Full-time position available with the General Services Department, Information Technology Division located at 414 E. 12th St.
Salary Range: $6,489-$9,734/month
Normal Work Days/Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Application Deadline Date: Open until filled
Responsibilities
- Focuses on city-wide cyber security efforts and functions as the subject matter expert (SME) related to the use of cyber security technology and the integration of these technologies into city-wide and departmental IT environments.
- Establish and direct a risk management process to identify information security risks in public agencies and deploy risk mitigation strategies, processes, and procedures.
- Direct and respond to information security audits and assessments with all agencies in order to ensure program compliance and adjustments.
- Manage the annual security budget, ensuring projects and initiatives make efficient use of the existing budget and preparing supporting justification to align with any new security budget requests.
- Ensure contracts, solicitations, new systems, services, and implementations include appropriate security requirements.
- Oversee incident response planning as well as the investigation of security breaches and assist with disciplinary and legal matters associated with such breaches as necessary and to direct discontinuation of services from unsafe systems.
- Develops and manages policies and procedures that focus on protecting the city from all forms of cyber security threats.
- Coordinates, approves, and facilitates city-wide IT change management processes to ensure that such changes do not compromise the integrity of any of the existing cyber security protection systems and implements changes that will improve city-wide cyber security protection.
- Communicates to IT and City leadership potential risks and recommendations for mitigation of potential cyber security threats or events.
- Performs proactive cyber security tasks to include managing the daily use of technology, policies, best practices, training (user and staff) in coordination with city risk management to meet all cyber security regulatory requirements.
- Serves as the primary point of contact related to all cyber security management issues to include working with local, regional, state, and federal agencies to coordinate and counter cyber security criminal activities.
- Evaluates and recommends technologies, regulations, and techniques that directly or indirectly reduce the risk of a successful cyber security event impacting the city.
- Recommends new or changes to programming/coding technologies which are designed to reduce the vulnerability of cyber security attacks to applications.
- Evaluates and recommends cyber security standards for the evaluation of new procurements that contain technology solutions and for contractual language to help reduce the vulnerability associated with the procurement of new technology.
- Leads and manages the city's cyber security team members and directs the activities for all city-wide electronic data protection efforts
- Establish and direct a risk management process to identify information security risks in public agencies and deploy risk mitigation strategies, processes, and procedures.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Must be good at delegation and staff supervision.
- Must be a team builder with strong leadership skills.
- Must be comfortable at addressing all levels of leadership to include elected officials.
- Excellent customer service skills to include relationship building with a diverse group of clients.
Qualifications
REQUIRES an accredited Bachelor's degree and 5 years of technology experience; OR an equivalent combination of education and technology experience.
Preference given to candidates with the following
- CISSP or other formal certifications related to cyber security
- Previous CISO experience
- Previous IT leadership in municipal government
- Previous IT Security supervisor role
Other Information
URGENT!!! CRITICAL RECRUITMENT INFORMATION QUESTIONS REGARDING AVIATION POSITIONS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE AVIATION DEPARTMENT AT 816-243-3010. POSITIONS POSTED FOR THE WATER DEPARTMENT ARE FOR THE WATER DEPARTMENT ONLY . QUESTIONS REGARDING THESE POSITIONS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO 816-513-0253. IF YOU SEE THE SAME POSITION TITLE POSTED FOR A DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT, YOU MUST SUBMIT A SEPARATE APPLICATION TO BE CONSIDERED BY THE OTHER CITY DEPARTMENT. The evaluation of applications is based only on the information submitted by the application deadline. Therefore, in order to have your application properly considered, you should include all relevant dates, i.e., attendance at educational institutions, date degree(s) conferred, etc. Further, you should provide detailed description of relevant work experience/dates, including months/years of employment. Failure to submit a completed application may eliminate you from the selection process. Resumes may be filed to determine eligibility, but an official City application must be completed prior to appointment.
For positions requiring college education as part of the minimum requirement and/or an equivalency, the minimum education requirement is high school graduation. The requirement of "high school graduation" also includes the state-issued GED certificate.
For positions that require an accredited degree, qualifying professional, responsible experience must be obtained AFTER receipt of the accredited degree.
Unless otherwise stated, the requirement of "an accredited" degree includes only those degrees obtained from colleges or universities listed with the U. S. Department of Education and recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education.
If claiming military veterans preference points, you must attach a copy of your DD-214 or other qualifying documents prior to the application deadline.Applications submitted in person or by USPS mail must be received by the published Application Deadline, 5:00P.M., C.T. Applications submitted by FAX or online must be received by the published Application Deadline, midnight, C.T.
All positions require successful completion of a pre-employment criminal history/background check. Non-residents, if appointed, must establish residency within the city limits of Kansas City, MO within nine months.
The City of KCMO is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse workforce. EOE.
POLICY OF NON DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF DISABILITY
The City of KCMO does not discriminate on the basis of disability in the admission or access to, or treatment or employment in, its programs or activities. Any applicant requiring an accommodation should contact the Human Resources Department, Recruitment & Selections Division at (816) 513-1945.
