Optery

Chief Information Security Officer, CISO

Optery

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $200,000 - $220,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

Tech Stack

AWSCloudCyber SecuritySDLC

About the role

  • Own Optery’s information security strategy, roadmap, and policies, aligned to our industry-leading security and privacy products
  • Lead and extend Optery’s security program mapped to common frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001, CIS, NIST), appropriate for a high-growth, remote-first company
  • Partner with engineering to embed secure SDLC practices: threat modeling, code scanning, secrets management, access controls, and secure cloud configuration
  • Design and run an incident response program, including playbooks for data handling, data broker interactions, ransomware/social engineering scenarios, and customer notifications
  • Oversee identity and access management across core systems (SaaS, cloud, data, admin apps) following least-privilege principles
  • Lead vendor and third-party security reviews, especially for data- or privacy-impacting services
  • Partner with GTM, finance, ops, and sales to complete security questionnaires, DPAs, and customer diligence to unblock deals
  • Work with product/legal to ensure our data flows and retention/erasure practices align with CCPA, GDPR, and other consumer privacy laws we help our customers exercise
  • Define, track, and report security KPIs/KRIs to leadership and the board
  • Train and evangelize security practices across a distributed team so security is part of onboarding and day-to-day work

Requirements

  • 8+ years in information security, with increasing ownership across GRC, security engineering, and/or product/app security
  • Experience building or maturing a security program at a SaaS, data, cybersecurity, or privacy-focused company
  • Practical experience with SOC 2 and/or ISO 27001 (authoring policies, gathering evidence, working with auditors, driving remediation)
  • Strong understanding of cloud security (preferably AWS): networking, IAM, secret management, logging/monitoring
  • Comfortable meeting with customers, prospects, and partners to explain Optery’s security posture and win trust
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to write policies people can actually follow
  • Startup-friendly mindset: willing to prioritize, right-size controls, and make progress quickly.
Benefits
  • Base Salary: $200,000 - $220,000
  • Equity Grant
  • Health, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401(k) with employer match
  • Paid time off
  • Home office stipend

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
information securitysecurity program developmentsecure SDLC practicesthreat modelingcode scanningsecrets managementaccess controlsincident responseidentity and access managementsecurity KPIs/KRIs
Soft skills
communication skillsteam trainingcollaborationcustomer engagementproblem-solvingprioritizationadaptabilityleadership