# Director, Information Security

The application window is expected to close on: 12/03/2026Meet the Team Cisco’s Trust & Compliance team functions at the intersection of strategic engagement and operational excellence, working closely with government agencies, critical infrastructure providers, and industry leaders to shape the future of cybersecurity. You will collaborate with elite industry professionals to drive innovation in an era defined by AI-driven offensive/defensive capabilities, quantum computing, and complex sovereign technology requirements. Your Impact You will lead a globally distributed organization of senior cybersecurity experts tasked with advancing national and regional cyber resilience Executive Leadership: Provide high-level vision and operational direction. Mentor a globally dispersed team, fostering a culture of innovation, technical rigor, and cross-functional success. Strategic Engagement & Advisory: Serve as a trusted advisor to CISOs, government officials, and key technical decision-makers. Translate complex cyber threats into actionable strategic initiatives that enhance organizational resilience. Policy and Standards: Influence national and regional cybersecurity frameworks. Partner w

- **Id**: 4324410
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/cisco-systems-director-information-security>
- **Role**: Leadership
- **Role family**: Leadership
- **Seniority**: head
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Washington, United States, Arlington, United States, McLean, United States, Reston, United States, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 12
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-12T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-12
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-14T23:03:14Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 3
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 7766
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- **Benefits**: Annual bonuses, Equity, Life insurance, Parental leave, Restricted stock units, Vision insurance
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Unified Communications, Endpoint Security, Information Security, Observability & APM

## Company

- **Id**: 90
- **Name**: Cisco Systems
- **Domain**: cisco.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/cisco-systems>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 83
- **Open postings**: 284
- **Ghost share**: 0.063
- **Stale share**: 0.447
- **Repost share**: 0.106
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 26
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:58:10Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 245300
- **Max**: 357300
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 357300

## Technologies

- **Machine Learning** — Optional: no
- **AWS** — Optional: yes
- **Azure** — Optional: yes
- **CMMC** — Optional: yes
- **FedRAMP** — Optional: yes
- **GCP** — Optional: yes
- **NIST CSF** — Optional: yes
- **Zero Trust** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 3

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 12
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-14T23:03:14Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 1,384 · green card filings: 608; Filings 12m: 1384

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 3
- **Expected fill days**: 26
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-15T00:10:23Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 357300
- **Is top pay**: yes

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