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Senior Manager of Infrastructure and Cybersecurity

Location Austin, TX 78731
Date Posted April 03, 2024
Job ID 11385
Employment Type Direct Hire
Scion Technology has been engaged to conduct an immediate search for an experienced Infrastructure and Cybersecurity for our client, a wonderful educational leadership development nonprofit organization in Austin, TX! In this role, you will utilize your IT expertise to manage all enterprise infrastructure as well as cybersecurity platforms; ensuring highly secure, efficient, and operational systems. The manager will provide strategy, design, and direction for organization in areas including servers, databases, storage, network, a/v, software, and hardware. This is a full time, direct hire, hybrid opportunity.

Perks:
  • Opportunity to be part of an established nonprofit leader who is dedicated to positively impacting the quality of K-12 public schools for all TX students!
  • Great work culture and an experienced IT team!
  • Exceptional benefits including medical, dental, vision; 401k, PTO, holidays, and Dec 24th-Jan 1st off each year!
  • Compensation range is up to $150k, depending on experience.

What you will be doing:
Cybersecurity Management
  • Architect technical solutions to support security initiatives, identify, assess, and monitor security vulnerabilities, develop, and implement information security policies, standards, strategies and processes to mitigate and prevent threats to the computing environment.
  • Conduct risk assessments and vulnerability assessments to identify security gaps and potential threats.
  • Lead efforts to protect the organization from cyber threats, malware, and data breaches.
  • Establish and manage access control, authentication, and encryption protocols.
  • Stay updated on security trends and best practices to ensure a proactive security posture.
  • Monitor cybersecurity platforms for threat intelligence and incident response.
  • Develop and maintain an incident response plan and lead response efforts in the event of a security breach or incident.
  • Conduct post-incident analysis to improve security measures.

Infrastructure Management
  • Oversee the design, implementation, and management of the organization's IT infrastructure, including servers, networks, and data storage.
  • Ensure high availability, scalability, and performance of infrastructure to meet business requirements.
  • Monitor and troubleshoot infrastructure issues, coordinating with relevant teams to resolve problems efficiently.
  • Implement disaster recovery and business continuity plans.
  • Ensures the consistency, reliability and performance of networking and telecommunications equipment throughout campus.
  • Provide technical guidance for IT Infrastructure operations and projects, including hands-on collaboration with team members on best practices, implementation, testing, and problem resolution.
  • Lead infrastructure initiatives with overall responsibility for the planning, deployment, maintenance, security, and support of infrastructure equipment, systems, and services.
  • Participate in the planning, installation, and configuration of virtual and/or physical servers, redundancy, and backup strategies.
  • Ensure that the network and IT infrastructure is routinely monitored, maintained, and updated with recent security patches.
  • Plan, document, and communicate regular maintenance schedules on all infrastructure.
  • Manage and document IT infrastructure disaster recovery plan, including network and server topology, data centers, storage and backups, telecommunications, and related physical technology infrastructure.
  • Manage procurement and vendor relationships.
Management and Leadership
  • Provide infrastructure and cybersecurity leadership, vision, and direction to the organization to ensure it will contribute to the company achieving its goals.
  • Develop productive relationships with business leaders across the organization to influence how infrastructure and cybersecurity can protect the organization from threat actors.
  • Manage relationships with major vendors and service providers to ensure they cost-effectively meet the needs of the organization.



What you will need:
  • Demonstrated expertise (5 years+) with design, configuration, troubleshooting, maintenance and enhancement of Networking infrastructure, Data Center applications, and Cybersecurity.
  • Network infrastructure expertise in firewalls, wireless systems, and hyperconverged systems (VMWare, Veeam, Palo Alto, Meraki, Eaton, HPE, IntelePeer)
  • Data center applications expertise including Windows Servers, Entra ID/Azure AD; DNS/DHCP, SAML, SSO authentication
  • Cybersecurity expertise with tools and concepts that include DNS security, email security, Vulnerability Scanning and Management, EDR (Endpoint Detection and Response), and IDS (Intrusion Detection)
  • Expertise leading and managing complex IT project initiatives
  • Ability to communicate well with cross functional teams as well as internal and external stakeholders
  • Bachelor degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field is preferred; candidates with substantial experience in lieu of a degree are also encouraged to apply.

Interested? 
Contact Scion Technology today for more information by submitting your resume directly through this posting. We look forward to reviewing your background and discussing this exciting opportunity further! 

About our firm: 
Scion Technology is a national award-winning technical & IT staffing firm! Since 2006, we have had the pleasure of successfully placing thousands of talented candidates with amazing opportunities. Through our innovative team building and recruiting solutions, we bridge the gap in executive leadership searches, direct hire technical recruiting, interim leadership placement and temporary professional staffing. Our track record and recruitment process has made us one of the top recruitment firms in the nation.
We are proud to be part of the Forbes lists of the Best Recruitment Firms and the Best Executive Search Firm in America. Additionally, Scion has been recognized as a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing firm as well as a top recruitment firm by The Business Times! More information about us can also be found at www.sciontechnical.com.
Scion Technology, a division of Scion Staffing, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and service provider and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, sexual orientation, disability, political affiliation or belief, or any other protected class. We are committed to the principles of Equal Opportunity Employment and are dedicated to making employment decisions based on merit and value, for ourselves, our client companies, and for the candidates we represent. We are committed to the principles of Equal Opportunity Employment and are dedicated to making employment decisions based on merit and value, for ourselves, our client companies, and for the candidates we represent. For opportunities located in a region that have enacted fair chance, arrest or conviction-based employment ordinances, Scion Technology proactively follows the enacted guidance and considers for employment all qualified applications with arrest and conviction records. We believe in following best practices and considering all qualified applicants that apply with us.

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