# Chief Information Security Officer

**Company:** [Cape](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/cape)
**Location:** New York, NY, Washington, DC
**Role:** Security Engineering
**Salary:** $300k – $350k/yr
**Experience:** 10+ years
**Skills:** Information Security, Security Architecture, Threat Modeling, Penetration Testing, Red Teaming, Incident Response, Network Security, Compliance, Ss7, Radio Networks, Core Carrier Systems
**Posted:** 2026-07-30

> Lead end-to-end security strategy and build a high-performing team to defend Cape's carrier-grade mobile network against nation-state threats while enabling rapid innovation. Requires 10+ years in information security including 5+ years in senior leadership building programs from early stage.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Own Cape's end-to-end security strategy — network infrastructure, product/application security, cloud and corporate IT, and physical/personnel security.
- Build and lead a security team capable of defending a carrier-grade network against sophisticated, well-resourced adversaries, including nation-state actors.
- Design and drive the security architecture and controls for a cellular network we operate ourselves, from the radio access network through core infrastructure and subscriber data systems.
- Partner closely with Engineering leadership to embed security into the product development lifecycle.
- Lead teams conducting threat modeling, penetration testing, red-teaming, and incident response programs.
- Set and communicate security policy to the board and executive team, translating technical risk into business terms and making tradeoffs with speed of execution.
- Vet and manage relationships with external security vendors, auditors, and researchers, including running a responsible disclosure / bug bounty program.
- Champion a security-first culture across the entire company, not just within the security team.

## Requirements
- 10+ years in information security, with at least 5 years in a senior security leadership role (CISO, VP Security, Head of Security) at a company with meaningful infrastructure or regulatory complexity.
- Experience managing geographically dispersed teams of engineers.
- A track record of building security teams and programs from an early stage, not just operating a mature one you inherited.
- Deep technical credibility — you can go toe-to-toe with your best engineers on architecture and risk, while also speaking fluently to executive leadership and the board.
- A genuine belief that privacy and security are inseparable, and that protecting users sometimes means resisting internal and external pressure to compromise on either.
- Excellent judgment under ambiguity and the ability to move fast without cutting corners that matter.

## Nice-to-Haves
- Direct experience securing telecom, network infrastructure, or other critical infrastructure — you understand things like SS7, radio networks, or core carrier systems, or you've secured environments of comparable complexity (e.g., cloud infrastructure providers, fintech, critical infrastructure).
- Experience securing an environment with Forward Deployed Engineers and the complexity around high risk travel.

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