Senior Director of Cyber Defense Architecture & Engineering
Cencora · Dallas, TX
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Role summary
Senior Director role leading enterprise cyber defense architecture, detection, and response capabilities across endpoint, network, cloud, identity, and data environments. Responsible for building resilient, intelligence-driven platforms and establishing security frameworks to protect corporate assets and brand.
What they're looking for
- Extensive experience designing and implementing enterprise-scale cyber defense architectures
- Deep knowledge of detection engineering, SIEM, SOAR, EDR/XDR, and threat intelligence platforms
- Demonstrated expertise in Zero Trust architecture and cloud security (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Strong understanding of MITRE ATT&CK framework and threat-driven security design
- Experience leading large, distributed teams of detection and platform engineers
- Knowledge of global regulatory compliance (HIPAA, GDPR, SOX, FDA/GxP)
- Proficiency with automation, AI/ML integration, and policy-as-code approaches
What you'll be doing
- Define and execute enterprise cyber defense architecture strategy aligned with threat landscape and risk appetite
- Develop layered defense models across endpoint, network, cloud, identity, and SaaS platforms
- Establish detection engineering standards, logging requirements, and reference architectures globally
- Evaluate and integrate security tools and technologies including SIEM, SOAR, NDR, and deception platforms
- Lead global team of detection engineers, platform engineers, and automation specialists
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