Director of IT Infrastructure & Security

Director of IT Infrastructure & Security

Somerville, Massachusetts, United States

VIA is making an impact, and so can you.

Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, VIA is a mission-critical software company that enables organizations to share and analyze sensitive data at speed without compromising security or control. VIA's decentralized architecture keeps data sovereign, while its agentic AI helps organizations solve critical challenges, and its military-grade security governs access. Designed for simplicity, rapid deployment, and disconnected environments, VIA makes sensitive data usable wherever the mission happens, even offline. The Department of War, Fortune 50 companies, and critical infrastructure companies around the globe trust VIA to help them solve their toughest analytics and digital security challenges.

An impressive mission requires an equally impressive Director of IT Infrastructure & Security.

VIA is looking for a highly strategic, process-driven Director of IT Infrastructure & Security to lead our corporate technology and enterprise security operations. You'll take strategic direction from our VP, Software Engineering, while owning corporate system architecture, the IT budget, and the team's technical leadership, while leading the transition toward a highly proactive, automated technology environment.

VIA does not operate on a traditional management hierarchy. Instead, we rely on a culture of continuous coaching, cross-functional collaboration, and clarity in decision rights. In this role, you will provide technical leadership and regular, actionable feedback to our existing IT team.

You will be a primary key holder for the organization and the central coordinator for our compliance governance.

In this role, your day-to-day will include:

• Technical leadership & mentorship: Serve as the senior technical authority for corporate IT. Provide continuous, constructive feedback and technical mentorship to the IT team, fostering a culture of excellence in alignment with our People and Operations (POps) team.
• Human-centered compliance governance: Partner with the lead of Design to develop user-friendly security policies. Be responsible for the implementation and maintenance of technical controls required for CJIS, CMMC, SOC 2, and FedRAMP related to IT.
• DevSecOps partnership: Collaborate closely with the lead of DevOps. While they manage the production application infrastructure, you will ensure our overarching corporate security requirements, identity access management (IAM), and vulnerability monitoring extend to the product platform.
• Security operations & monitoring: Act as the primary operational point of contact for our external Security Operations Center (SOC) provider and manage our Managed Detection and Response (MDR) platforms across the corporate fleet.
• Facility management: Lead the IT and physical security infrastructure
• Budget, vendor & renewal Management: Own the IT department budget. Manage external contractors, negotiate SaaS/hardware contracts, and maintain strict oversight of all software vendor relationships and licensing renewals.
• Corporate automation (IaC): Champion Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform) for corporate IT systems, automating deployments and standardizing configurations to guarantee rapid system disaster recovery.
• Core systems & endpoint management: Oversee, secure, and optimize our primary corporate technology stack: Okta, Google Workspace, JAMF

Requirements

What you will bring to this role:

• Mandatory: U.S. Citizenship and the ability to pass stringent background checks/clearances required to act as a primary key holder for federal-level compliance data and SCIF facilities.
• Experience: 7+ years of progressive experience in Corporate IT, Enterprise Security, and Cloud Infrastructure, ideally within a fast-paced technology organization.
• Compliance & federal track record: Hands-on experience successfully guiding a company through strict compliance audits (specifically SOC 2, CJIS, and CMMC). Strong working knowledge of FedRAMP requirements.
• Collaborative & UX-minded: A strong appreciation for Human-Centered Design. You understand that security must work with the user, not against them, and you excel at partnering with peers across Design and Engineering to achieve this.
• Coaching mindset: Comfortable operating in a flat, non-traditional hierarchy where influence, peer collaboration, and direct, regular feedback are valued over traditional administrative authority.
• Technical proficiency:
• Deep expertise in enterprise security architecture and identity management.
• Advanced administration experience with MDM (Jamf), Okta, and Google Workspace.
• Proven familiarity with MDR solutions, endpoint security workflows, and integrating with an external SOC.
• Familiarity with cloud environments (AWS) and IaC tools to effectively collaborate with our DevOps teams.

What does it take to be a successful VIAneer? Let's break it down, our VIAneers are:

• Self-motivated and passionate about leaving everything they touch better than how they found it
• Firm believers that people should love what they do and are eager to build a culture that enables them to do their best work
• Creative problem solvers who respectfully challenge the status quo in the pursuit of excellence
• People who lead discussions with curiosity and value diverse perspectives
• Eager to explore new ideas, understand the power of feedback, and constantly seek opportunities to grow and develop their skills
• Strong team players who thrive in collaborative environments and celebrate the success of others

Benefits

What can VIA do for you?

VIA offers competitive benefits, flexible work options, and individualized mentoring and growth opportunities. Here are just a few of our VIAneers' favorite perks:

• Compensation:
• This role offers a salary range of $200,000 - $250,000 USD per year
• 401K plan with up to 5% employer contribution
• Health: A fully funded, top-tier health benefits plan, including vision and dental coverage, fully covered from day one, for your whole family
• Family Support: Up to 24 weeks paid parental leave, a 4-week paid ramp-back program, and a $10K family forming benefit (covering fertility treatments, adoption, and surrogacy)
• Time off: Flexible Vacation Policy with no set annual limit or accrual period, Summer Fridays, and an extended holiday period in December
• Remote work: Ability to enjoy the best of both worlds with flexibility to work from home as needed, as well as access to three well-located offices, designed for collaboration and stocked with everything you could need
• Opportunities to work remotely from eligible locations for up to 2 months per year
• Growth: Individualized growth opportunities, including internal and external mentorship panels, custom goals and feedback sessions, and/or access to learning and development programs, including VIA's unrivaled leadership program
• A dedicated wellness advisor to help you navigate the programs and opportunities available at VIA
• Transit: Benefits to support commuting costs
• Connection: In-person events to foster team bonding and collaboration across different teams

Our commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.