Backblaze
Backblaze6h ago
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$205,000 – $230,000/yr

Director of Security Operations

United StatesUnited StatesRemoteexecutive
OtherSecurity Operations
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Overview

Director, Security Operations Role Overview The Director of Security Operations leads the organization's day-to-day cybersecurity operations across traditional and AI-enabled environments.

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The Director of Security Operations leads the organization's day-to-day cybersecurity operations across traditional and AI-enabled environments. Reporting to the CISO, the Director leads Security Operations while partnering closely with the Director of Security Architecture & Engineering.

This is a hands-on technical leadership role requiring experience implementing and operating security controls as well as leading teams, incidents, and security programs.

Responsibilities

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  • Lead security monitoring, incident response, threat hunting, security analytics, vulnerability management, adversary emulation, identity security, and operational resilience.
  • Establish operational priorities, service objectives, metrics, playbooks, and processes based on organizational risk and business needs.
  • Serve as incident commander for significant cybersecurity events and ensure lessons learned drive improvements to controls and operations.
  • Drive responsible adoption of AI-assisted detection, investigation, vulnerability analysis, threat hunting, and response capabilities.
  • Ensure effective security monitoring and response for AI applications, autonomous agents, workloads, and non-human identities.
  • Use automation to reduce manual work and compress detection, analysis, containment, and remediation timelines.
  • Partner with Security Architecture & Engineering to ensure controls are effectively designed, implemented, operationalized, monitored, and validated.
  • Develop security talent and provide the CISO with clear reporting on incidents, exposure, operational performance, risk, and program maturity.

Requirements

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  • Experience leading Security Operations, Incident Response, Detection Engineering, Vulnerability Management, IAM, or related cybersecurity functions.
  • Demonstrated hands-on experience implementing and operating security controls across cloud, infrastructure, applications, identity, endpoints, and networks.
  • Strong technical understanding of security analytics, detection engineering, exposure management, adversary emulation, and identity security.
  • Experience leading significant cybersecurity incidents and cross-functional response activities.
  • Experience implementing security automation and AI-assisted operational capabilities.
  • Strong leadership, mentoring, communication, and executive presentation skills.
  • Experience in cloud-native or large-scale distributed environments and familiarity with modern cybersecurity and AI-risk frameworks is preferred.

What We Offer

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Healthcare for family, including dental and vision
Competitive compensation and 401K
RSU grants for full-time employees
ESPP program
Flexible vacation policy
Maternity & paternity leave
MacBook Pro to use for work plus a generous stipend to personalize your  workstation
Childcare bonus (human children only)
Fertility treatment and support
Learning & development program
Commuter benefits
Culture that supports a healthy work-life balance

Location & Eligibility

Where is the job
United States
Remote within one country
Who can apply
US

Listing Details

Posted
September 2, 2026
First seen
September 2, 2026
Last seen
September 2, 2026

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Backblaze
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Backblaze is a cloud storage innovator providing simplified and cost-efficient backup solutions for businesses and individuals.

Employees
350
Founded
2007
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BackblazeDirector of Security Operations$205k–$230k