Senior Director – Cyber Defense Engineering

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Senior Director managing cyber defense architecture and engineering for Cencora. Building strategies and partnerships to enhance security capabilities across various platforms.

Posted 5/27/2026full-timeRemote • Pennsylvania • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudCyber SecurityIoTPMP

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Define and execute the enterprise cyber defense architecture strategy aligned to threat landscape and risk appetite in collaboration with Cyber Defense senior leadership
Develop layered defense models across endpoint, network, cloud, identity, and SaaS
Establish and document detection engineering standards and reference architectures
Present defense posture maturity, risk trends, and roadmap to executive leadership
Establish the enterprise detection engineering program and lead evaluation of new tools and technologies to support the Cyber Defense ecosystem
Define logging standards and telemetry requirements across platforms
Collaborate & partner with key stakeholders to oversee use case lifecycle management (creation, tuning, retirement)
Standardize MITRE ATT&CK mapping across detections
Reduce false positives while increasing true positive detection rates in collaboration with Cyber Defense teams
Oversee or drive a collaborative approach to architecture and engineering of: SIEM platforms, SOAR playbooks, EDR/XDR solutions, NDR solutions, Email security and anti-phishing platforms, Deception technologies, Threat intelligence platforms, Security data lakes and analytics platforms
Integrate defense controls across: Public cloud environments, Hybrid data centers, SaaS platforms, Enterprise networks, endpoints and mobile, OT/IoT (in partnership with OT sr. cybersecurity leadership)
Drive automation, AI/ML integration, and policy-as-code for response workflows in collaboration with Cloud Security and other senior security leaders
Enable automated containment and remediation capabilities
Partner with Incident Response and Cyber Counter Adversary leadership for operational efficiency and maturity uplifts
Support purple team exercises to validate detection and response effectiveness
Integrate strategic, tactical, and operational threat intelligence into engineering roadmap
Translate threat actor activity into detection content and control enhancements
Support M&A security integrations and divestiture disentanglement
Ensure compliance with global regulatory regimes
Establish KPIs, OKRs, and performance dashboards
Establish control validation framework
Lead breach simulation and continuous control monitoring as needed to support Cyber Defense senior leaders
Report measurable defense maturity to executive leadership and other senior leaders
Lead global team of detection engineers, platform engineers, and automation specialists
Establish engineering career paths and succession planning

Requirements

What you’ll need

Master’s Degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Information Technology or any other related discipline or equivalent related experience
Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP)
Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)
GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst (GCIA)
GIAC Certified Enterprise Defender (GCED)
GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH)
Certification in Information Security Strategy Management (CISM)
Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification
12+ years of directly-related or relevant experience with 8+ years in a managerial capacity, preferably in information security

Benefits

Comp & perks

medical, dental, and vision care
backup dependent care
adoption assistance
infertility coverage
family building support
behavioral health solutions
paid parental leave
paid caregiver leave
training programs
professional development resources
mentorship programs
employee resource groups
volunteer activities

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Hard Skills & Tools

cyber defense architecturedetection engineeringSIEM platformsSOAR playbooksEDR solutionsNDR solutionsthreat intelligence platformsautomationAI/ML integrationcontrol validation

Soft Skills

collaborationleadershipcommunicationstrategic thinkingproblem-solvingstakeholder managementperformance managementteam buildingpresentation skillsproject management

Certifications

Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP)Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst (GCIA)GIAC Certified Enterprise Defender (GCED)GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH)Certification in Information Security Strategy Management (CISM)Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)Project Management Professional (PMP)