United States

NetBox Labs is hiring a Director of Security & IT

Responsibilities

  • Develop and refine security architecture for SaaS, on-prem, and distributed agent systems.
  • Set foundational design standards for multi-tenancy, identity and access management, secrets handling, and cloud perimeters.
  • Collaborate closely with engineering leadership to integrate security into development lifecycles.
  • Lead governance, risk, and compliance programs, with a focus on SOC 2 readiness and audit compliance.
  • Treat AI security as a core domain and collaborate with AI teams to influence secure product development.
  • Establish internal policies for AI use, covering data access, third-party risk, model retention, and prompt security.
  • Analyze how AI adoption impacts privilege structures, data flows, and potential attack vectors.
  • Ensure AI integration enhances productivity without introducing uncontrolled data risks.
  • Define security integration in CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, identity, secrets, and software supply chain processes with engineering teams.
  • Lead the design of monitoring, detection, and incident response systems across cloud and development environments.
  • Manage penetration testing initiatives and ensure results drive lasting technical improvements.
  • Expand the DevSecOps function by hiring and mentoring engineers focused on security tooling and automation.
  • Supervise the IT/InfoSec Manager and advance corporate IT, governance, and compliance capabilities.
  • Enforce strong security controls for endpoints, vendor access, and employee lifecycle management.
  • Synchronize IT operations and compliance activities with engineering-led security frameworks.

Compensation

Competitive salary and equity package

Work Arrangement

Hybrid or remote with team coordination across time zones

Team

Cross-functional collaboration with engineering, AI, platform, and product teams

Responsibilities

  • Define and continuously evolve security architecture across our multi-tenant SaaS platform, on-prem product, and distributed agent systems.
  • Establish security design principles for multi-tenant isolation, IAM, secrets management, and cloud boundaries.
  • Embed security into engineering workflows through strong partnership with Engineering Directors and Principal Engineers.
  • Own governance, risk, and compliance strategy, including SOC 2 maturity and audit readiness.
  • Treat AI security as a first-class security domain and partner with our AI leaders to shape secure AI product strategy from inception.
  • Define guardrails for internal AI usage, including data access boundaries, vendor risk, model retention policies, and prompt leakage risks.
  • Anticipate how AI changes privilege models, data routing, and attack surface area.
  • Ensure AI adoption increases leverage without creating uncontrolled data exposure.
  • Define how security is embedded into CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code, identity systems, secrets management, and software supply chain workflows in partnership with platform and product engineering teams.
  • Guide the design of logging, detection, and response capabilities across our cloud and developer environments.
  • Oversee penetration testing programs and ensure findings translate into durable engineering improvements.
  • Build and grow the DevSecOps capability over time, including hiring dedicated engineers to own security tooling and automation.
  • Directly manage and coach the IT/InfoSec Manager and help mature the corporate IT, governance, risk, and compliance function.
  • Ensure endpoint security, vendor access, onboarding/offboarding, and internal systems meet strong security standards.
  • Align IT operations and compliance processes with engineering-driven security architecture.

Available for qualified candidates

Required Skills
Cloud ArchitectureTeam LeadershipSoftware Development LifecycleDevSecOps
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NetBox Labs
NetBox Labs builds the future of infrastructure networking and open-source innovation. As the commercial steward of NetBox, the leading open-source network source of truth, we help organizations scale, secure, and automate their infrastructure.
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Job Details
Department Information Technology
Category management
Posted 3 months ago