VP of Engineering, Security
VP of Engineering, Security
Mission
Build and lead security engineering teams
Tour of Duty
Build a security team that protects the company
About This Job Family
People in this job family build the systems and code that power products. From frontend interfaces to backend services to infrastructure, they design, implement, and maintain the technical foundation that everything else depends on. Good engineering is measured in reliability, scalability, and velocity.
What You'll Do
Security Engineers protect systems from threats—building secure architectures, finding vulnerabilities, and responding to incidents. They think like attackers to defend like experts, embedding security into development practices rather than bolting it on. Success means systems that resist attack and incidents that get caught early.
- • Build and lead security engineering teams that protect the company
- • Define organizational structure for security engineering
- • Establish hiring standards for security engineers
- • Create the operating model for security engineering excellence
- • Partner with executives on security investment priorities
- • Develop security engineering managers and technical leaders
Every responsibility is an accomplishment waiting to happen. The question is: will you own the outcome, or just do the task?
AI as an Accelerator
AI isn't a skill we call out. It's invisible in the accomplishment but easily visible in the velocity and scale of your outcomes. Here's how people in this role are accelerating their work with AI:
- → Building security dashboards
- → Analyzing team patterns
- → Creating hiring frameworks
Your Career Record
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The Competencies That Matter
Skills fill your toolbox. Competencies are how you wield them. Three matter most at this level:
1. IT OPERATIONS (2) Strong IT Operations skills required at this level.
2. SOFTWARE ENGINEERING (2) You set technical direction that shapes company architecture. Your decisions have multi-year implications.
3. INFORMATION SECURITY (1) Strong Information Security skills required at this level.
The radar shows the full picture. These three are where you need to be undeniable.
Your Journey From Here
Going up? Your next Tour of Duty:
→ SVP of Engineering, Security - Security (L9) "Transform security practices across the org"
The L8 → L9 gap is about ORGANIZATIONAL IMPACT: • From functional leadership → company leadership • From technical strategy → business strategy • From building teams → building organizations
These are your stretch accomplishments. Start doing L9 work now. When you can prove it with accomplishments, you're ready.
Going sideways? That's valid too.
Up isn't the only direction. It's your career. You own it.
Competency Requirements
Competency Shape
- Software Engineering
- Proficiency: 2
- IT Operations
- Proficiency: 2
- Information Security
- Proficiency: 1
- Strategy
- Proficiency: 1
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Effective Date
July 2025
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