Define and improve the security architecture across frontend, backend, APIs, databases, cloud infrastructure, DevOps workflows, and internal systems.

Implement and maintain security controls, access management, secrets management, monitoring, vulnerability management, incident response, and infrastructure hardening.

Review architecture, code, deployments, permissions, and operational processes to identify risks early and help teams ship secure systems.

Build practical security policies, compliance processes, documentation, audit readiness, and internal security standards that scale with the company.

Work directly with engineering, product, and leadership to make security a built-in part of product development instead of a separate afterthought.

BlackIQ handles sensitive workflows, data, and AI-enabled systems where security, trust, and reliability must be designed into the company from the beginning.

This role protects the technical and operational foundation of the product by making security practical, enforceable, and deeply integrated into daily engineering work.

Strong security leadership at this stage helps BlackIQ scale with customer trust, technical discipline, and readiness for enterprise requirements.

Strong background in security engineering, application security, cloud security, infrastructure security, secure software development, and production operations.

Full-stack technical capability across frontend, backend, APIs, databases, DevOps, cloud environments, CI/CD, monitoring, and incident response.

Hands-on mentality with the ability to implement controls, review code, troubleshoot systems, improve infrastructure, and lead by example.

Experience with access control, IAM, vulnerability management, secrets management, logging, monitoring, compliance, security documentation, and audit preparation.

Pragmatic judgment with the ability to balance security requirements, product speed, usability, and business priorities.

Remote-first working style with strong ownership, clear communication, independence, and a high sense of responsibility.