Director of Infrastructre & Security

19 Jun 2024

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Director of Infrastructure and SecurityFulltimeDallas, Texas IMMEDIATE, exciting, new job opening for a Director of Infrastructure and Security to join our team and work on-site in a fulltime role for our client at their corporate headquarters in Dallas, Texas. The Director of Infrastructure and Security is a member of the IT leadership team and will be responsible for overseeing both the security and network operations. This role will help define a comprehensive strategy to build and maintain solutions to quickly identify, detect, and eradicate security threats, while streamlining our response and training processes. This is an exciting opportunity to collaborate with cross functional technology teams and further enhance our strategy. You will have an opportunity to leverage both a cloud based and hosted environment, build automation, and continuous monitoring capabilities while utilizing modern technologies to further operationalize and scale our security and infrastructure platforms.

Requirements:
  • Directs, develops and provides leadership to the Infrastructure and Security teams, establishing priorities, setting goals, monitoring progress and coordinating efforts with other groups within the IT organization
  • Implements strategies, processes and policies that ensure a consistently sound approach to security practices while ensuring a stable infrastructure company-wide
  • Represents company externally for all relevant informational client security requests
  • Oversees audit processes as well as all policies and controls to support
  • Vets vendor contracts to ensure appropriate practices are in place for handling of internal data
  • Supports build of continuous security monitoring and testing capabilities with both cloud native and hosted environments
  • Manages cloud and end point hardening baselines to ensure consistent implementation company-wide
  • Develops Infrastructure and Security roadmaps to address business needs and performance requirements
  • Effectively communicates with business leaders and executives
  • Develops service level agreements and key performance indicators that insure the timely implementation of service improvement plans and prevention/resolution of service issues
  • Implements comprehensive operational procedures to ensure key control objectives are met. Ensures practices and processes that drive accountability and effectiveness of key processes and controls.
  • Safeguards and maintains the capability to restore critical computer operations
  • Manages the purchasing of information technology so that it is properly controlled and ensures cost-effective solutions
  • Acts as a trusted advisor, and builds and maintains relationships with other IT leaders and business executives to develop a clear understanding of business needs. Ensures cost-effective delivery of IT services to meet those needs, and is able to respond with the agility required to address changing business priorities.
  • Stays abreast of new technology and security solutions and assesses technology to align with changing enterprise needs
  • Will travel to jobsites on an as-needed basis

2 Direct Reports:
  • Network Operations Manager
  • Cybersecurity Manager

Qualifications:
  • A bachelor's degree in area of specialty is highly preferred
  • 8-10 years of experience in the field or in a related area
  • Security/cybersecurity background
  • cloud computing such as Azure, AWS, Google Cloud background
  • Familiar with a variety of the field's concepts, practices, and procedures
  • Experience with Azure and M365 cloud platform
  • Proven ability to leverage third party infrastructure and security partners
  • Professional Security Certification (e.g., CISSP, GIAC, CISM) is a plus
To view all of our open positions, please visit: http://www.alleareconsulting.com/job-openings.

  • ID: #43297232
  • State: Texas Dallas / fort worth 75201 Dallas / fort worth USA
  • City: Dallas / fort worth
  • Salary: Depends on Experience
  • Job type: Permanent
  • Showed: 2022-06-19
  • Deadline: 2022-08-12
  • Category: Security