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JOB DESCRIPTION
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Position: CSO
Location: Jacksonville, Florida, US
Type: Permanent F/T
Closing Date: 04/16/2005
The Chief Security Officer (CSO) will provide the future security vision for
the company and will co-create the technical strategy and direction of the
organization. The CSO will actively promote increased integration and
efficiency in operating the security infrastructure while providing greater
responsiveness to internal and external customers. In this position, the CSO
will provide strong leadership for a team of world class security experts in
networking, security, systems engineering and other areas. Working with the
team, the CSO will help plan the development of new, innovative customer
security technologies and drive both short and long term security planning and
its impact on the business. This position will build a responsive and strategic
technical team, applying business and financial acumen while developing and
communicating a security strategy. Provide day-to-day management of corporate
wide security infrastructure, ensuring that projects are done on time and
within budget parameters with measurements of impact.
The CSO will plan and manage the strategic components of the enterprise
security services portfolio, providing process and technology direction on a
wide variety of information security issues, concerns, and problems and
opportunities. The individual will work closely with the Engineers to ensure IT
systems and electronic data are protected from internal and external
unauthorized access, modification, deletion or disclosure in compliance with
Company policies and standards and security best practices. Delivers on process
and technology controls governing incident handling, security architecture
planning, policy development, service level management, process framework
definition, security program direction, strategic project coordination, and
undertakes operational/tactical level security process and engineering work as
required to support the other members of the enterprise security team.
The CSO will also be responsible for establishing and maintaining worthwhile
and lasting relationships with current customers and identifying new client
opportunities. Individual must be able to identify needs in customer’s
organization and devise mutually beneficial solutions, employing
solution-selling techniques to identify business needs, developing customized
solutions, and measuring ROI to solve client business problems. Responsible
for managing, monitoring and reporting on all assigned business development
activities, specifically the advancement of prospects through the sales cycle.
Develop and presenting proposals that clearly convey business needs, project
approach, relevant experience and client benefits. Participate in contract
negotiations and coordinates execution of contracts. Understand competitors'
strengths and weaknesses and effectively articulating Company's competitive
advantage. Demonstrate effective negotiation and closing techniques in securi
ng profitable business. Represent the company at industry trade shows.
Provide input into development of marketing literature and boilerplate.
Finally, in coordination with the Education Sales Account Executive, the CSO
will design and lead training on security related products. Participate in the
testing of upgrades and new tools as part of the training design and rollout
process. Plan, institute, and oversee new security training programs. Develop
strategies and recommend solutions to recurring security training problems.
Write, update, and review user documentation. Coordinate, manage, and act as
liaison for corporate projects and initiatives requiring independent decision
making, including assigning project tasks and directing responsibilities of
team members.
JOB REQUIREMENTS
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TECHNICAL AND EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
Languages: LDAP, SQL, XML, JSP, Java script, Perl script
Software: Tivoli Access Manager, Netegrity IdentityMinder/CA Etrust
Databases: SQL, DB2
Operating Systems: Windows (NT, 2000, XP), Solaris, Linux. AIX
Education: CISSP, CISA, CPP, MCP/MCSE, and SAN certifications a plus.
Bachelor’s Degree in related field required Master’s Degree
preferred.
REQUIRED EXPERIENCE:
* 10+ years experience in IT leadership positions, preferably in complex,
technologically-driven organizations.
* Must have in depth experience in managing a complex security infrastructure
and helping set a security direction for small, mid-size and large, complex
organizations.
* Must have proven experience working across multiple functions of an
organization and enabling technology.
* Past experience in diagnosing, analyzing, designing, implementing and
evaluating successful large-scale security solutions with measurable results
within a large organization
* Strong understanding of IT Security and Technology as a whole.
* Understand how technology can impact business models and drivers.
* Experience in technology strategy, analysis and planning in a complex
environment, and evaluating and recommending products/services which ensure
alignment with overall corporate strategy.
CONTACT
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Please send your updated resume in MS Word format, along with compensation
requirements.
Jason Tarazi
Technical Recruiter
Technisource
jtarazi@technisource.com
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