Location
Research Triangle Park
Job Type
Full-time
Posted
July 15, 2026
Job Description
**Who We Are**
At Kyndryl, we design, build, manage and modernize the mission-critical technology systems that the world depends on every day. So why work at Kyndryl? We are always moving forward – always pushing ourselves to go further in our efforts to build a more equitable, inclusive world for our employees, our customers and our communities.
**The Role**
The Director, Cyber Defense, leads Kyndryl's operational defense mission across a globally distributed security organization. This role reports to the Vice President and Deputy CISO, Cyber Operations.
You will own the full incident response lifecycle, run follow-the-sun security operations across AMER, EMEA, and APAC, direct the cyber threat intelligence program, and drive the conversion of that intelligence into the detection coverage and defensive architecture that protect Kyndryl's global enterprise estate. You will set the engineering discipline that keeps detection content tested, version-c...
At Kyndryl, we design, build, manage and modernize the mission-critical technology systems that the world depends on every day. So why work at Kyndryl? We are always moving forward – always pushing ourselves to go further in our efforts to build a more equitable, inclusive world for our employees, our customers and our communities.
**The Role**
The Director, Cyber Defense, leads Kyndryl's operational defense mission across a globally distributed security organization. This role reports to the Vice President and Deputy CISO, Cyber Operations.
You will own the full incident response lifecycle, run follow-the-sun security operations across AMER, EMEA, and APAC, direct the cyber threat intelligence program, and drive the conversion of that intelligence into the detection coverage and defensive architecture that protect Kyndryl's global enterprise estate. You will set the engineering discipline that keeps detection content tested, version-c...