Director, Data & Cloud Security
Director, Data & Cloud Security position — see original posting for full details.
Company Description
Zayo provides mission-critical bandwidth to the world’s most impactful companies, fueling the innovations that are transforming our society. Zayo’s 141,000-mile network in North America and Europe includes extensive metro connectivity to thousands of buildings and data centers. Zayo’s communications infrastructure solutions include dark fiber, private data networks, wavelengths, Ethernet, and dedicated Internet access. Zayo serves wireless and wireline carriers, media, tech, content, finance, healthcare and other large enterprises.
We areseekinga strategic and experienced Director of Data Security & Cloud Security to lead enterprise data protection, cloud security, and API security initiatives. This roleis responsible forsafeguarding sensitive data, securing cloud platforms, and protecting APIs that enable access to critical systems and services.
The ideal candidate combines deep technicalexpertisewith strong leadership skills and partners closely with engineering, data, and infrastructure teams to enable secure, scalable cloud adoption.
Responsibilities:
Data Security & Privacy Protection
Establish enterprise data classification, handling, and protection standards
Design and manage DLP controls across endpoints, cloud services, and SaaS platforms
Oversee encryption strategies for data at rest, in transit, and in use
Lead sensitive data discovery and protection initiatives
Partner with Legal and Privacy teams to support regulatory obligations
Cloud Security Program Leadership
Define secure cloud architectures for AWS, Azure, and GCP
Own cloud IAM strategy and enforce least-privilege access
Implement cloud workload protection and CSPM capabilities
Partner with platform teams to secure containerized and cloud-native workloads
API Security
Define and own the enterprise API security strategy
Establish API authentication, authorization, and data protection standards
Lead API inventory, classification, and risk assessments
Partner with Cyber Engineering teams on runtime enforcement
Governance, Risk & Operations
Define cloud, data, and API security policies and standards
Support audits and compliance efforts (SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI, etc.)
Lead response to data and API-related security incidents
Provide executive reporting on risk, posture, and program maturity
Leadership & Collaboration
Build and lead high-performing data and cloud security teams
Partner with engineering, data, infrastructure, legal, and compliance teams
Communicate security strategy and risk posture to senior leadership
Qualification
Bachelor's degree in computer science, cybersecurity, programming, database administration, ora relatedfield.
Possession or progress towards certifications such as CISSP, CISM, ISC2, ISAC
Posted June 7, 2026