Associate Director of Cyber Security (Hybrid)

Overview
Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our Strategic Plan. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.

About Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech's faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security. Georgia Tech ranks among the nation's top 20 universities for research and development spending and No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.

Georgia Tech's Mission and Values
Georgia Tech's mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do:
1. Students are our top priority.
2. We strive for excellence.
3. We thrive on diversity.
4. We celebrate collaboration.
5. We champion innovation.
6. We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.
7. We nurture the wellbeing of our community.
8. We act ethically.
9. We are responsible stewards.

Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.

The Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) is the nonprofit, applied research organization of the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech). Founded in 1934 as the Engineering Experiment Station, GTRI has grown to more than 2,900 employees supporting eight laboratories in over 20 locations around the country. In FY2023 GTRI had over $941M of problem-solving research awards for government and industry.

Each day, GTRI's science and engineering expertise is used to turn ideas into workable solutions for our customers. We take the best ideas, often co-developed with our Georgia Tech academic partners, and turn them into systems applications that provide a significant technological advantage over other approaches.

Assist the Chief Information Security Officer with creating and maintaining a cyber security program and leading the Georgia Tech Cyber Security team in maintaining the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of Institute information assets and managing cyber security related compliance. Responsible for leading some of the investigation of and response to cyber security incidents. Act on behalf of the Chief Info Security Officer in his/her absence. This position will interact on a consistent basis with: External and internal leadership, management, stakeholders, staff, and law enforcement agencies. This position typically will advise and counsel: External and internal leadership, management, and staff. This position will supervise: May supervise Cyber Security staff.

Job Duty 1 -
Duties may include but are not limited to: Direct operations of the Cyber Security engineering team to design, develop, and deploy cyber security solutions that provide prevention, detection, and response capabilities.

Job Duty 2 -
Direct operations of the Cyber Security operations team to monitor all security systems for incidents, respond to incidents, manage vulnerabilities, and lead the digital forensics program.

Job Duty 3 -
Direct operations of the Cyber Security policy and compliance team to design, develop, and promulgate Institute cyber policy and ensure compliance with relevant cyber regulation.

Job Duty 4 -
Identify cyber risk and vulnerabilities and lead the response efforts for all major cyber incidents, including partnership with law enforcement agencies.

Job Duty 5 -
Assist in defining the vision, mission, objectives, and goals of the Institute cyber security program, and manage the team budget.

Job Duty 6 -
Provide cyber security risk management leadership in support of the academic, research, and administrative mission and goals of the Institute.

Job Duty 7 -
Assist in defining security metrics and reporting mechanisms to measure the ongoing success of the Cyber Security team.

Job Duty 8 -
Partner with Information Technology and Institute leadership to ensure institute initiative and programs incorporate appropriate controls and standards to manage risk and safeguard information/data assets belonging to, or entrusted to the Institute.

Job Duty 9 -
Collaborate with the University System of Georgia and the Georgia Technology Authority to ensure the policies of Georgia Tech, the University System of Georgia, and the state support the efforts of the Institute.

Job Duty 10 -
Perform other duties as assigned

Educational Requirements
Bachelor's Degree in Management Information Systems, Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent combination of education and experience

Other Required Qualifications
Overnight travel required for project delivery; flexibility in on-site daily service delivery hours (due to client shift schedules, project requirements).

Required Experience
Five to seven years of job related experience

Additional Preferred Qualifications
One or more additional security related certifications Demonstrated success in understanding research university business objectives and applying appropriate process or technology solutions Strong skills in building professional relationships with peers both inside and outside of the institution Knowledge of state and/or federal procurement processes and requirements Strong knowledge of IT auditing and enterprise risk assessment Knowledge of cyber security legal and policy issues Ability to independently assess new technologies in the marketplace, determines relevance to the Georgia Tech mission, and plan for the acquisition and implementation of those technologies

Preferred Educational Qualifications
Master's Degree

Salary Range: $131,001 - $178,162

Job Grade: I8

SKILLS
This job requires skills in team building, coaching, skills assessment and personnel evaluation. Ability to aggregate and prioritize multiple complex priorities. Strong servant leadership philosophy skills are required to also include adaptive, agile, and versatile thinking in the face of rapid changes and uncertainty, situational awareness and assessment in making sound decisions, and aligning team and institutional values. Strong skills in risk management and tolerance are also required.

The University System of Georgia is comprised of our 26 institutions of higher education and learning as well as the System Office. Our USG Statement of Core Values are Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect. These values serve as the foundation for all that we do as an organization, and each USG community member is responsible for demonstrating and upholding these standards. More details on the USG Statement of Core Values and Code of Conduct are available in USG Board Policy 8.2.18.1.2 and can be found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section8/C224/#p8.2.18_personnel_conduct.

Additionally, USG supports Freedom of Expression as stated in Board Policy 6.5 Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/C2653.

The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. The University is committed to maintaining a fair and respectful environment for all. To that end, and in accordance with federal and state law, Board of Regents policy, and University policy, Georgia Tech provides equal opportunity to all faculty, staff, students, and all other members of the Georgia Tech community, including applicants for admission and/or employment, contractors, volunteers, and participants in institutional programs, activities, or services. Georgia Tech complies with all applicable laws and regulations governing equal opportunity in the workplace and in educational activities.

Georgia Tech prohibits discrimination, including discriminatory harassment, on the basis of race, ethnicity, ancestry, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, disability, genetics, or veteran status in its programs, activities, employment, and admissions. This prohibition applies to faculty, staff, students, and all other members of the Georgia Tech community, including affiliates, invitees, and guests. Further, Georgia Tech prohibits citizenship status, immigration status, and national origin discrimination in hiring, firing, and recruitment, except where such restrictions are required in order to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or Attorney General directive, or where they are required by Federal, State, or local government contract.

More information on these policies can be found here: https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/c2714 Board of Regents Policy Manual | University System of Georgia (usg.edu).

This is a supervisory position.
This position has financial responsibilities.
This position will not be required to drive.
This role is a position of trust.
This position does not require a purchasing card (P-Card).
This position will not travel
This position requires a security clearance.

Additional preferred qualifications include:

Experience handling complex cybersecurity questions and requests from various levels of stakeholders and customers.

Prior experience with system architecture review and approval (compute, hardware/virtual, OS, storage, networking, security.

Excellent customer service skills, communication, and follow through.

Proficiency in leading services in enterprise cyber risk management and regulatory compliance according to standards including, but not limited to, DFARS 252.204-7012, NIST 800-171, CMMC

Familiarity with data governance and privacy requirements as they relate to cybersecurity.

Prior proven leadership experience with varying levels of cybersecurity and IT professionals across the enterprise.

Experience evaluating and approving the modification of critical information systems and directing implementation of change management and configuration changes.

Successful candidate must be able to pass a background check. Please visit http://policylibrary.gatech.edu/employment/pre-employment-screening