Julio Nunez

About Julio Nunez

Security Executive specializing in Application, Product, and Cloud Security with 15+ years leading high-impact teams and safeguarding complex digital ecosystems across Media, Entertainment, E-Commerce, and Financial Services.I build and scale modern security programs that enable business velocity, protect high-value IP, and harden platforms used by millions. My background spans offensive security, cloud-native architecture, secure-by-design engineering, AI-driven automation, and end-to-end content protection across global creative pipelines.As a trusted partner to senior leadership, I translate risk into strategy, align security with innovation, and drive measurable improvements in resilience, reliability, and operational efficiency. I’m known for transforming underperforming functions into cohesive, engineering-driven organizations that deliver at scale.Core strengths include product & application security, platform hardening, cloud security (AWS/GCP), security architecture, AI/ML enablement, vendor ecosystem governance, and building inclusive, high-performing global teams.My work focuses on elevating security as a competitive advantage, eliminating constraints across fast-moving, high-stakes environments.

Experience

1. Director, Content Security Engineering (Application & Cloud Security)

   The Walt Disney Studios

   Nov 2024 — Present · Glendale, CA, US

   Lead Disney’s most technical Content Security Engineering function, serving as the Application & Cloud Security lead responsible for securing applications, platforms, and emerging production technologies across the Studio’s global content lifecycle. Provide VP-level guidance to Studio executives, drive security strategy, and manage a multi-million-dollar program budget. Direct a 32-person blended team (5 FTEs, 4 staff-aug, 23 contractors).* Rebuilt a low-morale organization into a high-performance engineering team through structured coaching, clear career pathways, and process modernization. Increased assessment throughput by 30% while stabilizing engagement and reducing attrition.* Defined and executed a Studio-wide application, cloud, and AI security strategy, delivering reference architectures, secure design standards, and guardrails for SaaS, rendering, and emerging AI platforms.* Pioneered AI/ML-driven assessment augmentation and agentic-AI workflows to reduce manual workload, accelerate evaluations, and scale assessment capacity without increasing headcount.* Scaled secure adoption of SaaS, rendering, and AI platforms by operationalizing 120+ annual assessments and embedding controls into digital creative workflows.* Partnered with Production, Site Engineering, Editorial, VFX, and Studio Technology to integrate secure-by-design practices across end-to-end workflows, protecting high-value IP across creation, editorial, finishing, and distribution.* Negotiated and optimized delivery across our contracting firms, aligning spend, SLAs, and talent quality while stabilizing a 23-contractor workforce.* Unified NIST CSF, ISO 27001, OWASP, and TPN into a practical controls framework that established consistent guardrails across platforms and external vendors.* Partnered with security teams to embed unified identity, access control, API security, secrets handling, and secure cloud configuration patterns across Disney’s global content workflows.

Education

• Syracuse University

  Master of Science (M.S.), Information Management

• Syracuse University

  CAS, Information Security Management

• Syracuse University

  Bachelor of Science (BS), Information Management & Technology

Skills

• Customer Service
• Business Intelligence
• Windows
• Analysis
• Sdlc
• Public Speaking
• Social Media
• Powerpoint
• Microsoft Excel
• Css
• Mac Os
• Requirements Analysis
• Kali Linux
• Rational Appscan
• Management
• Risk Management
• Project Management
• Burp Suite
• Penetration Testing
• Networking
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Leadership
• Adobe Design Programs
• Html
• Active Directory
• Information Security
• Problem Solving
• Microsoft Office
• System Administration
• Analytical Skills
• Business Systems Analysis
• Web Application Security Assessment
• Technology Needs Analysis
• Social Engineering
• Data Analysis
• Business Analysis
• Vmware Fusion
• Microsoft Access
• Microsoft Word
• Sql