Application Manager, IT Security

3 weeks ago


Ottawa, Canada University of Ottawa Full time

Job title under review

The University of Ottawa—A crossroads of cultures and ideas

The University of Ottawa is home to a dynamic community of over 50,000 students, faculty and staff, who live, work and study in both French and English. Our campus is a crossroad of cultures and ideas, where bold minds come together to inspire game-changing ideas. We believe in the power of representation, and that increasing the diversity of our faculty and staff supports this objective. Our goal is to provide students with the best possible learning experience, in an environment that reflects the diversity of its people, their ideas, and their identities.

We are one of Canada’s top 10 research universities—our professors and researchers explore new approaches to today’s challenges. One of a handful of Canadian universities ranked among the top 200 in the world, we attract exceptional thinkers and welcome diverse perspectives from across the globe. Our employees come together around the shared purpose of constant improvement, personal development, service excellence, teamwork and a passion for learning with a desire to make uOttawa and the world a better place. Everyone's contributions are valued, we all play a part in making uOttawa a world-class institution. Most importantly, we make it possible for you to achieve your full potential. Because at uOttawa, you belong

About Information Technology

Information Technology is a dynamic and collaborative environment. We are focused on prioritizing and optimizing technological investments that facilitate the best student experience, as well as the activities of faculty, researchers and staff. Our greatest strength are the people working with us. People like you, professionals eager to flex their intellectual muscle and achieve new heights in their career. Working here gives you access to a great IT environment, rich with a diverse range of platforms, products, and services. This is a place where innovative ideas are welcome.

**In a nutshell**: working here is challenging and rewarding. It’ll bring out the best of you. We want people that have the drive to advance IT in higher education. We have the technologies to keep your inner fires burning, and benefits that can help you sustain a better lifestyle. And all this minutes away from gyms, the Byward Market, downtown, and the Rideau Canal at lunch time for runners and skaters.

Position Purpose

**In this role, your responsibilities will include**:
**Project Planning and Business Case Preparation**: Works with client manager to identify business and strategic needs, as well as opportunities for IT solutions to be applied to solve business problems and increase administrative efficiency and lower administrative costs, improve service, etc. Evaluates the technical, economic, and operational feasibility of different approaches to solving business problems. Develops project proposals, analyzes and documents risks, and risk mitigation strategies. Ensures licensing management, provisioning and liaisons with vendors.

**Project management**: Organizes inter-disciplinary project teams according to the needs of each project, leads and supervises their work. Negotiates with stakeholders to ensure that project teams are appropriately staffed. Ensures that appropriate controls and progress reports are prepared regularly. Ensures that risks are monitored and that risk mitigation strategies are implemented when necessary.

**Team lead**: Leads a team of professionals involved in multiple system development projects and/or system maintenance and support activities. Provides advice to staff regarding project planning and management, system development methods, design alternatives, and technical options. Depending on the context, or a particular project, manages and evaluates the employees’ performance and sets up their objectives.

**What you will bring**:
University degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems (MIS) or a related field.

Minimum 5 years of experience in project planning, risk analysis and project management in a complex and diverse IT environment.

Knowledge and experience in project management methodologies and managing multi-year projects (information security projects would be an added asset) that involve cross-functional systems.

Experience creating estimates (timeframes, budgets, resources, etc.), as well as creating process workflow/information flow maps and performing risk analysis and proposing risk mitigation strategies;
Knowledge and experience with information security best practices, security awareness programs, and information security systems would be an asset.

Knowledge of the University’s IT policies, procedures, and guidelines.

Ability to negotiate and influence clients in accepting solutions that align both the strategic goals of the University and short and long-term client requirements.

Advanced interpersonal skills to effectively communicate with business clients, external


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