Fractional CISO (Contractor)

Full Time
Houston, TX
Posted
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About Tekmetric

Tekmetric is a cloud-based auto-repair shop management system with an easy-to-use workflow and a modern approach to customer care. Tekmetric champions transparency, integrity, innovation—and above all—a service-mentality that puts customers first.

Founded in Houston, Texas in 2015, Tekmetric has been providing reliable, fast customer service to shops from day one. Our team is growing quickly, but our service philosophy of listening to customers still remains a core value.

We're looking for hungry candidates to help us strengthen our industry-leading team. We're building our software to be more intuitive. We're building more integrations that make our customers' lives easier. We're building better internal processes to make our globally distributed organization run more smoothly. We're building stronger relationships with the best and brightest partners in our industry.

Our customers love our products. We love serving them. And we love the journey we're on together.

Come build with us!

What You'll Do

  • Highly motivated, detail oriented, and a passion for all things cyber-security.
  • Your ethics and ability to manage sensitive material are unquestionable
  • Excellent Written and verbal communications with the ability and ease to breakdown complex and nuanced topics with simple and concise delivery.
  • Action oriented with the ability to prioritize, schedule and track to deadlines.
  • Ability to thrive and take command in high-pressure situations and high-stakes scenarios, being decisive and composed.
  • Prepare and report on information security posture and risk management status to Senior Management and the Company's Board of Directors
  • Ensure alignment between business strategy and Information Security Management Program direction.
  • Risk management and risk analysis for key partners and vendors.
  • Ensure effective protections for a remote workforce, all company and cloud delivered technology environments, assets, systems and data.
  • Keep well informed of developing security threats, and proactively create strategies to understand and mitigate potential security problems that might arise from acquisitions or other big business moves
  • Vulnerability management and remediation or mitigation of vulnerabilities in IT and OST systems.
  • Own security related policies, documentation and procedures.
  • Collaborate with Engineering, Product and other functional leaders to get buy-in and participate in the execution of the strategy and roadmap as well participate in architecture reviews, implement guidelines and monitor ongoing security
  • Advocating initiatives and software development processes that reinforce that security is every engineer's responsibility
  • Work with the sales organization to build security awareness, a competitive security position, and trust with prospects and clients.
  • Developing, implementing, and managing information security training and awareness at all levels. This includes, publicizing and explaining of policies and procedures and while growing our knowledge base
  • Facilitate and/or conduct regular company-wide security awareness, education, and training.

What You'll Bring

  • 10+ years of experience in a combination of risk management, information security, and application security engineering roles.
  • Demonstrated experience with Application Security, DevOps, or Cloud Security functions as a leader or in a people management role.
  • Experience with cloud computing technologies with security commitments to customers and partners.
  • Demonstrable expertise in related Security Frameworks such as NIST, ISO 2700X, CIS, SOC2
  • Prior experience leading or delivering gap analysis, and security risk assessments.
  • Prior experience building security program for SaaS software development lifecycle for a product deployed in a cloud environment, AWS preferred.

Who You Are

Successful candidates will also demonstrate many of the characteristics that our core values represent:

  • Build things that matter:
    • You have a love of building something new or improving on current processes and care about making a positive difference.
  • We're all entrepreneurs:
    • You love learning new things and are comfortable working in a startup-like, dynamic environment - moving quickly, even in the face of ambiguity. You are a self-directed leader who can jump in, structure their own work, and figure out how best to execute a plan yourself and with others. At Tekmetric our leaders are all players and coaches.
  • Yes before no:
    • You keep an open mind and are excited about new ideas and helping others actualize their ideas. You are intellectually curious and analytical in a strategic context.
  • We matter to each other:
    • You care about people and see the success of one is success for us all. You are a highly ethical individual with unquestioned integrity and the experience, confidence, and stature to protect confidential information in a growing company.

What We Offer:

Healthcare Insurance and Leave:

  • Flexible and remote work opportunities
  • Generous PTO
  • Exceptional leave programs for all of life's moments: maternity, paternity and parental bonding, as well as medical leave to care for yourself or loved ones
  • Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Coverage

Financial Benefits:

  • 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with a 6% Match
  • Employer covered STD, LTD, Life and AD&D Insurance Programs
  • Up to $180 quarterly for wellness expenses and activities
  • Education Assistance- includes undergraduate/graduate courses and continuing education

Most importantly, we have a stellar team of coworkers, a really cool office, and lots of fun activities!


Tekmetric is an equal opportunity employer. We hire hard working individuals, regardless of gender, race or color, ethnicity or national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We know that when our employees feel appreciated and included, they can be more creative, innovative and successful.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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