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Assistant Director: Cybersecurity

Pima Community College
  • Tuscon, Arizona
    6 days ago

    Job Description

    The Cybersecurity Assistant Director is responsible for providing high-level technical leadership, operational direction, and project management for the college's enterprise-wide security program. This position is accountable for the protection of institutional data, systems, and digital assets. The Assistant Director coordinates major security initiatives, manages risk, and ensures compliance with institutional policies and industry standards and frameworks. This role requires the ability to work with minimal supervision, lead incident response efforts, and provide technical guidance to the IT leadership team.

    The work schedule for this position is flexible and may include working evenings and weekends and local travel. This job may have On-call rotation duties.

    • Manages assigned cybersecurity personnel and security operations, including incident response and proactive threat hunting. Provides work direction, technical guidance, mentorship, performance management, and professional development to build advanced technical capabilities within the team
    • Oversees and performs advanced cybersecurity administration across network, endpoint, server, and cloud environments. Designs, implements, and maintains security controls and defense-in-depth strategies to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of institutional systems, data, and digital assets
    • Leads and performs complex cybersecurity incident response activities, including investigation, containment, isolation, forensic analysis, root cause analysis, recovery, and post-incident review. Coordinates backup and recovery activities associated with cybersecurity incidents
    • Manages and administers identity and access management and data protection controls, including multi-factor authentication, single sign-on, identity governance, access control frameworks, Data Loss Prevention (DLP), and enterprise email security. Develops and enforces related cybersecurity policies, standards, and procedures
    • Configures, administers, tunes, and provides technical oversight of enterprise cybersecurity infrastructure, including firewalls, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) systems, security automation and orchestration platforms, and related security technologies. Evaluates and advises on the security posture of the College's technology environment
    • Leads vulnerability management, attack surface management, and continuous security monitoring activities. Identifies, assesses, prioritizes, and mitigates vulnerabilities and cybersecurity risks across institutional technology environments, including operating systems and externally accessible assets
    • Develops, implements, and maintains cybersecurity procedures and technical controls related to system hardening, incident response, disaster recovery, security contingency planning, and the cybersecurity components of business continuity
    • Serves as a senior technical resource to the CISO and collaborates with IT leadership to align cybersecurity operations and initiatives with institutional goals. Evaluates complex cybersecurity risks and technical issues, develops recommendations, and prepares reports and other information to support leadership decision-making
    • Develops and administers enterprise-wide cybersecurity training and awareness initiatives designed to reduce human-centered cybersecurity risks and promote secure practices throughout the College
    • Leads complex cybersecurity projects from requirements definition and design through testing, implementation, documentation, and operational transition. Coordinates project activities and resources and communicates project status, risks, issues, and outcomes to appropriate stakeholders
    • Participates in the development and administration of cybersecurity budgets and resource planning; evaluates security technology and resource needs, supports procurement and vendor management activities, and monitors the effective use of cybersecurity resources
    • Performs all other duties and responsibilities as assigned or directed by the supervisor


    • Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or a closely related field of study and
    • Three to five years of related experience and
    • One to three years of supervisory experience and
    • Valid Arizona driver license


    or

    • An equivalent combination of certification, education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job such as those listed above
    Preferred:

    • Master's degree in Computer Science or a closely related field of study
    • Five plus years of related experi

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationTuscon, Arizona

    Skills

    • Access Controlunmatched
    • Authenticationunmatched
    • Automationunmatched
    • Budget Managementunmatched
    • Cloud Computingunmatched
    • Computer Scienceunmatched
    • Computer Securityunmatched
    • Contingency Plansunmatched
    • Data Recoveryunmatched
    • Decision Supportunmatched
    • Defense in Depthunmatched
    • Disaster Recoveryunmatched
    • Documentationunmatched
    • Driver's Licenseunmatched
    • Email Securityunmatched
    • Enterprise Protectionunmatched
    • Establish Prioritiesunmatched
    • Firewallsunmatched
    • Forensic Scienceunmatched
    • Huntingunmatched
    • Identity Data Managementunmatched
    • Incident Managementunmatched
    • Incident Responseunmatched
    • Industry Standardsunmatched
    • Information Technology & Information Systemsunmatched
    • Information/Data Security (InfoSec)unmatched
    • Internet Securityunmatched
    • Leadershipunmatched
    • Loss Preventionunmatched
    • Maintain Complianceunmatched
    • Mentoringunmatched
    • On Callunmatched
    • Operating Systemsunmatched
    • People Managementunmatched
    • Performance Managementunmatched
    • Procurement Managementunmatched
    • Project/Program Managementunmatched
    • Reporting Skillsunmatched
    • Requirements Managementunmatched
    • Risk Analysisunmatched
    • Risk Managementunmatched
    • Root Cause Analysisunmatched
    • Security Analysisunmatched
    • Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)unmatched
    • Security Monitoringunmatched
    • Single Sign-On (SSO)unmatched
    • Technical Leadershipunmatched
    • Test Designunmatched
    • Vendor/Supplier Managementunmatched

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