Head of IT Infrastructure and Security

FIRY•Las Vegas, NV

6d•Onsite

About The Position

FIRY is seeking a senior technology leader to own enterprise technology, infrastructure, and cybersecurity across the company. The role will strengthen operations, establish governance, and create a deliverable roadmap for technology risk while leading continued investment in data and cybersecurity infrastructure. The successful candidate will improve resilience and uptime, raise control and audit maturity, optimize technology spending and vendor relationships, and establish clear service levels and decision rights for Finance, Legal, Engineering, and business leaders. The role also serves as a trusted technology and cyber-risk advisor to the Security Council, Audit Committee, and Board. The Head of IT Infrastructure and Security will set the enterprise IT and security strategy, roadmap, operating model, architecture principles, budget, and performance measures. The role owns corporate infrastructure and security operations, including cloud workplace platforms, networks, identity, endpoints, collaboration tools, enterprise applications, service management, and asset lifecycle. It leads ITGC remediation and operation in partnership with Finance and Internal Audit; cybersecurity risk management and incident response; business continuity and disaster recovery; and third-party technology governance. The role partners with Engineering on ownership boundaries across corporate IT, cloud and platform infrastructure, and product security. It also leads technology integration and separation planning for acquisitions, divestitures, subsidiaries, and material vendors. The position develops internal teams and managed service providers, sets service levels and on-call coverage, and communicates technology risk, investment choices, incidents, and performance to executive leaders and governance bodies. This is an onsite position at FIRY’s Las Vegas headquarters, in a five-day-a-week collaborative office environment. Travel is less than 10%. Total starting compensation, including base salary, bonus, and equity, is $324,034.

Requirements

At least 10 years of progressive leadership across enterprise IT, infrastructure, cybersecurity, or technology operations, including senior leadership in a technology or digital business.
Demonstrated ownership of a broad enterprise IT environment and cybersecurity program in a cloud-first, geographically distributed organization.
Direct experience designing, remediating, and operating ITGCs in a public-company SOX environment, including access, change management, program operations, and IT-dependent controls.
Experience leading material control remediation with Finance, Internal Audit, external audit, and technical control owners, and distinguishing operational ownership from independent assurance.
Depth in IAM and privileged access, endpoint and device management, networks, AWS or comparable cloud platforms, SaaS governance, ITSM, logging and monitoring, vulnerability management, and incident response.
Track record building business continuity and disaster recovery programs and running executive tabletop and recovery exercises.
Experience with NIST CSF, ISO 27001, PCI, privacy requirements, and third-party risk.
Experience leading teams and managed service providers, owning budgets and vendor portfolios, and improving service quality while maintaining cost discipline.
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience in information systems, computer science, cybersecurity, engineering, or a related field.

Nice To Haves

CISA, CISSP, CISM, or comparable certification; certification is not a substitute for operating experience.
Experience supporting acquisitions, subsidiaries, or complex multi-entity environments is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Set and execute FIRY’s enterprise IT and security strategy, multi-year roadmap, operating model, architecture principles, budget, and performance measures.
Own reliable and secure corporate infrastructure, networks, cloud workplace platforms, identity, endpoints, collaboration tools, enterprise applications, service management, and asset lifecycle.
Lead operational remediation and sustainable execution of ITGCs, including user and privileged access, segregation of duties, program change management, program operations, evidence retention, and issue tracking, in partnership with Finance and Internal Audit.
Serve as FIRY’s senior cybersecurity operator and functional CISO, maintaining the risk register, security policies and standards, monitoring, vulnerability management, incident response, employee awareness, and executive reporting.
Direct business continuity and disaster recovery planning, testing, lessons learned, and remediation for critical enterprise services and dependencies.
Build risk-based third-party technology governance spanning diligence, contracting input, onboarding, monitoring, renewals, incident coordination, and exit planning.
Partner with Engineering to define ownership boundaries among corporate IT, cloud and platform infrastructure, product security, DevSecOps, and application security.
Lead technology integration and separation planning for acquisitions, divestitures, subsidiaries, and material vendors, including identity, data, infrastructure, controls, and continuity.
Lead, develop, and scale the internal team and managed service providers; establish service levels, documentation, on-call coverage, and a culture of accountable execution.
Translate technology risk, investment choices, incidents, and performance into concise recommendations for the CAO, Security Council, executive leadership, Audit Committee, and Board, as applicable.

Benefits

100% coverage for medical, dental, and vision insurance for the employee and dependents.
401K matching.
Equity incentives.
Pre-tax benefit options.
Meditation and mental health resources.
Physical fitness coaching and classes.
Family planning assistance.
Virtual therapy sessions.
Competitive PTO and company holidays.
Free daily catered lunch and snacks at the Las Vegas headquarters.
Full-size gym with showers.
Commuter benefits.
Team events.