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Director, Cyber Security Development & Automation

Chicago, IL, USFull-time2026-10-30 → 2026-11-09

Core

Lead a team of developers and automation engineers to build full-stack security applications, AI-enabled agents, and automation capabilities that protect clients, data, and infrastructure.

Role type

Director, Cyber Security Development & Automation

Builds

Security workflow automation programs, reusable integration patterns, AI-enabled applications, and LLM-based vulnerability scanning solutions.

Domain

Financial Services / Cyber Security / AI Engineering

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Cybersecurity strategy, software engineering leadership, security automation, cloud engineering, Python-based automation, API integrations, CI/CD, workflow orchestration, LLM solution patterns, AI agent workflows, prompt engineering, model evaluation, AI guardrails, regulated environment delivery, audit readiness, change management.

Preferred skills

Financial services leadership, global team management.

Technologies

Python, LLMs, AI agents, RAG, CI/CD, Cloud-native services.

Responsibilities

Set strategic direction and roadmap for security development; translate cyber risk priorities into executable initiatives; manage delivery portfolio for automation and AI capabilities; partner with security, risk, and architecture teams; recruit, coach, and mentor senior technical talent.

Seniority

Director, strategic leadership with hands-on technical oversight.