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Director, Cyber Security Development & Automation

Chicago, IL, USFull-time$165k2026-10-09 → 2026-11-10
No visa sponsorship

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 engineering, responsible AI practices, regulated environment delivery.

Preferred skills

Financial services leadership, global team management, ServiceNow/ITSM integrations, Azure AI/Functions/Terraform, vulnerability management.

Technologies

Python, Azure AI Foundry, Azure Functions, Logic Apps, GitHub Actions, Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, LLMs, RAG.

Responsibilities

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

Seniority

Director, strategic leadership with hands-on technical oversight