Director, Security Engineering

Job Description
Position Summary: The Director, Security Engineering is responsible for leading and advancing Inmar’s enterprise security engineering capabilities across infrastructure, application security, vulnerability management, and emerging security domains. This role provides strategic direction, operational leadership, and technical oversight to ensure security is embedded into the design, development, and operation of systems across the organization.

This leader partners closely with IT, engineering, product, and business teams to deliver scalable, resilient, and secure solutions that protect Inmar’s assets while enabling innovation and growth. The Director drives alignment to industry frameworks (e.g., NIST, CIS, OWASP) and reinforces a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and customer first thinking.

Job Description

Position Summary:

This position can be located on site at the headquarters in Winston Salem, NC or remote within the continental US.

Primary Accountabilities:

Major Responsibilities/Essential Functions: 

Strategic Leadership & Execution

• Define and execute the security engineering strategy aligned to enterprise risk, business priorities, and regulatory expectations

• Lead multiple domains including Infrastructure Security, Application Security, Vulnerability Management, and Security Assessment/Research

• Establish clear roadmaps, priorities, and measurable outcomes tied to organizational goals and SMART targets

• Drive a “prevent, detect, respond” mindset across all engineering functions

Team Leadership & Development

• Lead and develop high-performing managers and engineering teams across global locations

• Establish clear accountability, ownership, and performance expectations

• Coach leaders to drive consistent execution, transparency, and continuous improvement

• Foster a culture aligned to Inmar values: truth-seeking, empowerment, and high accountability

Security Engineering & Architecture Oversight

• Ensure secure design and implementation across:

  • Cloud and infrastructure security (network, endpoint, IAM, SaaS)

  • Application and API security (secure SDLC, WAF, code analysis, DevSecOps)

  • Vulnerability management and remediation programs

  • Security tooling including SIEM, automation, and AI security capabilities

• Drive standardization, automation, and efficiency in security controls and processes

• Partner with architecture and engineering teams to embed security into platforms and services

Risk Reduction & Operational Excellence

• Continuously assess and improve security posture across enterprise environments

• Oversee vulnerability identification, prioritization, and remediation strategies

• Ensure effective use of metrics, KPIs, and reporting to track risk reduction and program maturity

• Support incident response readiness through strong engineering and detection capabilities

Cross-Functional Partnership

• Partner with IT, Software Engineering, Product, Legal, Compliance, and business leaders to align security with business outcomes

• Support regulatory and audit requirements (e.g., HIPAA, PCI, NYDFS, DEA, personal data protection standards)

• Collaborate with third-party vendors and service providers to ensure secure service delivery

Innovation & Emerging Capabilities

• Lead assessment and adoption of emerging technologies including AI security and advanced threat detection

• Drive research and evaluation of new tools and techniques to enhance security effectiveness

• Ensure scalability of security capabilities to support business growth and global operations

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field or equivalent work experience required.  Masters degree preferred

• 10+ years of experience cybersecurity with strong focus on security engineering and infrastructure; or any equivalent combination of experience and training that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to complete the major responsibilities/essential             functions of the position

• 5+ years of leadership experience managing multiple teams and managers

• Deep expertise across infrastructure, cloud, application security, and vulnerability management

• Experience aligning security programs to frameworks suc