Hybrid Director of Engineering – Security & Compliance Engineering

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About the role

  • Director leading Security & Compliance Engineering for Pearson Software Group to embed security into SDLC and manage risk effectively.

Responsibilities

  • Architect and institutionalize secure SDLC practices (threat modeling, secure coding, dependency hygiene, automated testing, release gating).
  • Own DevSecOps integration across CI/CD (SAST/DAST/IAST, secrets scanning, SBOM, container/image hardening, IaC policy checks).
  • Drive “shift-left” security through reusable CI/CD templates, policy-as-code, and golden paths.
  • Partner with platform/SRE to enforce WAF, API AuthN/AuthZ, mTLS, and runtime protections via guardrails—not gates.
  • Publish “paved road” toolchains, reference architectures, and code libraries with secure defaults.
  • Stand up sandboxed environments (e.g., GitPod) and secure-by-default scaffolds to accelerate teams.
  • Deliver targeted training for engineers (OWASP, secrets, auth, threat modeling) tied to real code and pipelines.
  • Lead SOC 2 Type 2, HECVAT, and institutional reviews using automated evidence from pipelines and platforms.
  • Define OKRs and SLAs for vulnerability remediation, secrets rotation, agent coverage, and audit readiness; publish executive dashboards.
  • Align compliance asks with product/engineering roadmaps; triage by business risk and customer impact.
  • Own vulnerability management (Qualys/Snyk/OSS posture), secrets lifecycle and key rotation, and perimeter/API security.
  • Continuously monitor control health; ensure clear ownership, escalation paths, and exception processes.
  • Improve MTTD/MTTR by integrating detections with engineering telemetry and runbooks.
  • Optimize run costs for security tooling and tests; ensure renewals/SOWs are timely and value-based.
  • Report posture, compliance status, and maturity trends; drive continuous improvement and transparency.
  • Champion a blameless, learning culture that balances speed and safety.

Requirements

  • 10+ years in software engineering or DevSecOps; 5+ years leading secure SDLC at scale (cloudfirst; AWS preferred).
  • Expertise in CI/CD automation, SAST/DAST/IAST, SBOM/OSS governance, secrets management,and API/perimeter security.
  • Hands-on experience integrating controls into developer workflows (policy-as-code, pipelines, pre-commit/pre-merge checks).
  • Proven delivery of SOC 2 Type 2/HECVAT using automated, system-of-record evidence.
  • Executive communication; OKR setting; budget ownership; ability to influence product/engineering/security.

Benefits

  • Eligible to participate in an annual incentive program

Job title

Director of Engineering – Security & Compliance Engineering

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

$170,000 - $195,000 per year

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

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