Information Security Officer, Planning

7 months ago


Halifax, Canada Dalhousie University Full time

**Position Details**:

- Position Information**Position Title**
- Information Security Officer, Planning & Consulting

**Department/Unit**
- Information Security

**Location**
- Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

**Posting Number**
- S096-24

**Employee Group**
- DPMG

**Position Type**
- Regular, On-Going

**Duration of Contract (if applicable)**

**Employment Type**
- Full Time

**Full-time Equivalency (FTE)**
- 1.0 FTE

**Salary**
- Commensurate with training and experience.

**Classification**
- ADM-07

**Provisional Statement**
- This is a provisional classification. Formal regular review classification procedures may be initiated at any time by the incumbent or supervisor after the incumbent has worked a minimum of six months in the role._

**About Dalhousie University**
- Dalhousie University is Atlantic Canada’s leading research-intensive university and a driver of the region’s intellectual, social and economic development. Located in the heart of Halifax, Nova Scotia, with an Agricultural Campus in Truro/Bible Hill, Dalhousie is a truly national and international university, with more than half of our almost 21,000 students coming from outside of the province. Our 6,000 faculty and staff foster a vibrant, purpose-driven community, that celebrated 200 years of academic excellence in 2018.

**Job Summary**
- Information Technology Services (ITS) is dedicated to a constructive, team-orientated environment, gathering varied perspectives, sharing knowledge, and building effective partnerships that enable our partners to achieve their goals by advising, providing solutions, and delivering service excellence in alignment with the University’s mission and goals. Reporting to the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), the Information Security Officer, Planning and Consulting will be responsible for leadership in development, communication and advising on information security policies, standards and general education.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Act as a key expert in assessing strengths and weaknesses in security planning efforts, and evaluating the security of information management workflows, technologies, and peer relationships (supply chain, partnerships, political/social risk assessment, etc.).
- Assess and manage risk framework implementations for university information systems and information assets.** **Lead design, implementation, education efforts, and reporting to university leadership**. **Work with CISO to create tactical and strategic risk mitigation plans.
- Develop, review, implement and maintain an engaging security awareness education program which meets all industry regulations, standards and compliance requirements and aims to mitigate human information security risks and move employees toward a security mindset.
- Consult and work with units on security plan development. Conduct risk assessments and information security consultations and provide guidance and education in building security and disaster recovery plans for key projects, institutional efforts and information systems.
- Manage communications on information security topics and trends. Support CISO and CIO in creating and delivering presentations and reporting on information security risks, trends, and critical issues to all levels of university leadership.
- Assist in the design, development and implementation of new policies, standards and procedures in collaboration with key stakeholders and service providers. Lead and assist CISO in audit compliance.

**Note**
- The successful applicant will be eligible for hybrid work (combination of in-person work on campus and remote work) as agreed by all parties based on operational requirements and university guidelines.

**Required Qualifications**
- Undergraduate degree in relevant field_ _(e.g. Communications, Information Management, Information Security) plus a minimum of seven to ten years relevant experience (or equivalent combination of training and experience).
- Completion of industry security certifications (GIAC/ISC2 or related security designations), or a willingness and ability to achieve relevant information security designations within 3-5 years.
- In-depth knowledge of IT practices, processes, controls, risk and governance frameworks as well as a broad knowledge of IT support environments, IT infrastructure, endpoint device management, networks, and cloud service environments as well as demonstrated commitment to ongoing formal and self-study to remain current with best practices in multiple disciplinary areas.
- Experience relevant to information security systems and implementation and the demonstrated ability to learn technically complex environments.
- Proven ability to problem-solve, and assess risks on complex, multidimensional initiatives and projects_ _with excellent judgement, initiative, and follow-through.
- Demonstrated solid communication (verbal and written), negotiation and presentation skills.

**Assets**
- Experience in a complex, multi-platform I



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