Director of Cybersecurity / Information Security

Job Summary

The Director of Cybersecurity / Information Security is responsible for ensuring the safety of information systems assets and protecting systems from intentional or inadvertent access or destruction. This role involves solving complex problems, applying differing techniques, and working with extensive experience and judgement.

Responsibilities

• Develops and implements enterprise information security architectures and solutions.

• Serves as a security expert in application development, database design, network, and/or platform (operating system) efforts, helping project teams comply with enterprise and IT security policies, industry and government regulations, and best practices.

• Maintains security hardware and software/SaaS.

• Administers security policies to control physical and virtual access to systems.

• Researches, advocates, and implements new technologies, architectures, and security products that support security requirements for the enterprise and its customers, business partners, and vendors.

• Contributes to the development and maintenance of information security strategy and architecture across the enterprise.

• Analyzes business impact and exposure based on emerging security threats, vulnerabilities, and risks.

• Develops and executes security controls, defenses, and countermeasures to intercept and prevent internal or external attacks or attempts to infiltrate company email, data, e-commerce, and web-based systems.

• Responds to emergencies and remediates information security incidents.

Competencies

• Analytical

• Problem Solving

• Project Management

• Technical Skills

• Oral Communication

• Written Communication

• Teamwork

• Leadership/Managing People

• Business Acumen

• Ethics

• Organizational Support

• Judgment

• Motivation

• Planning/Organizing

• Professionalism

• Quality

• Quantity

• Safety and Security

• Adaptability

• Initiative

• Innovation

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (B.S.) from four-year college or university in Cybersecurity related discipline and 10+ years of directly related experience and/or training.

• Certifications preferred but not required include CISSP, CISM, etc.

Specializations and Concentrations

• Firewall deployment, management and monitoring – i.e., FortiNet and related services

• Email protection SaaS management – i.e., Mimecast / Proofpoint

• Experience with SIEM implementation and management – i.e, Windows Sentinel or Huntress

• Experience interacting with government agencies – i.e., NASA, DoD