Director Cyber Security

## Director Cyber Security Apply locations:
Richardson, TXtime type:
Full time posted on:
Posted Yesterday job requisition :
JR105503

Texas Capital is built to help businesses and their leaders. Our depth of knowledge and expertise allows us to bring the best of the big firms at a scale that works for our clients, with highly experienced bankers who truly invest in people’s success — today and tomorrow.

While we are rooted in core financial products, we are differentiated by our approach. Our bankers are seasoned financial experts who possess deep experience across a multitude of industries. Equally important, they bring commitment — investing the time and resources to understand our clients’ immediate needs, identify market opportunities and meet long-term objectives. At Texas Capital, we do more than build business success.

We build long-lasting relationships.

Texas Capital provides a variety of benefits to colleagues, including health insurance coverage, wellness program, fertility and family building aids, life and disability insurance, retirement savings plans with a generous 401K match, paid leave programs, paid holidays, and paid time off (PTO).Headquartered in Dallas with offices in Austin, Fort Worth, Houston, Richardson, Plano and San Antonio, Texas Capital was recently named Best Regional Bank in 2024 by Bankrate and was named to
* The Dallas Morning News*’ Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex Top Workplaces 2023 and Go Banking Rate ’s 2023 list of Best Regional Banks. For more information about joining our team, please visit us at
** Responsibilities
* ** Own the enterprise cybersecurity reference architecture — define standards, patterns, and guardrails for network security, endpoint protection, cloud security, data protection, and application security.
* Lead a team of security architects and engineers; set clear performance expectations, mentor technical talent, and cultivate a culture of engineering excellence.
* Plan, execute, and manage the integration of new security technologies into existing systems and infrastructure throughout the enterprise.
* Design and maintain a defense-in-depth posture across hybrid cloud environments (AWS, Azure) including network segmentation, micro-segmentation, encryption in transit and at rest, and secrets management.
* Drive security automation and infrastructure-as-code strategies to improve detection coverage, reduce manual toil, and accelerate deployment of security controls.
* Present technology briefings and architecture decision records to the CISO, CIO, and business line leadership.
* Build and maintain relationships with development, cloud engineering, infrastructure, and operations teams to embed security into platform and application delivery pipelines.
* Evaluate, select, and manage security technology vendors — align vendor capabilities with enterprise strategy and ensure integration cohesion across the security stack.
* Ensure security architecture decisions align with regulatory frameworks including NIST CSF, NIST 800-53, Cyber Risk Institute, FFIEC, and other industry authoritative sources.
* Lead the architecture and engineering response during major security incidents — rapid containment design, forensic tooling deployment, and post-incident hardening.
* Perform technical risk assessments of new platforms, third-party integrations, and proposed architectural changes; provide security design review sign-off for enterprise projects.
* Maintain technology roadmaps for SIEM/SOAR, EDR/XDR, network detection, cloud security posture management (CSPM), and data loss prevention (DLP) capabilities among others.
** Qualifications
* ** Preferred Bachelor’s degree in Information Security, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
* Minimum 10 years of progressive experience in cybersecurity architecture, security engineering, or a closely related discipline.
* 5+ years’ experience in Financial Services or Banking — familiarity with OCC, FFIEC, and SEC regulatory expectations required.
* 5+ years’ experience leading people managers and building high-performing technical teams.
* Advanced knowledge of security and control frameworks (NIST CSF, NIST 800-53, FFIEC…