Director, Security Engineering

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The Associated Press is an independent global news organization dedicated to factual reporting. Founded in 1846, AP today remains the most trusted source of fast, accurate, unbiasednews in all formats and the essential provider of the technology and services vital to the news business. More than half the world's population sees AP journalism every day.

Trust is AP's most important asset. Every day, AP journalists, systems and customers depend on technology that must be secure, resilient and available — in newsrooms, in the field and across a global content distribution network that serves media organizations and businesses around the world.

AP's Cybersecurity team, part of the Technology organization under the Chief Technology Officer, protects AP's people, journalism, platforms and data. We build the security capabilities that let AP report from anywhere, deliver content in real time and adopt new technologies with confidence.

We are seeking a hands‑on, strategic Director of Cyber Engineering to lead security engineering across product security, infrastructure and cloud security, cloud governance and network security. Reporting to the Senior Director of Cybersecurity, this is a senior leadership role within AP's security organization.

You will inherit and lead a team of established engineers, set technical direction for security engineering and turn security strategy into platforms, controls and practices that scale. You will stay close enough to the technology to review architecture, challenge designs and help solve hard problems.

Building strong partnerships across Technology and the wider AP organization will be central to this role. Security at AP succeeds through collaboration and this leader will help foster a culture where security is clearly understood, valued and built in from the start.

Define and execute a security engineering roadmap across products, infrastructure, cloud and network security, aligned with AP's technology and business priorities.

Own security architecture standards and reference designs for AP's cloud, on‑premises and network environments.

Advance modern security models such as zero trust, least‑privilege access and secure‑by‑default infrastructure.

Evaluate emerging threats and technologies, including risks introduced by AI, and translate them into practical engineering priorities.

Embed security into the software development lifecycle through threat modeling, secure design reviews, code and dependency scanning, and security testing.

Partner with product and engineering teams to integrate security into CI/CD pipelines without slowing delivery.

Establish clear, practical secure development standards and guidance for engineering teams.

Lead the security architecture and hardening of AP's cloud and infrastructure environments.

Establish and maintain cloud governance, including policies, guardrails, configuration standards and posture management across cloud accounts and services.

Drive security automation and infrastructure‑as‑code to improve consistency, reduce manual effort and scale controls.

Own the strategy and engineering of AP's network security controls across offices, data centers, cloud and remote workforce.

Modernize network security architecture, including segmentation, secure remote access and perimeter controls.

Lead, develop and grow a team of established security engineers, and build a culture of ownership, curiosity and continuous learning.

Develop trusted relationships with stakeholders…