IT Director Security & Operations (Biotech/Pharma/Healthcare)

I have a full time opportunity for a Director of IT Ops & CyberSecurity for one of our top tier clients in Atlanta, GA. This is a highly visible role within the organization and will require significant leadership experience. Please see the job description below and let me know if you are interested.

This role is 3 days onsite, 2 days remote.

It comes with a very generous base salary and employee benefits package.

Responsibilities:

• Serves as internal security consultant to the organization and monitors advancements in cybersecurity technologies
• Advise the organization with current information about technologies
• Develops the organization design, resources, and processes to effectively accomplish product and enterprise IT objectives
• Guide and influence technology investments within the context of operational effectiveness and organizational alignment with business and IT strategic plans
• Oversee the selection of testing, deployment, and maintenance for security hardware and software products as well as outsourced arrangements
• Improve information and product security policies, business and IT risk roadmaps and a formal process around security risk assessment, mitigation, response, and governance
• Participate in the strategic plans of Business Units, Regions, and Enterprise IT
• Plan, test and execute responses to security breaches, including outreach as necessary with customers, partners, or the general public
• Partner and coordinate security activities with related compliance, regulatory and quality organizations (e.g., Privacy, Ethics & Compliance, Regulatory Affairs)

Requirements

• Minimum of 6 years of IT and cyber security leadership experience
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience managing internal talent, as well as 3rd party consultants
• In-depth knowledge of networking and protocols
• Strong understanding of a wide variety of cybersecurity technologies for architecture and testing relating to Multi-Factor Authentication, Passwordless Authentication, Digital Rights Management, PKI, Endpoint Protection, Mobile Device Management, Patch Management, Vulnerability Management, Security Incident and Event Management, Data Loss Prevention, Zero Trust
• Strong understanding of Incident Response (red, blue, purple teams)
• Able to align and connect business strategies with technology solutions
• Excellent presentation and communication skills
• Manage a security engineering program assuring that project teams are well-managed and that appropriate resources are provided
• Subject matter expertise relevant to assigned business area
• Ability to communicate complex technical challenges in a non-technical and simplified manner to business audience
• Ability to effectively communicate business needs to the technology teams

Education

• BA/BS in Computer Science or related discipline required,
• Advance degree preferred
• Certifications such as MCSE, CCNA, CCIE, CISSP, CISM, GIAC, CEH preferred

Lori Sklarski

Senior Technical Recruiter

PRI Technology

P: 973.732.5454 x27

C: 973.432.9968

F: 973.732.5456

Lori.sklarski@pritechnology.com

www.pritechnology.com