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With its robust three-sided technology platform, Ethos is transforming the life insurance experience for consumers, agents, and carriers alike. Ethos offers instant, accessible products and a seamless online process that requires no medical exams and just a few health questions; it eliminates traditional barriers, making it easier than ever for everyone to protect their families. Ethos is redefining how life insurance is bought, sold, and underwritten.\nAbout the Role\nWe're seeking a Deputy CISO with a strong technical background in security architecture, engineering, and operations to partner closely with the CISO in leading our security organization. This role reports directly to the CISO and will have broad oversight across the security function, acting as a technical leader and escalation point for the team.\nThis is a high-impact role for someone who has built and defended real systems, and who brings that hands-on technical credibility to a senior security leadership position.\nDuties and Responsibilities\nSecurity Leadership & Strategy\nPartner with the CISO to define and execute the security strategy, roadmap, and priorities across the organization.\nAct as a deputy and escalation point for the CISO, representing security leadership in their absence, including with executives and the board when needed.\nProvide leadership and oversight across the security organization, empowering strong existing team leads to run their functions effectively while ensuring overall direction stays grounded in technical reality.\nBuild, mentor, and lead security engineers and architects, raising the technical bar across the function.\nOwn security budget planning, vendor/tool evaluation, and resourcing decisions in partnership with the CISO.\nTechnical Architecture & Engineering Oversight\nProvide hands-on technical review of security architecture across cloud platforms, applications, APIs, and infrastructure.\nLead threat modeling and architecture reviews for major systems and new initiatives, directly engaging with engineering and platform teams.\nDrive secure-by-design practices into the SDLC and CI/CD pipelines, working alongside DevOps and engineering leadership.\nPersonally lead or oversee response to major security incidents, including technical root-cause analysis and remediation planning.\nStay current with the threat landscape, offensive security techniques, and emerging technologies (including AI/ML systems), and translate that knowledge into concrete technical controls.\nCross-Functional Partnership\nEnsure security priorities and policies are grounded in sound technical judgment, working closely with all parts of the security organization.\nCommunicate technical risk clearly to non-technical stakeholders and executive leadership.\nRepresent the security function credibly in cross-functional forums, backed by hands-on technical expertise.\nQualifications and Skills:\nRequired Qualifications\n12+ years of experience in security engineering, security architecture, or technical security leadership roles, with a track record of hands-on technical work.\nBachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field from a reputable institution.\nDeep, hands-on expertise in cloud security architecture (AWS), including infrastructure-as-code.\nStrong background in application security, secure software development, and modern architecture patterns (microservices, containers, APIs, zero-trust).\nProven ability to read and evaluate system architecture and code at a technical level - able to engage credibly with senior engineers, not just review documentation.\nExperience leading technical incident response, including root cause analysis for complex, multi-system incidents.\nDemonstrated experience building and leading technical security teams.\nStrong communication skills, with the ability to translate deep technical risk into business terms for executives and the board.\nPreferred Qualifications\nPrior experience as a CISO, Deputy CISO, or Head of Security Engineering at a comparable organization.\nCISSP.\nExperience with AI/ML security, including familiarity with OWASP LLM Top 10, MITRE ATLAS, or NIST AI RMF.\nExperience operating in regulated industries (fintech, healthcare, SaaS at scale).\n#LI-Remote #LI-MK1\nThe US national base salary range for this full-time position is $185,000 - $327,000. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each 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 additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. \nPlease note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only and do not include applicable bonus, equity, or benefits. \nYou can find further details of our US benefits at https://www.ethoslife.com/careers/\nDon’t meet every single requirement? If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. At Ethos we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace.\nWe are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Pursuant to the SF Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider employment for qualified applicants with arrests and conviction records.\nTo learn more about what information we collect and how it may be used, please refer to our California Candidate Privacy Notice.\nRecruitment Notice: Please be aware of recruitment scams. All legitimate communication from our team will only come from email addresses ending in @ethos.com or @getethos.com.\n We will never ask for payment, banking details, or sensitive personal information during the hiring process. 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