Cybersecurity Lead

Role: Cybersecurity Lead Location: Hybrid Role (Boston, MA, West Palm Beach, FL) / Remote with Travel Duration: 6 Month Contract To Hire. Position Summary The Cybersecurity Lead is responsible for developing the organization's cybersecurity strategy, ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of company and customer information. This role provides technical leadership across product security, enterprise security, cloud security, and compliance while partnering with engineering, IT, product management, and operations to embed security throughout the organization. The Cybersecurity Lead will play a critical role in protecting the company's physical security and identity management solutions from emerging cyber threats. Key Responsibilities · Develop Client's cybersecurity strategy aligned with business objectives and industry best practices. · Lead role in protecting the company and customers emerging cyber threats and to position the company at the forefront of security and compliance within the physical security industry · Establish and maintain secure software development lifecycle (SSDLC) practices · Ensure the architectures for cloud, on-premises, and hybrid product deployments include all necessary security design requirements · Collaborate with product management PAM and Zero Trust Security initiatives · Support customer security assessments, security questionnaires, audits and RFP responses. · Establish security metrics, KPIs and executive reporting to communicate cyber risk and program effectiveness · Build relationships with external security researchers, auditors and strategic technology partners Qualifications Required · Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field. · 8+ years of cybersecurity experience with increasing technical and leadership responsibilities. · Experience securing enterprise and cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud). · Strong knowledge of network security, application security, identity management, encryption, PKI, and secure authentication technologies. · Experience implementing security controls aligned with NIST CSF, CIS Controls, or ISO 27001. · Experience with vulnerability management, penetration testing, SIEM, EDR, and security monitoring tools. · Knowledge of DevSecOps practices, CI/CD security, and infrastructure-as-code security. · Strong understanding of security incident response and digital forensics. · Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain technical risks to executive leadership and customers. Preferred · Master's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or Engineering. · Professional certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CCSP, GIAC, Security+, or Azure/AWS Security certifications. · Knowledge of embedded systems security, firmware security, and secure device lifecycle management. · Experience working within regulated industries or government environments. Technical Skills · Zero Trust Architecture · Cloud Security · Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SSDLC) · Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) · Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR) · Vulnerability Management · Threat Modeling · Penetration Testing · Security Risk Assessments · Incident Response · PKI, TLS, Encryption, and Key Management · Microsoft Defender, Microsoft Sentinel, CrowdStrike, Splunk, or similar platforms Success Measures · Reduced organizational cyber risk through proactive security initiatives · Timely remediation of critical vulnerabilities measured against defined SLAs. · Compliance process, with customer and regulatory security requirements built into product releases rather than retrofitted. · Improved security awareness and adoption of security best practices throughout the organization. · Successful attainment and maintenance of relevant certifications (ISO 27001, SOC 2, and others as required by customers and markets). · Reduced turnaround time on customer security questionnaires, audits, and RFP responses. · Effective, well-coordinated response to security incidents across both product and enterprise IT environments, with minimal business impact. · Improved security awareness and adoption of secure-by-design practices across engineering, IT, and the wider organization.