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The International Rescue Committee is a global humanitarian aid, relief and development nongovernmental organization.
Sector: Information Technology
Open to Expatriates: Not Applicable
Job Description
The IRC has defined a new strategic mission & vision, along with initiatives and key processes to meet strategic objectives. The IT department provides reliable and scalable application development and infrastructure for the IRC’s offices around the world, including technologically complicated locations. IRC’s ITHQ department includes 70 professionals primarily in the US & Nairobi and over 150 IT professionals in 40 counties supporting 13, 000 staff globally.
Job Overview/Summary
The Deputy Director is a Global Information Security (GIS) leader accountable for running and improving IT security operations. Strengthens Information security posture by defining and implementing a complex, global multi-stream initiative to update and improve security practices, tools, and processes via the Security Enhancement Program (SEP). Leading SEP design and implementation, strategy must be inclusive, and examine processes and toolsets across enterprise systems and architecture to provide a detailed future state roadmap with investment options. The ideal candidate is a leader, hands on authority in multiple technologies, problem solver, and people motivator. The SEP will be supported by several Field and HQ technologists, Leadership, a dedicated senior IT project coordinator, and MSSP. The team will collaborate closely with Enterprise ERP and core IT functions: infrastructure (network, servers, databases, cloud) and applications. This role builds out and runs the Security Operations Center (SOC), including hands-on day-to-day operations.
Major Responsibilities
As the IRC enterprise IT Security Leader, this role is accountable for the hands-on operation of the SOC and leading, improving, managing, and providing IT security oversight for IRC systems. This role will directly manage and oversee all GIS security systems such as Azure, ProofPoint, etc. and develop IT standards that facilitate oversight of enterprise BU critical systems: WorkDay, Box, etc. Each system lead sysadmin (Primary Custodian) maintains responsibility for system security and data privacy and is GIS Distributed Security Organization (DSO) member.
Leads project planning and budgets; escalates as necessary
Completes projects in a timley manner and quickly develops and maintains relationships the organization.
Job Requirements
Education: Bachelor’s degree in an information systems-related field required. Master’s preferred.
Work Experience: 5-7 years in IT system design, implementation and operations in a global organization; 1-3 years with IT security systems
Demonstrated Skills And Competencies
Language Skills: English required; French and Arabic a plus
Certificates or Licenses: CISSP, CISSP/ITIL, CISM or others, which support adequate aptitude to design, deploy and operate IT security solutions; CISSP strongly preferred.
Working Environment: Standard office work environment; work location may be another IRC office.
Travel: up to 15%; two trips annually to NYHQ.
Standards of Professional Conduct: The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in the IRC Way – Code of Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, Equality and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Harassment-Free Workplace, Diversity Equality and Inclusion (DEI), Fiscal Integrity, Anti-Retaliation, Combating Trafficking in Persons and several others.
Narrowing the Gender Gap: The International Rescue Committee is committed to narrowing the gender gap in leadership positions. We offer benefits that provide an enabling environment for women to participate in our workforce including a flexible hour (when possible), maternity leave, transportation support, and gender-sensitive security protocols.
Equal Opportunity Employer: IRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. IRC considers all applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws
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