Vice President of Information Security & Technology

Description

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Kids (formerly Episcopal Children’s Services) is a 2026 Top Workplace that honors young children’s immense potential by helping them enter school ready to learn. We cultivate lifelong learners by immersing children in enriching guided experiences and discovery-oriented approaches. Through programs like Voluntary Prekindergarten (VPK), Head Start, School Readiness, Child Care Resource & Referral (CCRR), and more, our dedicated professionals work with families and caregivers throughout Florida to promote children’s well-being.

These enable us to strengthen key areas including motor development, cognitive development, social and emotional development, language and communication skills, and problem-solving skills.

Partner with us to help empower communities to rise above generational poverty with comprehensive early childhood education and holistic family support. We have career opportunities available in several counties throughout Northeast and Central Florida.

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Kids offers a competitive benefit package which includes:

• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• 403(b) plan with 5% employer match
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Long-term & short-term disability insurance
• Employer-paid life insurance
• Paid holidays
• Generous paid time off
• Career development
• Qualifying employer for Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program

The Vice President of Information Security & Technology serves as a strategic technology partner to executive leadership, translating agency goals into a multi-year technology and security roadmap. This role provides strategic leadership and oversight of all IT and information security functions for Episcopal Children's Services (ECS4

Kids), ensuring the reliability, security, compliance, and effectiveness of the agency's technology infrastructure, cloud platforms, telecommunications, and information assets.

Serving as the agency's Information Systems Security Officer (ISSO), the Vice President owns cybersecurity, data governance, business continuity/disaster recovery, vendor management, technology planning, and regulatory compliance, and protects sensitive child, family, employee, and agency information. The role develops technology policies, procedures, and security controls that align with organizational strategy, compliance requirements, and risk tolerance. The Vice President advises executive leadership and the Board of Directors on technology strategy, cybersecurity risk, and emerging technologies, and builds the technical and leadership capacity of IT staff.

• Partner with leadership to anticipate technology needs, develop a multi-year technology roadmap, and identify opportunities to improve business processes, service delivery, and efficiency through technology.
• Partner with Fiscal, Grants, and Program leadership to align technology investment with agency growth, funder priorities, and grant competitiveness.
• Serve as liaison between users, departments, vendors, and technical support providers, and report on technology performance, risk, and compliance to executive leadership and the Board.
• Manage IT infrastructure — networks, cloud platforms, servers, telecommunications, and end-user devices — and oversee implementation, upgrades, and vendor support of software and enterprise platforms.
• Serve as ECS's Information Systems Security Officer (ISSO), leading a comprehensive cybersecurity program: risk assessments, vulnerability and threat management, identity/access controls, MFA, endpoint protection, security monitoring, and awareness training (including for Microsoft 365, Net Suite, Paylocity, and other cloud systems).
• Lead incident response for cybersecurity events and data breaches, including investigation, containment, recovery, and required notifications.
• Track and secure technology assets, mobile devices, and remote/cloud systems; maintain confidentiality of sensitive information encountered in the role.
• Establish agency-wide data governance (classification, privacy, retention, disposal, quality) and ensure database security and access controls.
• Ensure compliance with applicable state, federal, contractual, and…