Director, Security & Reliability Engineering

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Director of Security & Reliability Engineering at PlexTrac, leading security strategy and ensuring compliance for AI-powered cybersecurity tool. Building and managing a security program with executive visibility.

Responsibilities:

  • Own and evolve the company’s security strategy, ensuring it directly supports our GTM motion and customer trust requirements
  • Lead and manage a SecOps team of ~5, setting clear priorities, processes, and development plans
  • Drive and maintain SOC 2 and ISO 27001 compliance (and prepare for additional frameworks as needed, e.g., GDPR support, customer security reviews)
  • Act as the primary security partner for Sales, Customer Success, and Product—supporting security questionnaires, audits, and customer conversations
  • Design, implement, and monitor cloud infrastructure, applications, and internal systems
  • Lead incident response planning, tabletop exercises, and real-world response when needed
  • Own internal IT responsibilities as they arise, including identity/access management, endpoint security, tooling, and vendor relationships
  • Establish scalable policies, documentation, and risk management practices appropriate for a fast-growing startup
  • Stay pragmatic: balance strong security with speed, usability, and business impact

Requirements:

  • 8+ years of experience in cloud and security operations, with prior leadership experience
  • Proven ownership of SOC2, ISO 27001 compliance in a SaaS environment (from readiness through audits and ongoing maintenance)
  • Experience building or scaling security programs in small to mid-sized tech companies or startups
  • Strong understanding of cloud (AWS/GCP/Azure), SaaS architectures, and modern DevOps environments
  • Strong grasp on Terraform, Kubernetes, SLA, SLOs
  • Comfortable managing both people and programs—able to zoom out strategically and dive in when needed
  • Experience partnering with GTM teams and supporting customer-facing security needs
  • Solid working knowledge of IT operations, identity management, and endpoint security
  • Clear communicator who can explain risk and tradeoffs to technical and non-technical audiences alike.

Benefits:

  • Competitive wellness benefits including Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability and Life
  • 401(k)
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Flexible work schedule - WFH, WFO
  • Flexible Time Off
  • World Class Culture