Cybersecurity Officer; IT Security – Manager

The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) is a multimodal agency with a global reputation for excellence. Our dedicated workforce plans, designs, builds, and operates an integrated transportation system that safely and efficiently moves people and goods throughout the state. In addition to maintaining over 20,000 lane miles of state highway and 4,100 bridges, WSDOT leads an award-winning Active Transportation Plan, manages the world's longest floating bridge, and operates the largest ferry system in the nation!

WSDOT’s Technology Services Division (TSD) is seeking an experienced Information Technology Cybersecurity Manager to provide executive leadership and cybersecurity governance for Washington State Ferries (WSF), serving as the designated Cybersecurity Officer and leading the agency’s Maritime Cybersecurity Program. This position will establish cybersecurity strategy, governance, regulatory compliance, cyber risk management, incident preparedness, and organizational resilience across critical technology and maritime operational environments, ensuring cybersecurity requirements are integrated into agency operations, technology modernization, and critical maritime infrastructure.

Our top candidates will be a strategic and collaborative leaders with strong cybersecurity governance, risk management, regulatory compliance, and exceptional communication and cross-functional leadership skills.

WSF provides transportation and transit services across two countries and multiple counties throughout the Puget Sound region and San Juan Islands. Within TSD, the WSF team supports the information technology systems, infrastructure, applications, and services used by more than 2,000 WSF employees and provides technology services across enterprise infrastructure, cybersecurity, cloud services, business applications, end-user computing, telecommunications, physical security, vendor management, procurement, and ferry operations.

This position works within a complex, matrixed organization and provides functional cybersecurity leadership across WSF and WSDOT, coordinating with operational, technology, security, and marine leadership to direct cybersecurity priorities and advance a secure, resilient Maritime Cybersecurity Program.

Among the varied range of responsibilities held within this role, the Cybersecurity Officer will:

• Direct the development, implementation, maintenance, and continuous improvement of the Maritime Cybersecurity Plan.
• Establish cybersecurity policies, standards, procedures, and governance processes supporting enterprise risk management and regulatory compliance.
• Direct cybersecurity assessments, audits, inspections, and corrective action activities supporting organizational compliance.
• Direct enterprise cybersecurity risk management activities, including risk identification, prioritization, evaluation, treatment, and executive risk communication.
• Establish enterprise priorities for vulnerability management and cybersecurity risk mitigation.
• Lead organizational response to significant cybersecurity incidents and serve in an Incident Command System (ICS) leadership role, as appropriate.
• Establish enterprise cybersecurity requirements, standards, and implementation priorities supporting secure IT and operational technology environments.
• Direct and coordinate with technology owners, engineering organizations, Digital Port Engineers, infrastructure teams, cybersecurity personnel, and operational stakeholders to integrate cybersecurity requirements into enterprise initiatives.

To be considered for this opportunity, the following competencies are required:

• Cybersecurity Governance &
  
  Risk Management:
  
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