspot as an industry-leading secure platform
- Work directly with enterprise and government customers to address security reviews, audits, and technical due diligence
- Establish clear security metrics, reporting, and improvement plans
- Lead and mentor security team members as the function grows
Requirements
- 15+ years of deep hands-on experience in security engineering or infrastructure security
- Proven experience implementing and operating security programs, not just writing policies
- Expertise in cloud security environments (AWS or equivalent)
- Experience leading security compliance initiatives such as SOC 2, GDPR, or similar frameworks
- Strong technical understanding of network security, firewalls, access control, and secrets management
- Experience building or improving security monitoring, incident response, or SOC operations
- Ability to work closely with engineering teams and translate security requirements into practical implementation, including the use and evaluation of open-source security tooling
- Experience supporting enterprise security reviews and customer-facing technical discussions
- Demonstrated ability to identify risks and drive issues through to resolution
- Excellent communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Must hold security certifications such as CISSP, CISM, or equivalent.
Benefits
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- 3 weeks paid vacation
- Paid sick leave
- Paid company holidays
- Safe Harbor 401(k) with employer matching
- Continuing education stipend
- 3-week paid sabbatical after your 5th anniversary
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
security engineeringinfrastructure securitycloud securitynetwork securityfirewallsaccess controlsecrets managementsecurity monitoringincident responseSOC operations
Soft Skills
communication skillsleadershipmentoringproblem-solvingcollaboration
Certifications
CISSPCISM