Director of Information Security (6055)

Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Type: Direct Hire

Job #6055

Salary: $180,000

Director of Information Security – Fort Lauderdale, FL

Lead the development of a modern cybersecurity program with the opportunity to build security capabilities from the ground up. This direct-hire role offers executive visibility, broad cross-functional influence, and the chance to use automation and AI to scale security operations while strengthening business resilience.

Quick Facts

Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida Employment Type: Direct Hire, onsite License/Certifications: Bachelor’s degree in a relevant technical field or equivalent practical experience; CISSP or CISM preferred Experience: 10+ years in progressive information security and IT roles, including 5+ years in leadership or management

Pay & Benefits

$180,000 to $200,000 (based on experience).

What You’ll Do

Develop and execute a cybersecurity roadmap aligned with business risk, operational resilience, and organizational goals. Advise executive leaders on security posture, risk treatment options, priorities, and investment decisions. Partner with IT infrastructure, cloud, systems, application, and business owners to integrate practical security controls into technology workflows. Design and implement automation using SOAR, scripting, APIs, native platform capabilities, and applied AI to reduce manual work and improve threat detection and response. Document existing technical practices and informal workflows as clear policies, standards, procedures, and operational controls. Establish security metrics, service-level targets, vulnerability remediation tracking, and executive reporting. Own and improve enterprise incident response planning, automated response playbooks, tabletop exercises, identity governance, access reviews, and joiner/mover/leaver processes.

What You Need

Required

10+ years of progressive experience in information security and IT. 5+ years of experience in security leadership or management. Demonstrated success designing and implementing automation through SOAR, scripting, API integrations, or platform automation. Experience transforming an undocumented or loosely structured technical environment into a documented, metrics-driven security operation. Experience developing or directing incident response plans, automated playbooks, and cross-functional simulations. Strong ability to collaborate with IT leaders, systems engineers, application owners, and business stakeholders. Excellent executive communication skills, including the ability to explain technical risk and recommendations in clear business terms. Strong mentoring, coaching, and security enablement skills.

Preferred

Experience with firewall configuration, network protocols, Active Directory, SAML, scripting and coding, privileged access management, CASB, zero trust, identity governance platforms, and agentic or generative AI tools. Experience benchmarking controls against frameworks such as CIS Critical Security Controls or NIST CSF. CISSP, CISM, or a comparable security certification.

About the Assignment

You will join a leading facility in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where you will formalize and mature the cybersecurity program while partnering closely with existing technology teams. This role is ideal for a pragmatic, personable security leader who can build trust, teach security practices, improve documentation, and help teams adopt secure solutions without unnecessary operational friction.

NextPath is an Equal Opportunity Employer (“EEO”)/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities/E-Verify Employer and welcomes all to apply to NextPath. #LI-DV1 #LI-Onsite

Unfortunately, at this time our client is unable to sponsor or transfer visas. Only candidates authorized to work in the US without sponsorship should apply.

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