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Founded in 1846, AP today remains the most trusted source of fast, accurate, unbiased news in all formats and the essential provider of the technology and services vital to the news business. More than half the world's population sees AP journalism every day.\nAbout AP Cybersecurity\nTrust is AP's most important asset. Every day, AP journalists, systems and customers depend on technology that must be secure, resilient and available - in newsrooms, in the field and across a global content distribution network that serves media organizations and businesses around the world.\nAP's Cybersecurity team, part of the Technology organization under the Chief Technology Officer, protects AP's people, journalism, platforms and data. We build the security capabilities that let AP report from anywhere, deliver content in real time and adopt new technologies with confidence.\nWhy this role matters:\nWe are seeking a hands-on, strategic Director of Cyber Engineering to lead security engineering across product security, infrastructure and cloud security, cloud governance and network security. Reporting to the Senior Director of Cybersecurity, this is a senior leadership role within AP's security organization.\nYou will inherit and lead a team of established engineers, set technical direction for security engineering and turn security strategy into platforms, controls and practices that scale. You will stay close enough to the technology to review architecture, challenge designs and help solve hard problems.\nBuilding strong partnerships across Technology and the wider AP organization will be central to this role. Security at AP succeeds through collaboration and this leader will help foster a culture where security is clearly understood, valued and built in from the start.\nWhat you will do:\nLead Security Engineering Strategy & Architecture\nDefine and execute a security engineering roadmap across products, infrastructure, cloud and network security, aligned with AP's technology and business priorities.\n\nOwn security architecture standards and reference designs for AP's cloud, on-premises and network environments.\n\nAdvance modern security models such as zero trust, least-privilege access and secure-by-default infrastructure.\n\nEvaluate emerging threats and technologies, including risks introduced by AI, and translate them into practical engineering priorities.\n\nProduct Security\nEmbed security into the software development lifecycle through threat modeling, secure design reviews, code and dependency scanning, and security testing.\n\nPartner with product and engineering teams to integrate security into CI/CD pipelines without slowing delivery.\n\nEstablish clear, practical secure development standards and guidance for engineering teams.\n\nInfrastructure, Cloud Security & Governance\nLead the security architecture and hardening of AP's cloud and infrastructure environments.\n\nEstablish and maintain cloud governance, including policies, guardrails, configuration standards and posture management across cloud accounts and services.\n\nDrive security automation and infrastructure-as-code to improve consistency, reduce manual effort and scale controls.\n\nNetwork Security\nOwn the strategy and engineering of AP's network security controls across offices, data centers, cloud and remote workforce.\n\nModernize network security architecture, including segmentation, secure remote access and perimeter controls.\n\nLead People & Build a Security Culture\nLead, develop and grow a team of established security engineers, and build a culture of ownership, curiosity and continuous learning.\n\nDevelop trusted relationships with stakeholders across Technology, product, newsroom, legal, commercial and business teams.\n\nWork with those partners to build and grow a security culture across AP, making secure choices the easy choices.\n\nAct as a senior technical leader during security incidents and turn lessons learned into lasting engineering improvements.\n\nManage vendor relationships and budget for security engineering tools and services.\n\nCommunicate risk, tradeoffs and progress clearly to technical teams, senior leadership and nontechnical audiences.\n\nWho you are:\nWe expect strong candidates to bring many, but not necessarily all, of the following:\nMinimum 10+ years of experience in security engineering, security architecture or infrastructure engineering, including minimum 4+ years leading engineering teams.\n\nBachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.\n\nDeep hands-on experience in at least two of AP's focus areas (product security, cloud and infrastructure security, cloud governance or network security) and working knowledge of the others.\n\nExperience in major public cloud environments and hybrid infrastructure.\n\nStrong grounding in application security and DevSecOps practices in modern software environments.\n\nExperience designing and operating enterprise network security architectures.\n\nExperience with security automation, scripting or coding and infrastructure-as-code.\n\nProven ability to build relationships and influence without authority across engineering, business and nontechnical teams.\n\nExperience leading security awareness, champions programs or other efforts to shift security culture.\n\nSound risk judgment: the ability to prioritize what matters most and make pragmatic decisions with incomplete information.\n\nExcellent written and verbal communication skills, with comfort presenting to senior leadership.\n\nRelevant certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, OSCP or cloud security certifications are a plus.\n\nExperience in media, journalism or other high-visibility environments; supporting a global or distributed workforce; securing AI/ML systems; or growing a small team into a larger function is especially relevant but not required.\n\nWhy This Role\nAP's journalism is only as trusted as the systems behind it. AP operates at a scale and risk profile few organizations share: a global newsroom, real-time distribution to customers worldwide, and a mission that depends on accuracy and trust.\nFor a security engineering leader who wants to build, influence and protect something that matters, this is an opportunity to shape how one of the world's most trusted news organizations secures its people, platforms and journalism.\nLocation:\nThis role is based in New York, NY.\nWhy Join Us?\nA mission-driven, inclusive environment focused on both individual and collective success.\nOpportunities for professional development to help you reach your career goals.\nAccess to tools, mentorship, and resources tailored to elevate your proficiency and contributions\nSalary & Benefits:\nThe anticipated salary range for this position is $160,000 - $180,000, based on a candidate’s skills, qualifications and location. The Associated Press offers comprehensive benefits, which include:\nCompetitive medical, dental and vision coverage \nRetirement benefits \nCompany paid life insurance \nPaid vacation and sick days \nPaid parental leave for any new parent \nMental well-being resources \nAP seeks to build an inclusive organization grounded in respect for differences. 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