Director – Security Practice

iT1

Director of Security Practice leading growth and operations at national technology solutions provider iT1. Responsible for security consulting and managed services delivery with strategic vendor relationships.

Posted 5/21/2026full-timeRemote • Arizona • 🇺🇸 United StatesLeadWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cyber Security

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead the strategic direction, growth plan, and day-to-day operations of the security practice, including service development, go-to-market priorities, and revenue attainment.
Partner with sales teams to qualify opportunities, develop account strategies, support discovery sessions, and help position security solutions that address customer business and risk objectives.
Provide technical and business leadership across email security, SASE, endpoint protection, vulnerability management, SOC/MDR, and secure gateway solutions, ensuring offerings remain current, competitive, and aligned to client demand.
Oversee delivery quality, resource planning, utilization, and customer satisfaction across security engagements, including assessments, implementations, managed services, and recurring advisory services.
Build strategic relationships with key security vendors and partners, including Arctic Wolf, Pondurance, Zscaler, Cloudflare, and other relevant platform providers to support joint selling, enablement, and service delivery excellence.
Work with internal iT1 personnel attached to Security Vendors to collaborate on business plans and strategy.
Recruit, mentor, and develop security consultants, engineers, and practice resources by establishing career paths, training plans, delivery standards, and technical enablement programs.
Own practice-level financial performance, including forecasting, pipeline health, gross margin, service pricing input, and contribution to annual business planning.
Contribute to proposals, statements of work, service descriptions, presentations, and executive briefings, translating technical capabilities into clear business value and delivery outcomes.
Establish and track key performance indicators for the practice, including bookings, revenue, utilization, customer satisfaction, service quality, and partner performance, and drive continuous improvement based on results.

Requirements

What you’ll need

7+ years of progressive experience in cybersecurity, security consulting, managed security services, or related technology services, including leadership or practice management responsibility.
Demonstrated experience with one or more of the following domains: email security, SASE/security service edge, endpoint security, vulnerability assessment and management tools, SOC/MDR solutions, and secure access or API gateway technologies.
Strong business acumen with experience in practice operations, service delivery management, financial oversight, forecasting, and cross-functional leadership.
Ability to lead pre-sales activities including client discovery, workshop facilitation, solution positioning, proposal development, and statement of work review.
Excellent executive communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills with the ability to translate complex technical concepts into business-focused recommendations.
Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Computer Science, Business, or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
**Preferred Certifications:**
Preferred certifications include CISSP, CISM, CCSP
Relevant vendor certifications from Zscaler, Cloudflare, Microsoft Security, Cisco, Palo Alto
Relevant leading cybersecurity platforms.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, dental, and vision benefits with highly subsidized premiums
Two weeks accrued paid time off in your first year, with increasing PTO as tenure increases, and most major holidays off
401(k) Plan with employer match
Onsite Fitness Center
Onsite Monthly Massages

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Hard Skills & Tools

cybersecuritysecurity consultingmanaged security servicesemail securitySASEendpoint protectionvulnerability managementSOC/MDRsecure gateway solutionsfinancial oversight

Soft Skills

leadershipbusiness acumencross-functional leadershipexecutive communicationpresentation skillsstakeholder managementmentoringstrategic relationship buildingclient discoverycontinuous improvement

Certifications

CISSPCISMCCSP