Director of Threat, Detection Response & Security Engineering (TDRE)

We are looking for a Director of Threat Detection, Response, and Security Engineering to join our team. In this strategic leadership role, you will be responsible for developing and executing a comprehensive security strategy, ensuring the organization is prepared to detect, respond to, and mitigate evolving threats effectively.

What you’ll be doing: 

• Develop and execute the strategic vision and roadmap for threat detection, response, and security engineering in alignment with the company's business objectives.
• Lead and mentor a team of security professionals, including analysts, engineers, and incident responders, fostering a culture of excellence, collaboration, and continuous learning.
• Oversee the design, implementation, and maintenance of security systems, tools, and technologies, ensuring they meet industry best practices and comply with regulatory requirements.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including product development, IT, legal, and compliance, to embed security into all aspects of our SaaS solutions and operations.
• Conduct risk assessments, vulnerability management, and security audits to identify and mitigate potential threats and vulnerabilities.
• Drive incident response efforts, ensuring timely and effective resolution of security incidents while minimizing customer impact and maintaining operational continuity.
• Stay abreast of emerging security threats, trends, and industry best practices, evaluating and implementing relevant security technologies and methodologies.
• Represent the company in security-related discussions with customers, partners, and regulatory bodies, demonstrating a deep understanding of our security practices and measures.
• Maintain relationships with external security organizations, participate in industry forums, and contribute to the overall security community.

What you should have:

• 5+ years  in a senior leadership role within threat detection, response, and security engineering, preferably in a SaaS environment.
• Experience leading engineering teams in agile frameworks
• Strong knowledge of security principles, protocols, technologies, and industry standards, with expertise in areas such as network security, endpoint security, threat intelligence, and cloud security.
• Demonstrated success in developing and executing strategic security initiatives, driving change, and influencing stakeholders at all levels.
• Experience leading and managing a diverse team, fostering a collaborative and inclusive work environment.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively communicate complex security concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong analytical thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities, particularly in high-pressure situations.
• Proven track record of staying current with the latest security trends, threats, and technologies, and applying them effectively in a corporate environment.

What we hope you have: 

• Knowledge and experiencing operationalizing and integrating SIEM tooling across complex engineering environments specifically sumo logic
• Experience in growing and mentoring security and engineering teams
• Experience in automating and integrating alerting, detection and building out middleware layers for automation purposes
• Experience in AWS environments, logging infrastructure, cloud trail, flow logs and use of AWS management resources

BENEFITS

• Open and transparent culture - Checkout this video to see what it’s like to work at Podium
• Remote first work setting for Engineering and Product
• Awesome opportunities for career growth
• Excellent medical, dental, and vision benefits
• 401k Plan
• Life insurance, long and short-term disability coverage
• Paid maternity and paternity leave
• Fertility Benefits
• Generous vacation time plus eight paid Federal Holidays
• Three four-day weekends for summer holidays (Memorial Day, Independence Day, & Labor Day) plus a winter holiday shutdown (the week between Christmas & New Year)
• Additional connection and community through Podium's Employee Resource Groups
• Bi-annual swag drops with cool Podium gear and apparel
• Monthly DoorDash credits for remote employees

Podium is an equal opportunity employer. Podium provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, genetic information, marital status or veteran status.