Job Description

Position Overview

The board is set and the pieces are moving. You’re here to build a legacy of security excellence as Chainguard scales at hyperspeed. You will champion the adoption of cutting-edge security practices and technology. You will foster a culture of excellence, optimism, and transparency around cybersecurity. Your role is to lead some of our most strategic initiatives in security. If you’re a leader who can outthink adversaries several moves ahead, navigate complex scenarios, and energize a team that delights in checking every cyber threat, we should talk.

Base Salary Range

$195,000 - $220,000 USD

Employment Type

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Location Type

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Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and coach our trailblazing threat detection and response (TDR) team. Can you lead this talented team to new heights?
• Own and evolve incident readiness: Design best-in-class 24/7 detection and lightning-fast response processes that leave attackers looking for easier targets.
• Supercharge our detection toolset. Assess and implement the latest defense tech (traditional and new school) so we can detect, disrupt, and contain threats at machine speed before your second coffee.
• Work cross-functionally to weave security best practices into every nook and cranny of our engineering, product, and tech pipeline.
• Engage externally with partners, customers, and auditors, representing Chainguard’s security posture and communicating with calm confidence even on “interesting” days.
• Stay plugged in to the wild world of threat intelligence, new adversary tactics, and all the cutting-edge tricks. Channel that knowledge to inform strategy and strengthen our defenses.
• Ensure what we do lines up with all the right security frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001, and friends). Help organize risk management, compliance, and audit activities without succumbing to acronym overload.

Requirements

• You’ve led high-performing TDR, SOC, or threat hunting teams especially in cloud-native or enterprise settings. If you have stories about cloud incidents that end happily ever after, we’re listening.
• You bring hands-on experience designing and scaling detection and prevention mechanisms in AWS, GCP, Azure, and modern CI/CD land.
• Incident response, cloud forensics, and tracking down sneaky modern-day digital troublemakers aren’t just on your resume they fuel your curiosity.
• Communication is your superpower. You can translate “zero day” into “don’t worry” for execs, engineers, and customers alike.
• Leadership for you means inspiring optimism, building trust, and making your team feel empowered.
• Intrinsic curiosity, proactive action, and the ability to juggle multiple projects are your bread and butter. Multitasking stress dreams? You call those “Thursday.”
• Bonus points for:
  • Automation chops (Go, Python, Shell, or a script of your own invention).
  • Enthusiasm for compliance checklists. You may be on a first-name basis with various frameworks.

About Us

Chainguard is the secure foundation for software development and deployment. By providing guarded open source software, built from source and continuously updated, Chainguard helps organizations eliminate threats in their software supply chains.

Founded by the industry's leading experts on open source software, security, and cloud native development, Chainguard has built the largest library of open source software that is secure by default.

Chainguard’s mission is to be the safe source for open source.

Company Values

• Customer Obsessed: We focus on delivering solutions to our customers that create value and make their lives better.
• Bias for Intentional Action: We prioritize, plan, try things, and fail fast.
• Don’t Take Ourselves Too Seriously (but we do serious work): We are solving an important problem which takes focus, but we also like to enjoy the journey.
• Trust Each Other and Assume Good Intentions: We’re transparent with decisions to empower our team.

Application Instructions

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