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Senior Director, Cybersecurity Operations & Compliance

DDN
Santa Clara, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 9/19/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 10/17/2026
Roles And Responsibilities

  • Own the identity governance strategy, operating model, and control standards; lead access certification, role lifecycle, and segregation-of-duties programs with clear accountability for control coverage, exception handling, and decision ownership.
  • Develop the roadmap for SOX readiness and execute the plan to prepare the company for successful audit performance.
  • Architect and deploy a comprehensive IAM technology platform to automate access orchestration, manage privileged access, establish appropriate guardrails for enterprise AI, monitor and manage machine identities, and own a robust IdP/MFA platform.
  • Establish governance forums and escalation paths to resolve policy exceptions, toxic access combinations, and role-design conflicts.
  • Chair the IT architecture review board, assessing technology design, cost, capabilities, and third-party risk management.
  • Manage all public-cloud master accounts and subscriptions; monitor, assess, and optimize cost, least-privilege access, and access automation.
  • Direct workflow, analytics, and reporting to surface access risk, measure control effectiveness, and prioritize remediation based on exposure.
  • Manage risk exceptions and compensating controls when legacy systems, acquired businesses, or operational constraints prevent immediate compliance.
  • Lead the evaluation and modernization of the identity governance platform, processes, and data quality to improve scalability, automation, and evidence integrity.
  • Lead identity governance for M&A activities, managing environments where acquired technologies do not yet meet enterprise standards.

Job Requirements

  • 8 years of experience in information technology, with an emphasis on identity and access management, including 5 years leading IAM teams at the manager, director, or higher level.
  • Proven experience owning enterprise IAM strategy, including capital and operating budgets.
  • Deep hands-on expertise across all aspects of a comprehensive IAM program.
  • Experience managing hybrid environments that span on-premises or colocation infrastructure and at least one major cloud platform, such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
  • Deep knowledge of SOX compliance and a proven track record of building readiness programs that deliver successful outcomes.
  • Experience with access automation, configuration management, and modern operations practices.
  • Track record of building, leading, and retaining high-performing technical teams.
  • Legally authorized to work in the United States.

Compensation Range: $275K - $295K

Salary : $275,000 - $295,000

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