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Review Vacancy

Date Posted 07/25/16

Applications Due08/30/16

Vacancy ID31788

AgencyFinancial Services, Department of

TitleChief Information Security Officer (Director, Data Security)

Occupational CategoryI.T. Engineering, Sciences

Salary Grade662

Bargaining UnitM/C - Management / Confidential (Unrepresented)

Salary RangeFrom $80327 to $101536 Annually

Employment Type Full-Time

Appointment Type Permanent

Jurisdictional Class Non-competitive Class

Travel Percentage 50%

Workweek Mon-Fri

Hours Per Week 37.5

Workday

From 9 AM

To 5 PM

Flextime allowed? No

Mandatory overtime? No

Compressed workweek allowed? No

Telecommuting allowed? No

County To Be Determined

Street Address One Commerce Plaza or One State Street

Albany or NYC

City New York

StateNY

Zip Code12257

Minimum Qualifications Candidates must possess a bachelor’s degree and five years of information technology experience, including three years of information security or information assurance experience.

Substitutions: Appropriate information security or information assurance experience may substitute for the bachelor’s degree on a year-for-year basis; an associate’s degree requires an additional two years of information technology, information security, or information assurance experience. Experience solely in information security or information assurance may substitute for the general information technology experience.

Duties Description The Department of Financial Services is seeking candidates to fill the position of Chief Information Security Officer 1. The incumbent of this position will be responsible for ensuring that information security policies and procedures are established and implemented to protect the information assets of the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS). Duties of this position will include, but not be limited to, the following:

• Develop, implement and disseminate up-to-date department-wide information security policies and procedures to address issues presented by rapidly changing technology.

• Facilitate information security governance through the implementation of a hierarchical governance program, including the leadership of an information security steering committee.

• Lead a risk-based process for vendor risk management, including the assessment and treatment for risks that may result from partners, consultants and other service providers.

• Manage and maintain a security and risk management awareness training program for DFS staff, contractors, and approved system users.

• Develop and maintain a Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity Plan.

• Investigate any information security breaches, recommend required actions and report breach information to DFS executive management as well as to the Office of Cyber Security.

• Function as an internal consulting resource on information security issues.

• Participate on teams charged with designing new applications or making major modifications to existing systems to ensure auditability and security are considerations from the inception.
• Understand and interact with related disciplines through committees to ensure the consistent application of policies and standards across all technology projects, systems and services.

• Ensure that security programs are in compliance with relevant laws, regulations and policies.

• Review and approve all external network connections to the DFS network.

Additional Comments This position will be filled in either Albany or NYC – travel to alternate location will be required

Appointment to this position is pending Division of Budget approval to fill.


AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT: REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS

Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Department of Financial Services is required to provide reasonable accommodation for known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified applicant with a disability if an accommodation would enable the applicant to perform the essential functions of the job and the accommodation would not constitute an undue hardship on the operations of the agency.

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Name Dina Haggerty

Telephone

Fax 518-402-5071

Email Address Dina.Haggerty@dfs.ny.gov

Address

Street One Commerce Plaza, Suite 20-16

Box IT-04113

City Albany

State NY

Zip Code 12257

 

Notes on ApplyingInterested qualified candidates must submit a resume and letter of interest no later than August 30, 2016 to Dina.Haggerty@dfs.ny.gov. Please include Box # IT-04113 in the subject line of your email to ensure receipt of your application. EMAIL SUBMISSIONS ARE PREFERRED.

All candidates that apply may not be scheduled for an interview

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