Information Security Director jobs in Worcester, MA

Aqueduct Technologies is seeking a full-time, permanent Director, Information Security for our client based in Marlborough, MA. This is a key position to drive the Information security program and support relevant IT strategies implementation.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Leading the cybersecurity maturity program with respective to people, process and information
• Enhancing the defense in depth layered implementations
• Working with all business units to determine possible risks and risk management processes.
• Business development planning and acquiring the correct technology.
• Analyzing IT security threats in real-time and mitigating these threats
• Ensuring that newly acquired technology complies with the IT security regulations.
• Planning, designing, and implementing an IT and network strategy for the company.
• Managing the continuous maintenance of the IT network to ensuring optimum security levels are maintained.
• Sourcing the necessary hardware and software to implement the IT strategy and negotiating contracts.
• Ensuring that no internal breaches or misuse of data take place.
• Determining the cause of internal and external data breaches and instituting appropriate corrective action.
• Present regular feedback on IT network security to the board of directors.
• Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, training, and developing employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Job Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or a related field.
• Professional security management certification.
• 12 years' experience in a combination of risk management, information security, and IT jobs.
• Knowledge of information security management frameworks, such as ISO/IEC 27001 and NIST.
• Experience in manufacturing related information technologies.
• Experience with contract and vendor negotiations and management including managed services.
• Excellent understanding of current legislation and regulations relevant to our organization.
• Experience with Cloud computing/Elastic computing across virtualized environments.
• Innovative thinking and leadership with an ability to lead and motivate cross-functional, interdisciplinary teams.

Aqueduct Technologies, Inc. assists customers in finding top talent for their diverse staffing augmentation needs and providing technical solutions including deployment and support of advanced networking, systems, storage, and collaboration solutions to enable better business results. Aqueduct is one of the fastest growing IT services organization in the US, powered by our relentless pursuit of customer satisfaction, corporate culture, and employing the top 10% in the industry.