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Get Access To All JobsAre you ready to trade your job for a journey? Become a FlyMate! Passion, excitement & global collaboration are all core to what it means to be a FlyMate. At Flywire, we’re on a mission to deliver the world’s most important and complex payments. We use our Flywire Advantage - the combination of our next-gen payments platform, proprietary payment network and vertical specific software, to help our clients get paid, and help their customers pay with ease - no matter where they are in the world. What more do we need to truly be unstoppable? Perhaps, that is you!
Who we are: Flywire is a global payments enablement and software company, founded more than a decade ago to solve high-stakes, high-value payments in higher education. We’ve since scaled into new regions and industry verticals and expanded our product offerings to deliver meaningful value to our clients around the world. Today we support more than 5,100 clients across the global education, healthcare, travel & B2B industries, with diverse payment methods across 240 countries & territories and more than 140 currencies. With over 1,200 global FlyMates, representing more than 40 nationalities, and in 12 offices worldwide, we’re looking for FlyMates to join the next stage of our journey as we continue to grow.
Job Description
The Opportunity: As the Director of Security Risk Engineering, you will serve as a key senior leader working in direct partnership with the CISO to drive, shape, and mature Flywire's global enterprise security infrastructure and systems. In this role, you will bridge the gap between high-level security strategy and tactical engineering execution across six core domains: Application Security, AI Security, Cloud Security, Corporate Security, Security Operations (SecOps), and Red Teaming (Penetration Testing). In partnership with the internal stakeholder organizations, you will lead the organizational shift from technical recovery to global enterprise operational resilience, managing a highly impactful program that safeguards our global payment rails while fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement. A solid working knowledge of all aspects of cloud-native infrastructure, software applications, AI/LLM model development, governance & validation, and automated risk mitigation is required.
Responsibilities:
- Strategic Domain Leadership: Define, implement, and monitor a comprehensive security engineering strategy across Application Security, AI Security, Cloud Security, Corporate Security, Security Operations (SecOps/Incident Detection & Response), and Red Teaming (Penetration Testing), aligning initiatives with global business objectives and emerging financial threats.
- Team Management & Mentorship: Support the CISO to lead and manage the global security engineering organization, including hiring, training, mentoring, performance management, and budget oversight.
- Secure Architecture & Governance: Oversee the design and continuous improvement of secure architecture for systems, cloud infrastructure, networks, and applications, ensuring strict alignment with security best practices.
- Global Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Business, Development, DevOps, Product, Program, Risk/Compliance, and IT leaders to seamlessly integrate security controls into all phases of the engineering and CI/CD lifecycle. Engage actively with external stakeholders, auditors and global regulators on related fronts.
- Advanced Cyber Risk Efficacy: Leverage AI and automated tooling to develop proactive measures, threat intelligence capabilities, and scalable defenses against vulnerabilities across all engineering domains.
- Adversarial / Penetration Testing: Personally adopt an attacker's mindset to identify complex attack chains, logic flaws, and zero-day vulnerabilities within financial platforms and product architectures.
- Incident Response & Operational Resilience: Direct and coordinate responses to critical enterprise security incidents, managing containment, forensic investigation, and rapid remediation efforts alongside SecOps.
- Regulatory Compliance Frameworks: Maintain an information security framework that ensures continuous readiness for strict industry audits and regulatory compliance requirements globally (e.g., NIST CSF 2.0, ISO 27001, PCI-DSS 4.0, DORA).
- Executive & Stakeholder Reporting: Define and maintain metrics that communicate security posture, program progress, and incident risk analysis to the CISO, senior executive leadership, and the Board.
- Innovation & Emerging Tech: Stay ahead of global fintech trends, adopting cutting-edge technologies and methodologies—specifically regarding secure AI deployment—to continuously strengthen the organization's security posture.
Qualifications
Here's What We're Looking For:
- Education: Bachelor's degree required in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related technical field. A Master's degree is highly preferred.
- Core Experience: 12+ years of progressive experience in information security, IT risk management, or cyber defense roles. Must be an active technical practitioner with a proven track record of independently performing manual penetration testing, vulnerability exploitation, detection/response activities, and code reviews across cloud and application infrastructures, without relying solely on automated commercial tools.
- Leadership Experience: 3+ years of proven experience in senior leadership or management roles specifically within a security engineering organization, managing people, cross-functional teams and complex security programs.
- Domain Mastery: In-depth technical knowledge of security architecture, secure cloud infrastructure (e.g., AWS/Azure/GCP), application security principles, and adversarial emulation (Red Teaming).
Highly Preferred Certifications
- Core Security: CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) or CISM (Certified Information Security Manager)
- Governance & Risk: CRISC (Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control), CISA (Certified Information Systems Auditor), or ISACA AAISM™ (Advanced in AI Security Management)
- Hands-On Offensive & AI: OffSec OSAI (Offensive Security AI Red Teamer), OSCP (Offensive Security Certified Professional), OSCE (Offensive Security Certified Expert), or SANS GXPN (GIAC Exploit Researcher and Advanced Penetration Tester)
Skills and Abilities
- Strategic & Tactical Balancer with a Commercial Mindset: Highly hands-on and technically skilled. Strong strategic thinker with the ability to contribute to and translate the CISO’s high-level vision into actionable plans and drive successful execution. Balances technical risk reduction with business enablement, ensuring security infrastructure serves as a competitive advantage that unblocks global revenue and enterprise-client acquisition.
- Executive Presence: Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills, with a demonstrated ability to articulate complex security risks and technical concepts to both engineering teams and executive management/the Board.
- 2nd-Line Cyber Risk Oversight & Governance: Robust capability to operate as a strategic second-line risk leader. Proven experience defining enterprise security risk appetites, establishing governance frameworks, and executing independent control testing to validate that the first line (engineering/product teams) effectively manages cyber risk.
- Defense-in-Depth Expertise: Comprehensive understanding of modern system security design principles, intrusion prevention, API security, and automated vulnerability management.
- High-Pressure Decision Making: Demonstrated capability to prioritize tasks, maintain cross-functional transparency, and make critical risk decisions under pressure during live security incidents.
- Lateral Influencing / Influential Leadership: Ability to collaborate effectively as a trusted partner across the global organization, promoting a collaborative culture of continuous resilience and security awareness.
Additional Information
What We Offer:
- Competitive compensation
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
- Competitive time off, including Digital Disconnect and FlyBetter Days to volunteer in a cause you believe in.
- Work with brilliant people globally Learn more about their journeys by checking out #InsideFlywire on social media
- Wellbeing Programs (Mental Health, Wellness, Yoga/Pilates/HIIT Classes) with Global FlyMates
- Be a meaningful part in our success - every FlyMate makes an impact
- Great Talent & Development Programs (Managers Taking Flight – for new or aspiring managers, OneFlywire Career Mobility)
Submit today and get started! We are excited to get to know you! Throughout our process you can expect to meet with different FlyMates including the Hiring Manager, Peers on the team, the VP of the department, and a skills assessment. Your Talent Acquisition Partner will walk you through the steps and be your “go-to” person for any questions.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $200,000 - 210,000 and benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, position level, and location. The range displayed on this job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and several other factors, including job-related skills, experience, relevant education and training.
Flywire is an equal opportunity employer and follows a policy of administering all employment decisions and personnel actions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, gender identity, national origin, age, ancestry, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, genetic disposition or carrier status, veteran status, or any other category protected under applicable national, federal, state or local law.
Are you ready to trade your job for a journey? Become a FlyMate! Passion, excitement & global collaboration are all core to what it means to be a FlyMate. At Flywire, we’re on a mission to deliver the world’s most important and complex payments. We use our Flywire Advantage - the combination of our next-gen payments platform, proprietary payment network and vertical specific software, to help our clients get paid, and help their customers pay with ease - no matter where they are in the world. What more do we need to truly be unstoppable? Perhaps, that is you!
Who we are: Flywire is a global payments enablement and software company, founded more than a decade ago to solve high-stakes, high-value payments in higher education. We’ve since scaled into new regions and industry verticals and expanded our product offerings to deliver meaningful value to our clients around the world. Today we support more than 5,100 clients across the global education, healthcare, travel & B2B industries, with diverse payment methods across 240 countries & territories and more than 140 currencies. With over 1,200 global FlyMates, representing more than 40 nationalities, and in 12 offices worldwide, we’re looking for FlyMates to join the next stage of our journey as we continue to grow.
Job Description
The Opportunity: As the Director of Security Risk Engineering, you will serve as a key senior leader working in direct partnership with the CISO to drive, shape, and mature Flywire's global enterprise security infrastructure and systems. In this role, you will bridge the gap between high-level security strategy and tactical engineering execution across six core domains: Application Security, AI Security, Cloud Security, Corporate Security, Security Operations (SecOps), and Red Teaming (Penetration Testing). In partnership with the internal stakeholder organizations, you will lead the organizational shift from technical recovery to global enterprise operational resilience, managing a highly impactful program that safeguards our global payment rails while fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement. A solid working knowledge of all aspects of cloud-native infrastructure, software applications, AI/LLM model development, governance & validation, and automated risk mitigation is required.
Responsibilities:
- Strategic Domain Leadership: Define, implement, and monitor a comprehensive security engineering strategy across Application Security, AI Security, Cloud Security, Corporate Security, Security Operations (SecOps/Incident Detection & Response), and Red Teaming (Penetration Testing), aligning initiatives with global business objectives and emerging financial threats.
- Team Management & Mentorship: Support the CISO to lead and manage the global security engineering organization, including hiring, training, mentoring, performance management, and budget oversight.
- Secure Architecture & Governance: Oversee the design and continuous improvement of secure architecture for systems, cloud infrastructure, networks, and applications, ensuring strict alignment with security best practices.
- Global Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Business, Development, DevOps, Product, Program, Risk/Compliance, and IT leaders to seamlessly integrate security controls into all phases of the engineering and CI/CD lifecycle. Engage actively with external stakeholders, auditors and global regulators on related fronts.
- Advanced Cyber Risk Efficacy: Leverage AI and automated tooling to develop proactive measures, threat intelligence capabilities, and scalable defenses against vulnerabilities across all engineering domains.
- Adversarial / Penetration Testing: Personally adopt an attacker's mindset to identify complex attack chains, logic flaws, and zero-day vulnerabilities within financial platforms and product architectures.
- Incident Response & Operational Resilience: Direct and coordinate responses to critical enterprise security incidents, managing containment, forensic investigation, and rapid remediation efforts alongside SecOps.
- Regulatory Compliance Frameworks: Maintain an information security framework that ensures continuous readiness for strict industry audits and regulatory compliance requirements globally (e.g., NIST CSF 2.0, ISO 27001, PCI-DSS 4.0, DORA).
- Executive & Stakeholder Reporting: Define and maintain metrics that communicate security posture, program progress, and incident risk analysis to the CISO, senior executive leadership, and the Board.
- Innovation & Emerging Tech: Stay ahead of global fintech trends, adopting cutting-edge technologies and methodologies—specifically regarding secure AI deployment—to continuously strengthen the organization's security posture.
Qualifications
Here's What We're Looking For:
- Education: Bachelor's degree required in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related technical field. A Master's degree is highly preferred.
- Core Experience: 12+ years of progressive experience in information security, IT risk management, or cyber defense roles. Must be an active technical practitioner with a proven track record of independently performing manual penetration testing, vulnerability exploitation, detection/response activities, and code reviews across cloud and application infrastructures, without relying solely on automated commercial tools.
- Leadership Experience: 3+ years of proven experience in senior leadership or management roles specifically within a security engineering organization, managing people, cross-functional teams and complex security programs.
- Domain Mastery: In-depth technical knowledge of security architecture, secure cloud infrastructure (e.g., AWS/Azure/GCP), application security principles, and adversarial emulation (Red Teaming).
Highly Preferred Certifications
- Core Security: CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) or CISM (Certified Information Security Manager)
- Governance & Risk: CRISC (Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control), CISA (Certified Information Systems Auditor), or ISACA AAISM™ (Advanced in AI Security Management)
- Hands-On Offensive & AI: OffSec OSAI (Offensive Security AI Red Teamer), OSCP (Offensive Security Certified Professional), OSCE (Offensive Security Certified Expert), or SANS GXPN (GIAC Exploit Researcher and Advanced Penetration Tester)
Skills and Abilities
- Strategic & Tactical Balancer with a Commercial Mindset: Highly hands-on and technically skilled. Strong strategic thinker with the ability to contribute to and translate the CISO’s high-level vision into actionable plans and drive successful execution. Balances technical risk reduction with business enablement, ensuring security infrastructure serves as a competitive advantage that unblocks global revenue and enterprise-client acquisition.
- Executive Presence: Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills, with a demonstrated ability to articulate complex security risks and technical concepts to both engineering teams and executive management/the Board.
- 2nd-Line Cyber Risk Oversight & Governance: Robust capability to operate as a strategic second-line risk leader. Proven experience defining enterprise security risk appetites, establishing governance frameworks, and executing independent control testing to validate that the first line (engineering/product teams) effectively manages cyber risk.
- Defense-in-Depth Expertise: Comprehensive understanding of modern system security design principles, intrusion prevention, API security, and automated vulnerability management.
- High-Pressure Decision Making: Demonstrated capability to prioritize tasks, maintain cross-functional transparency, and make critical risk decisions under pressure during live security incidents.
- Lateral Influencing / Influential Leadership: Ability to collaborate effectively as a trusted partner across the global organization, promoting a collaborative culture of continuous resilience and security awareness.
Additional Information
What We Offer:
- Competitive compensation
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
- Competitive time off, including Digital Disconnect and FlyBetter Days to volunteer in a cause you believe in.
- Work with brilliant people globally Learn more about their journeys by checking out #InsideFlywire on social media
- Wellbeing Programs (Mental Health, Wellness, Yoga/Pilates/HIIT Classes) with Global FlyMates
- Be a meaningful part in our success - every FlyMate makes an impact
- Great Talent & Development Programs (Managers Taking Flight – for new or aspiring managers, OneFlywire Career Mobility)
Submit today and get started! We are excited to get to know you! Throughout our process you can expect to meet with different FlyMates including the Hiring Manager, Peers on the team, the VP of the department, and a skills assessment. Your Talent Acquisition Partner will walk you through the steps and be your “go-to” person for any questions.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $200,000 - 210,000 and benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, position level, and location. The range displayed on this job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and several other factors, including job-related skills, experience, relevant education and training.
Flywire is an equal opportunity employer and follows a policy of administering all employment decisions and personnel actions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, gender identity, national origin, age, ancestry, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, genetic disposition or carrier status, veteran status, or any other category protected under applicable national, federal, state or local law.
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Match your credentials to DOL occupational codes
Director of Security roles can be classified under multiple SOC codes depending on the employer's industry. Confirm which code your offer letter reflects before PERM filing, since the prevailing wage requirement and EB-2 versus EB-3 eligibility both flow from that classification.
Document security certifications for PERM requirements
Credentials like CISSP, CPP, or PSP need to appear in your PERM job description as legitimate requirements, not preferred qualifications. Work with your employer to ensure the job duties listed match your actual role and that your certifications are framed as requirements the position genuinely demands.
Target employers with in-house immigration counsel
Healthcare networks, defense contractors, financial institutions, and large technology firms regularly sponsor Director of Security positions and typically have dedicated HR teams experienced with PERM. Prioritize these sectors when evaluating offers, since the employer's PERM experience significantly affects how smoothly your case moves through DOL review.
Search green card sponsoring employers through Migrate Mate
Use Migrate Mate to filter Director of Security openings by employers with active EB-2 and EB-3 sponsorship history. This lets you focus your outreach on organizations already familiar with PERM rather than educating hiring managers from scratch during interviews.
Verify prevailing wage before accepting an offer
Use the OFLC Wage Search to look up the Level II or Level III prevailing wage for your specific SOC code and work location before signing. Your employer's offered salary must meet or exceed that figure for DOL to certify the PERM, and renegotiating after filing creates delays.
Negotiate PERM filing timeline into your offer
Ask during the offer stage how soon the employer intends to initiate PERM after your start date. Some companies delay filing for months or years. Getting a written commitment on the filing timeline protects your priority date and prevents prolonged uncertainty if your home country has a visa backlog at the EB-3 level.
Green Card Director Of Security: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Director of Security role qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 green card sponsorship?
Both categories can apply depending on the job requirements and your credentials. EB-2 covers positions requiring an advanced degree or candidates with strong professional credentials. EB-3 covers skilled workers with a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience. Your employer's PERM attorney will determine the correct category based on the actual job duties and the minimum requirements stated in the labor certification.
How does the PERM green card process differ from H-1B sponsorship for this role?
PERM leads to permanent residency rather than a temporary status, and it doesn't have an annual lottery or H-1B visa cap concerns. The trade-off is time: PERM involves a DOL recruitment and review process that typically takes over a year before you even file the I-140 petition. Once your priority date becomes current, though, you're on a path to a green card rather than a visa you need to keep renewing.
What happens to my green card case if I leave the sponsoring employer before it's approved?
Leaving before your I-140 is approved generally terminates the entire PERM petition, and you'd need a new employer to restart the process. After I-140 approval, you gain some portability rights under AC21, which allows you to change employers to a similar role after your I-485 has been pending for 180 days or more without losing your priority date.
How can I find Director of Security jobs that specifically offer green card sponsorship?
Most standard job boards don't filter by sponsorship type, making it hard to distinguish H-1B offers from PERM-based green card sponsorship. Migrate Mate is built specifically for this, letting you search Director of Security openings by employers with documented EB-2 and EB-3 filing history so you aren't wasting interviews on companies unfamiliar with the PERM process.
Do physical security and cybersecurity Director of Security roles go through the same PERM process?
The PERM process itself is the same, but the SOC code, prevailing wage level, and supporting documentation differ significantly between physical security and information security leadership roles. A Director of Security overseeing corporate physical protection may be classified differently than a CISO-adjacent role focused on cybersecurity. The job description filed with DOL must accurately reflect which function the role primarily serves, since that classification determines wage compliance and eligibility.