Sr. Director Information Security

Senior Director, IT Security (CISO)

VIAVI is seeking a visionary and execution‑oriented Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) to lead and transform the company’s global information security program. Reporting directly to the CIO, the CISO will own VIAVI’s enterprise security strategy, architecture, operations, and culture, and serve as a key advisor to the cybersecurity steering committee.

• Define and execute the company’s global information and cybersecurity strategy aligned with business objectives, risk appetite, and growth plans.
• Serve as the primary cybersecurity advisor to the CIO, executive leadership, and Board on cyber resilience, threat landscape, and program maturity.
• Partner with the CTO, CIO, CFO, General Counsel, and other senior leaders to align security investments with enterprise strategy, product direction, and operational priorities.
• Embed security into VIAVI’s products and AI initiatives, extending secure‑by‑design principles.
• Champion a security‑first culture across VIAVI’s global workforce through training, clear policies, and executive engagement.
• Lead enterprise‑wide security governance, policy development, standards, and oversight mechanisms.
• Own and maintain the enterprise cyber risk register, including identification, prioritization, treatment, and reporting of material risks.
• Establish and maintain security programs aligned with ISO
  27001, CMMC/DFARS, FedRAMP, EUCRA, UKCEP, and other applicable standards.
• Develop metrics and reporting to assess security program effectiveness, risk reduction, compliance status, and operational maturity.
• Lead a comprehensive third‑party cybersecurity risk management program to assess, monitor, and mitigate vendor and cloud provider risks.
• Lead security operations across monitoring, detection, triage, escalation, containment, and remediation activities.
• Oversee and optimize the use of SIEM, DLP, endpoint security, vulnerability management, attack surface management, zero‑trust, SSE, and related technologies.
• Ensure strong cloud security architecture and operations, including IAM, network security, logging, data encryption, secrets management, posture management, and cloud‑native controls.
• Own and continuously test the incident response plan, playbooks, escalation procedures, stakeholder communications, and cyber incident preparedness.
• Direct crisis response during security incidents and ensure effective executive communications and stakeholder coordination.
• Oversee coordination of business continuity and disaster recovery planning in partnership with IT and business leaders.
• Embed security into the software development lifecycle by partnering with Engineering, Product, and Dev Ops on threat modeling, secure design and coding practices, vulnerability remediation, penetration testing, and secure release processes.
• Ensure security is designed into the company’s products, platforms, and AI initiatives with appropriate controls for data protection, model security, access governance, and responsible use.

• 15+ years of experience in information security, cybersecurity, risk management, or IT leadership roles, with at least 5+ years in senior security leadership positions.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Information Systems, or a related discipline;
  Master’s degree preferred.
• Proven success building, transforming, or maturing security programs in high‑growth, global technology environments, including establishing a Security Operations Center.
• Deep understanding of information security frameworks, technologies, and architectures, including cloud security, data protection, network security, and enterprise identity.
• Experience with SIEM tools, DLP, firewalls, EDR technologies, VPNs, authentication tools, etc.
• Experience with ISO
  27001, CMMC, FedRAMP, ITAR/EAR, and related compliance or regulatory environments.
• Background in industrial technology, hardware/IoT security, manufacturing, defense, aerospace, or government‑regulated sectors.
• Professional certifications such as CISSP, CCISO, or equivalent is desirable.

VIAVI Solutions is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer – minorities/females/veterans/persons with disabilities.