Vice President, Security Guardian Greater Austin, TX Area + 3 more

The Company is seeking a hands-on Vice President, Security Guardian to reduce technical security risk across engineering, platform, and business teams. Responsibilities include conducting application, platform, and system security assessments; reviewing architecture and code paths; identifying vulnerabilities and misconfigurations; and designing and validating embedded security controls across cloud and distributed environments. The role partners closely with engineering teams to build secure systems by default and advises senior leaders on practical mitigations and security tradeoffs. It also embeds security into agile delivery through automated testing, secure CI/CD practices, and DevSecOps and Shift-Left approaches. Candidates should have at least seven years of progressive cybersecurity experience focused on product and cloud security, including three or more years in financial services, and proven experience working with engineering teams in an embedded security model. Deep hands-on expertise in at least three advanced security domains is required, alongside strong knowledge of network security, cryptography, data protection, and offensive security. Experience in Agentic AI security and smart contract security is highly preferred, as are AWS or Azure cloud security certification and professional credentials such as CISSP, CISM, or GIAC. A bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related technical field is required, along with strong analytical, communication, advisory, and decision-making skills.

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