Senior Manager, IT Security

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Job Type : Employee

Employee

Duration in Months (for fixed-term jobs) :

N / A

Job Family : IT Security

IT Security

of Open Positions :

Faculty / Service - Department :

IT Services and Infrastructure

Campus : Main Campus

Main Campus

Union Affiliation : N / A

N / A

Date Posted : May 20, 2024

May 20, 2024

Closing Date : May 31, 2024

May 31, 2024

Note : Applications will be accepted until 11 : 59 PM on the day prior to the Posting End Date above

Hours per week : Salary Grade :

Salary Grade : Non-Union Grade NM2

Non-Union Grade NM2

Salary Range :

$108,337.00 - $134,456.00About Information Technology :

Information Technology is a dynamic and collaborative environment. We are focused on prioritizing and optimizing technological investments that facilitate the best student experience, as well as the activities of faculty, researchers and staff.

Our greatest strength are the people working with us. People like you, professionals eager to flex their intellectual muscle and achieve new heights in their career.

Working here gives you access to a great IT environment, rich with a diverse range of platforms, products, and services.

This is a place where innovative ideas are welcome.

In a nutshell : working here is challenging and rewarding. It’ll bring out the best of you. We want people that have the drive to advance IT in higher education.

We have the technologies to keep your inner fires burning, and benefits that can help you sustain a better lifestyle. And all this minutes away from gyms, the Byward Market, downtown, and the Rideau Canal at lunch time for runners and skaters.

Position Purpose

Reporting to the Senior Director, Infrastructure and Operations, the incumbent is responsible for implementing the University’s technical vision leading all aspects of identity, access and security management in order to remain compliant and mitigate security risks.

Collaborate with the Security Architect to ensure the protection of identity and security management in compliance with the University policy.

This position plays an integral role in the University’s strategic direction adhering to internet security and best practices.

In this role, your responsibilities will include :

Identity and Access Management : Develops and administers security measures intended to restrict, control and monitor access to the University network and all computing systems and applications.

Reports on security issues in the selection, acquisition, and maintenance of operating systems and subsystems with the goal of increasing security and productivity while decreasing cost, downtime and repetitive tasks.

Manages proper physical, data and systems security of computing devices and their compliance to the University’s standards and security policies.

Business Case Preparation : Collaborates with client managers to identify new business needs and other opportunities for technology to be applied to solve business problems, increase administrative efficiency and lower administrative costs, and improve services.

Evaluates the technical, economic, and operational feasibility of different approaches to solving business problems. Develops project proposals.

Project Management : Creates or oversees the creation of detailed project plans using sophisticated tools with a detailed understanding of project planning techniques and critical path analysis concepts.

Negotiates with client managers and IT managers in other departments to organize inter-disciplinary project teams according to the needs of each project.

Provides guidance to multiple project managers working simultaneously on different projects. Ensures that appropriate activity and progress reports are prepared regularly with respect to systems development projects.

Ensures appropriate controls are built in to the project plan. Ensures risks are monitored and managed over the course of each project, ensures that risk mitigation strategies are implemented where necessary.

Business Process Analysis and Design : Oversees the design of complete solutions to complex business problems using expert knowledge of technology, business process analysis techniques, business process re-engineering, and workflow analysis.

Applies the concepts and principles of change management, ensures that appropriate communication strategies are put in place with respect to new projects and business process changes.

IT Solutions Development : Direct all aspects of systems analysis and design, programming and debugging, quality assurance testing, technical and user documentation, and system implementation.

Evaluates or oversees the evaluation of buy and build approaches to meet business requirements. Develops requests for information and / or requests for proposals to solicit commercial software alternatives, and conducts detailed functional and technical evaluations of commercial software products.

Chooses the appropriate design architectures for University applications.

What you will bring :

• University degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems (MIS) or related field or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum ten (10) years of experience in a complex and diverse IT environment demonstrating experience in identity access management, security, project planning, risk analysis and IT resources management.
• Knowledge of the University’s information technology policies, procedures and standards.
• Experience in security incident handling processes, incident discovery, analysis and verification.
• Experience working with various software development methodologies, tools, and techniques (systems analysis, data modelling, database design, system design, programming, quality assurance, documentation, change and problem management, etc.).
• Experience using software metrics; formal estimation methods, defect measurement, etc.
• Experience managing a team of IT professionals.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Negotiating, interpersonal and communication skills.
• Bilingualism French and English (spoken and written).

LI-Hybrid

Prior to May 1, 2022, the University required all students, faculty, staff, and visitors (including contractors) to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 as defined in Policy 129 Covid-19 Vaccination.

This policy was suspended effective May 1, 2022 but may be reinstated at any point in the future depending on public health guidelines and the recommendations of experts.