Director Information Security

From Fivetran’s founding until now, our mission has remained the same: to make access to data as simple and reliable as electricity. With Fivetran, customer data arrives in their warehouses, canonical and ready to query, with no engineering or maintenance required. We’re proud that more organizations continue to leverage our technology every day to become truly data-driven.

  About the Role   Fivetran is building data pipelines to power the modern data stack for thousands of companies.   We’re looking for a Director of Information Security leader to drive strategic security improvements, improve team operations. The ideal candidate will lead Fivetran’s vulnerability management, application, and cloud security teams. In this position you will report to the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and play a critical role in the security of Fivetran’s products.   The work is very diverse and will vary from high level strategic planning down to hands-on direct contributions defining security processes and collaboration between departments and teams. You’ll also be responsible for ensuring the technical excellence of your team and positive security outcomes for Fivetran’s product offerings.    This is a full-time, hybrid position out of our Oakland in the US.   Technologies You’ll Use   AWS, Azure, GCP, Java, BigQuery, SAST, DAST, SCA, Looker, Height   What You’ll Do  

• Lead and grow our application and cloud security teams
• Operationalize and scale Fivetran’s vulnerability management, bug bounty, and red team operations 
• Drive key improvements to secure our development processes 
• Work collaboratively with other departments including Engineering and Product teams
• Identify security risks in current and future systems 
• Motivate other departments/teams along their security journey
• Build data driven metrics to represent the maturity state of the security program
• Create alignment with senior leadership to set and communicate the strategy, values, budget, and priorities of the team
• Enhance the performance and career development of members of the team through effective coaching, guidance, and career development

  Skills We’re Looking For  

• Proven experience in a strategic security leadership role at a SaaS company
• Ability to deeply understand how Fivetran systems work when calculating risk and defining requirements
• The ability to both “lead” and “do”
• Experience in application security, cloud architecture, Java applications, and compliance frameworks
• Ability to communicate complex security concepts to diverse audiences
• Excellent leadership and communication skills with a track record of building strong relationships with teammates, software engineers, SRE, and product managers

  Bonus Skills​  

• Experience with infrastructure security components and configuration for AWS/GCP/Azure
• Proven results encouraging adoption of a security mindset into an organization’s processes, and SDLC habits
• Success in building/supporting security-focused engineering community, culture and security champion programs

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This range represents base salary only and does not include incentive for sales roles, equity, or  benefits, if applicable. 

Pay Range$214,883—$268,604 USD

 

Perks and Benefits

 

• 100% employer-paid medical insurance*
• Generous paid time-off policy (PTO), plus paid sick time, inclusive parental leave policy, holidays, and volunteer days off
• RSU stock grants*
• Professional development and training opportunities
• Company virtual happy hours, free food, and fun team-building activities
• Monthly cell phone stipend
• Recharge, reenergize, and pursue personal and professional goals with a 30-day paid leave after 5 years*
• Access to an innovative mental health support platform that offers personalized care and resources in areas such as: therapy, coaching, and self-guided mindfulness exercises for all covered employees and their covered dependents.

*May vary by country and worker type - please reach out to your recruiter for more information

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We’re honored to be valued at over $5.6 billion, but more importantly, we’re proud of our core values of Get Stuck In, Do the Right Thing, and One Team, One Dream. Read about us in Forbes.     

Fivetran brings together high-quality talent across the globe to make data access as easy and reliable as electricity for our customers. We value and recognize that our customers benefit from having innovative teams made of people from many backgrounds, experiences, and identities. Fivetran promotes diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging through attracting, recruiting, developing, and retaining a diverse workforce, not only because it is the right thing to do, but because it helps us build a world-class company to better serve our customers, our people and our communities.

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