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Cherokee Nation Businesses · 1 day ago

Director IT Security

Tulsa, OK, United States

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

15+ years exp

Cherokee Nation Businesses is looking for a Director of IT Security to develop, coordinate, and oversee the implementation of security policies and procedures. This role is responsible for safeguarding equipment, software, and information against unauthorized access and ensuring compliance with relevant laws and regulations.

Business DevelopmentHealth CareHospitalityInformation ServicesService Industry

Responsibilities

Develops, publishes, educates, and maintains comprehensive enterprise-wide information security strategy, plans, policies, procedures, and guidelines

Leads and facilitates an information security steering committee and maintain a security dashboard to provide an information security and cyber threat overview

Provides strategic risk guidance for IT projects and initiatives, including the evaluation and recommendation of technical controls

Recruits, mentors, develops, and retains a staff of information security technology professionals

Leads information security team, including providing work direction and decision making, planning, and budgeting as well as activities to increase the awareness of information security

Ensures that security programs are in-compliance with relevant laws, regulations, and policies to minimize or eliminate risk

Supervises/manages a department and has authority over hiring/termination/performance decisions

Work is primarily performed in a climate-controlled office setting

Work may require travel, including overnight stays

Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Qualification

Information security leadershipSecurity architecture designRegulatory complianceInformation security certificationsMulti-platform operating system securityNetwork securityApplication securityDatabase securityLeadership skillsCritical thinkingFlexibility in communicationWork under pressure

Required

Bachelor's degree and fifteen (15) years of information security or other cross-functional IT leadership experience in a mid- to large-sized environment

Experience designing security architectures for new applications and for vendor product integration

Advanced knowledge of enterprise-wide multi-platform operating system security, network security, application security, database security, regulatory compliance, risk management, etc

Advanced leadership skills including excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills

Excellent critical thinking skills including the ability to think outside of the box

Ability to flex styles to work well with a range of personalities from extremely technical team members to non-technical business leaders

Ability to work with a sense of urgency in a fast-paced often-stressful environment