Why USAA?
At USAA, our mission is to empower our members to achieve financial security through highly competitive products, exceptional service and trusted advice. We seek to be the #1 choice for the military community and their families.
Embrace a fulfilling career at USAA, where our core values – honesty, integrity, loyalty and service – define how we treat each other and our members. Be part of what truly makes us special and impactful.
We are proud to support active-duty military spouses. USAA roles may offer remote or hybrid flexibility for active-duty military spouses consistent with applicable policy and business needs.
The Opportunity
As Director, Cybersecurity Engineering, you will lead the engineering organization responsible for the technology foundation that enables USAA's Cyber Threat Operations Center (CTOC). You will be accountable for the strategy, engineering, delivery, modernization, reliability, and lifecycle of critical cybersecurity platforms, infrastructure, applications, integrations, and automation supporting Endpoint Protection, Vulnerability Management, ASPM, SIEM, SOAR, and SSPM. You will also help shape the next generation of cyber defense through AI Security, Agentic SOC, Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM), and increased automation of security operations.
We offer a flexible work environment that requires an individual to be in the office 4 days per week. This position can be based in San Antonio, TX location. Relocation assistance is available for this position.
What you'll do:
Lead the Cybersecurity Engineering organization, engineering strategy, and multi-year technology roadmap responsible for the platforms, infrastructure, applications, and integrations that enable USAA's Cyber Threat Operations Center (CTOC).
Ensure the reliability, resiliency, availability, scalability, and recoverability of critical cybersecurity platforms by establishing engineering standards, platform health metrics, lifecycle practices, capacity management, and operational readiness expectations.
Partner closely with Cyber Threat Operations to translate operational and threat-defense requirements into engineering capabilities, ensuring technology investments improve USAA's ability to prevent, detect, investigate, contain, and respond to cyber threats.
Lead the engineering evolution toward next-generation security operations, including AI Security, AI-assisted cyber operations, Agentic SOC capabilities, and Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM), with appropriate security, governance, architecture, and human oversight.
Responsible for strategic ownership of critical security domains or capabilities, develops multi-year roadmaps and/or a leader of Manager Seniors.
Establishes and ensures compliant execution of their information security domain's short- and long-term strategic vision, strategy, goals, and metrics and governs the overall policies, standards, and procedures for their assigned information security domain.
Directs and ensures effective operation of an enterprise information security domain including capacity, resilience and dependability capabilities and how changes in conditions, operations, or the environment will affect the system's operation.
Develops, reviews and communicates information security risk management policies and procedures in partnership with the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and other senior leaders to ensure appropriateness and adequacy versus industry best practices and regulatory requirements.
Interfaces with external regulators to represent USAA in discussions regarding their specific information security domain.
Oversees the continuous monitoring of cybersecurity activities and alerts senior management to potential risks, compliance issues, and operational inefficiencies.
Develops, designs, and delivers a sustainable governance and assurance model across multiple domains and the Enterprise.
Identifies, monitors and evaluates operational solutions to reduce…