Position Title: : Business Information Technology Officer

Location: Ashburn, Dallas, Atlanta, Denver

Your role

As a Business Information Security Officer (BISO) at Digital Realty, you will serve as the strategic security leader for the region, bridging business objectives with robust cybersecurity practices. Your role is critical in shaping and executing security programs that protect enterprise and operational technology environments while ensuring compliance with global regulations such as NIS2.

You will lead security planning, architecture design, risk analysis, and governance initiatives, driving alignment between technical teams and business stakeholders. Acting as a trusted advisor, you will champion security integration across projects, oversee program delivery, and foster a culture of resilience and innovation. This position requires strong leadership, deep technical expertise, and the ability to manage complex programs that span IT, OT, and regulatory compliance.

What you’ll

Strategic Leadership & Governance

• Define and execute the enterprise security architecture roadmap aligned with business objectives and regulatory mandates (NIS2, ISO27001, SOC2, etc.).
• Lead security governance programs, ensuring adherence to contractual obligations and Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
• Drive cross-functional alignment on cybersecurity priorities and risk posture.

Security Architecture & Design

• Architect and implement advanced security solutions for IT and OT environments, ensuring scalability and resilience.
• Oversee integration of security controls into cloud, data center, and network infrastructures.
• Establish secure design principles for emerging technologies and critical systems.

Regulatory Compliance & Risk Management

• Ensure compliance with NIS2 and other global regulatory frameworks through robust policies and controls.
• Conduct enterprise-wide risk assessments, vulnerability management, and security audits.
• Develop and maintain incident response and disaster recovery strategies.

Operational Technology Security

• Lead OT security initiatives, including segmentation, monitoring, and threat detection for industrial control systems.
• Collaborate with operations teams to secure physical and logical assets across global facilities.

Program & Stakeholder Management

• Manage large-scale security programs using Agile methodologies, delivering on time and within budget.
• Prepare executive-level reports on security metrics, compliance status, and program performance.
• Serve as the primary liaison for cybersecurity communications across internal and external stakeholders.

Team Development & Mentorship

• Build and lead a high-performing security architecture team.
• Mentor senior engineers and managers, fostering professional growth and technical excellence.

What you’ll need

• Strong understanding of technologies, network operations and Data Center Ops.
• Familiar with GRC tools such as, ServiceNow is highly preferable, but not mandate.
• Curiosity/Preparing for Cyber Security Certifications (CISM/CISSP/OSWE/ etc.)
• Basic knowledge about SOC2, ISO27001, NIST 800-53a, NIST 800-171, FedRAMP, SOX
• Strong knowledge of OT systems and OT system security
• Strong knowledge of network security and architecture

A bit about us

Digital Realty brings companies and data together by delivering the full spectrum of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions. PlatformDIGITAL®, the company’s global data center platform, provides customers with a secure data meeting place and a proven Pervasive Datacenter Architecture (PDx®) solution methodology for powering innovation and efficiently managing Data Gravity challenges. Digital Realty gives its customers access to the connected data communities that matter to them with a global data center footprint of 300+ facilities in 50+ metros across 25+ countries on six continents.

To learn more about Digital Realty, please visit digitalrealty.com or follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.

A bit about our team

Our Technology & Innovation team strives to innovate alongside our customers and empower their businesses to thrive. We work closely with our customers to develop insights-based, data-driven technical solutions and differentiated value propositions on PlatformDIGITAL® across the world. Operating in almost 50 cities globally means we understand how rapidly the world is evolving, so we’ve built a best-in-class development model to qualify, package; and enable cloud to core to edge hybrid IT solutions. Our deep technical heritage, combined with our global footprint, means the Technology Innovation team can create and deploy services and solutions that are at the heart of the digital economy.

What we can offer you

Our rapidly evolving business sector offers the opportunity to be part of a courageous and passionate team who work together to understand and meet the changing needs of our global customers.

Join us and you’ll be part of a supportive and inclusive environment where you can bring your whole self to work. As part of our team, you’ll get to work with people from different business areas, challenge the way we do things and put your ideas into action. We’ll also give you plenty of development opportunities so you can build a rewarding and successful career with us.

Apply today, take charge of your career and grow your talents with us.

Health and Safety

Safety isn't just a priority here at Digital; it's critical to everything we do. Safeguarding lives, protecting assets, and securing data aren't just ideals - they're essential pillars of our commitment to excellence for our people, our partners and our customers. We have a culture of care where every member of Team Digital embraces a relentless pursuit of working safely across Digital Realty. Together we are Safely Powering Progress.

Our Compensation Philosophy

Digital Realty offers its employees a highly competitive compensation package, excellent benefits, and an environment that recognizes and rewards your contributions. Central to our compensation philosophy is rewarding our employees for achieving the values and objectives aligned to the company's overall goals and values.

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As a Business Information Security Officer (BISO) at Digital Realty, you will serve as the strategic security leader for the region, bridging business objectives with robust cybersecurity practices. Your role is critical in shaping and executing security programs that protect enterprise and operational technology environments while ensuring compliance with global regulations such as NIS2.