Senior Director, Information Security Engineering

JLL is empowering individuals to shape a brighter future in real estate through innovative services and technology. They are seeking a Senior Director of Cybersecurity Engineering to lead a specialized team in developing automated security defenses and cloud infrastructure protection.

Responsibilities:

• Define the roadmap for security automation and engineering, ensuring all custom-built tools align with the broader enterprise security strategy
• Lead, mentor, and scale a high-performing team of security engineers and developers. Foster a culture of technical excellence and continuous learning
• Oversee the end-to-end lifecycle (design, dev, test, deploy) of custom security tooling, automated remediation workflows, and internal security products
• Direct the implementation of security controls within AWS, ensuring that 'Security as Code' is integrated into every layer of our cloud footprint
• Champion the integration of security into the DevOps pipeline, ensuring that automated scanning, linting, and policy-as-code are baked into the deployment process
• Maintain high standards for code quality and documentation. Ensure all automations are resilient, observable, and easily maintainable
• Distill highly complex technical risks and architectural designs into clear, concise briefings for non-technical stakeholders and executive leadership

Requirements:

• 8+ years of experience leading technical teams, with a proven track record of delivering complex security or cloud engineering projects
• Deep hands-on experience with AWS services (e.g., Lambda, IAM, GuardDuty, CloudTrail) and modern development practices
• Strong proficiency in at least one programming language (Python, Go, or similar) and a 'developer-first' mindset toward security
• Expert-level understanding of CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins) and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or CloudFormation)
• Exceptional organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple high-priority workstreams in an environment that changes daily
• Ability to articulate technical concepts with extreme clarity and brevity, whether in a deep-dive engineering review or a Board-level presentation