Director of Cyber Security Operations

The Company

U.S. Financial Technology (U.S. Fin Tech) is seeking an experienced Director of Cyber Security Operations to join our team of talented professionals. This is a full-time remote opportunity.

U.S. Fin Tech built and operates the largest and most advanced mortgage securitization platform in the world, supporting the Uniform Mortgage-Backed Security (UMBS) of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Supporting 70% of the mortgage-backed securities in the market, U.S. Fin Tech provides best-in-class single-family issuance, bond administration, disclosure, and tax services. We support a broad portfolio of products for our clients with full lifecycle management.

Our market-leading, cloud-based, end-to-end platform executes transactions on an extraordinary scale which has bolstered liquidity in the secondary mortgage market, one of the largest and most important financial markets in the world. Our unique approach to securitization combines the best minds in financial services with the know-how, flexibility, and innovation of leading technologists.

Job Information

The Director of Cyber Security Operations leads enterprise-wide security operations that protect the organization’s cloud-native and hybrid infrastructure, data, employee, and digital assets. This position is accountable for end-to-end cybersecurity monitoring, incident response, digital forensics, and supporting risk-reduction programs that preserve resilience and regulatory compliance. The role oversees advanced security architecture and tooling (SIEM, SOAR, AI/ML analytics), defines and reports organizational risk posture to executive leadership and regulators, and drives continuous innovation through process automation and technology modernization.

This leader develops high-performing teams across monitoring, response, engineering, and cloud disciplines while integrating cybersecurity operations with enterprise IT and infrastructure functions to maintain audit-ready, financial-grade defenses.

Key Job Functions

• Lead and mature enterprise-scale monitoring operations, including 24×7 Security Operations Center (SOC) oversight, real-time detection and alerting programs, telemetry optimization, and automation to reduce mean time to detect and respond.

• Direct incident response and forensics programs, coordinating containment, eradication, and recovery across infrastructure and application domains while managing executive and regulatory communications during major security events.

• Support risk-reduction initiatives encompassing vulnerability management, secure configuration baselines, patch governance, system integrity/authorized change, and compliance alignment for reduction in residual enterprise risk.

• Architect and operationalize security platforms and analytics, implementing SIEM, SOAR, and AI/ML-driven tooling that enhance detection, automation, and response at enterprise scale.

• Support cloud-native, hybrid and associated security operations, embedding Dev Sec Ops  practices, workload segmentation, and identity governance across cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP).

• Define and report cyber-risk posture to executive leadership and regulatory bodies, aligning operational practices with enterprise risk frameworks and audit requirements.

• Drive innovation and process automation in cybersecurity operations, evaluating emerging technologies to enhance predictive detection, orchestration, and operational efficiency.

• Build, mentor, and lead high-performance cybersecurity teams across monitoring, response, engineering, and cloud disciplines, ensuring accountability and professional growth.

• Integrate cybersecurity operations with infrastructure and IT processes, enforcing secure configuration standards, consistent baselines, and…