CISO and Director of IT Engineering

Tri-County Technical College•Pendleton, SC

About The Position

Tri-County Technical College is seeking a Director of IT Engineering and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) to join the CIO’s leadership team. This role is responsible for the Information Security portfolio for the college's IT environment and data, as well as the engineering design and ongoing evaluation of all IT systems and infrastructure. The primary objective is to ensure TCTC's technology and data environments are reliable, secure, flexible, scalable, and cost-effective. The successful candidate will be a strategic thinker critical in shaping and building a physical and digital campus community that meets the needs of students in a rapidly changing technology world. This role will lead or champion employees, projects, and cross-functional teams.

Requirements

A bachelor's degree in communications, business administration, computer science (information technology), mathematics, statistics; management information science or a related field and experience in telecommunications, data processing and/or information technology.
Relevant experience may be substituted for a bachelor's degree on a year-for-year basis.

Nice To Haves

Understands technology deeply at both the application/system level and at the server/network level, understands where the gaps often are between these two.
Experience and working knowledge of physical and cloud-based architectures (On-Prem, SaaS, IaaS, PaaS) and when to use one versus another.
Demonstrated expertise in datacenter and servers as well as networking and communications infrastructure and administration.
Demonstrated ability in people management, strategic planning, risk management, change management, project management, project and task prioritization.
Experience developing technical documentation, business requirements and processes, use cases, knowledge articles, and presentations.
Possesses excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group of developers, product owners, and subject matter experts.
Strong cross-functional collaboration skills, relationship building skills, and the ability to achieve results through influence with individuals who aren’t direct reports.

Responsibilities

Responsible for the design, delivery, adoption, and availability of the college's server, networking, communications, and security portfolios.
Work closely with IT leadership and functional business leadership to understand business objectives and processes, providing guidance to further leverage infrastructure to increase user experience and the college's effectiveness and efficiency.
Lead projects from initiation to completion.
Ensure infrastructure is reliable, secure, flexible, scalable, and cost-effective.
Responsible for ongoing evaluation, design, and improvements to the college's Information Security program.
Coordinate with IT and college leadership to identify and implement highest risk areas.
Establish metrics to gauge program performance and success.
Lead the IT Engineering team and matrix manage across IT.
Direct the IT Engineering team in day-to-day activities, prioritize work, maintain a budget, develop performance metrics, and ensure employees are developing personally and professionally.
Provide hands-on support, engineering, and problem-solving as needed for Systems Engineering and Tier 4 Support.
Establish and leverage vendor relationships, understand product roadmaps, develop RFPs, evaluate proposals, and manage vendor performance.
Analyze, investigate, and evaluate emerging technology and software trends.

Benefits

Health, dental, vision, long term disability, and life insurance for employee, spouse, and children
Basic life insurance and optional supplements life insurance for employee, spouse, and children.
15 days annual (vacation) leave per year
15 days sick leave per year
13 paid holidays
Paid Parental leave
State Retirement Plan and Deferred Compensation Programs: 401k with employer contributions.
Professional Development Opportunities: Team bonding activities/events and professional training programs.
Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Counseling and support services.
Work-Life Balance: Flexible work schedules, 37.5 work weeks and abbreviated Fridays.