Chief Information Security Officer; CISO) and Director, IT Infrastructure

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• Job :
  Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) & Director, IT Infrastructure
• Union:
  Non-Union
• Job Description  #: 7753
• Close date: by 4:00 p.m. on October 14, 2026.
• Vacancy type:
  This posting is for an existing vacancy

Reporting to the Chief Information Officer (CIO), the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) & Director, IT Infrastructure will be responsible for implementing and running the enterprise cybersecurity and technology infrastructure program.

The CISO & Director, IT Infrastructure is responsible for establishing and maintaining the enterprise vision, strategy, and program to ensure information assets, technologies, and infrastructure are adequately protected. This includes oversight of the City’s data center, network infrastructure, and telephony and related infrastructure across approximately 180 sites.

The CISO will lead efforts to secure the organization’s information and IT assets by developing and implementing strategies to mitigate risks, ensure operational stability, manage security incidents, and ensure compliance with relevant policies and regulations.

The CISO will ensure that the business complies with all relevant IT security regulations and standards when acquiring new technology. This involves understanding the legal and regulatory landscape, assessing the technology's security features, and ensuring it meets the required compliance criteria.

The CISO will lead the IT Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Teams consisting of approximately 45 staff members.

Lead and provide strategic direction to achieve business goals by articulating standards, prioritizing technology initiatives and coordinating the evaluation, deployment, and management of current and future security and infrastructure technologies.

Participate in the development and implementation of IT strategies in collaboration with the IT Management team. Provide advice and recommendations to the Senior Management team on strategic infrastructure and security architectures and best practices to ensure the integrity of the City environment.

Develop and communicate security and technology plans and directions to senior management team, staff, partners, customers and stakeholders. Collaborate with the appropriate departments to develop and maintain a security technology plan that supports organization risk assessment needs.

Direct development, execution and updating of cyber incident response and assist with technology business continuity planning and execution.

Design and develop enterprise security standards, architecture, security technology evaluation and implementation.

Review proposed infrastructure and application projects and solutions for compliance to defined City security and technology policies, procedures and standards.

Perform corporate cultural analysis and develop change strategies that are flexible and adaptive in collaboration with the IT Management Team to support effective adoption of new applications, technologies and related processes.

Conduct research and provide recommendations on security products, services, protocols, and standards in support of all…