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IT Assistant Director – Systems and Security

IT Assistant Director I

Recruitment #25-004490-0002

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Introduction


OUR MISSION

The Maryland Workers' Compensation Commission seeks to secure the equitable and timely administration of the provisions of the Maryland Workers' Compensation law on behalf of its customer, the injured workers, and their employers, by providing an efficient forum for the resolution of individual claims.

OUR VISION

The Workers' Compensation Commission envisions a state wherein injured workers and employers are empowered to create an equitable partnership to facilitate prompt and fair resolution of workers' compensation matters.

ABOUT US

Together we profoundly touch the lives of so many people and have enormous responsibility to the community by fulfilling our mission of securing equitable and timely administration of the law. The Commission continues to provide services to our constituent partners at a level rarely met throughout the United States.  The professionalism, work ethic, and technological acumen manifest in our operations allows us to smoothly and effectively manage the challenges which invariably arise.  Every division within the agency plays a vital role in keeping us in the forefront nationally...

GRADE

22

This is a Management Service position, and serves at the pleasure of the Appointing Authority.

LOCATION OF POSITION

10 E. Baltimore St., Baltimore, MD 21202 

Main Purpose of Job

The Assistant Director - Systems and Security will tackle agency-wide cyber engineering challenges, shape the technical direction of the IT department and support the IT department’s learning and development. The position will advise and lead efforts to detect and remediate cyber security concerns, bringing modern cyber security design practices and culture to the agency as we migrate from legacy systems. The position will solve technology roadblocks and help WCC develop rules and policies to modernize how the agency secures data, and provides secure services and networks. 

The Assistant Director - Systems and Security will work with platform owners and functional divisions inside the agency to understand platform needs, contractual implications, and will develop a strategy to optimize cyber security and agency resources. The position will work with outside entities ( DoIT, for example ) to address and document remediation efforts based on findings provided by outside audits. The position will lead efforts to address findings by those entities, and will create and manage Plan of Action Milestones and new policies as required by those audits. 

This position will support the implementation and design of WCC’s overall cyber engineering efforts and is responsible for the development of agency-wide cyber services. This position communicates the Department’s strategy and vision related to cyber security covering program objectives, development projects, contracts, initiatives, operations and managed service offerings. This position serves as a subject matter expert on all aspects of cyber engineering and centralized cyber service development and represents the Department in this capacity in official matters.

POSITION DUTIES

Works with Agency departmental stakeholders to develop, implement, and manage effective security policies and procedures for data-at-rest and data transmission.

Oversees the design and maintenance of Agency network, data, call center and related application development systems in accordance with security best practices, as well as evolving Agency policies and initiatives, and Federal and State laws and regulations. Identifies opportunities to use network and cloud resources to facilitate implementation, compliance, and
achievement of those initiatives.

Manages and coordinates the operation of security systems, devices, access controls and relevant agency resources.

Serves as liaison between the IT Division and other WCC departments for security training and education, especially as new processes and procedures are developed.

Manages the IT personnel assigned to networking, administration, and cloud services. Aligns new and emerging security practices with existing administrative procedures.

Manages all security incident response activities and assigned investigative work.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Required Qualifications:

BA/BS in IT-related discipline or 5 years in an IT admin or IT engineering role

3+ years of experience supporting the accreditation of cloud-based systems

3+ years of experience with Windows environments

3+ years of experience with virtualization or cloud environments

  2+ years of using information security and assurance practices and principles

DESIRED OR PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Preferred Qualifications:

 

Intermediate or advanced level certification in a widely recognized security designation (CISA, CISSP, CASP+, CySA+, etc.)

 

Working knowledge of industry-standard information security frameworks, such as NIST

 

     Experience in performing and responding to security or compliance assessments or audits

SELECTION PROCESS

Please make sure that you provide sufficient information on your application to show that you meet the qualifications for this recruitment. All information concerning your qualifications must be submitted by the closing date. We will not consider information submitted after this date.

BENEFITS

FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS

If you are unable to apply online, or encounter difficulty attaching required or optional documentation, you may submit via mail or deliver in person. Please be sure to include your name, identification number (Easy ID#) and job announcement number (25-004490-0002) on any documentation to ensure timely processing. Submission of a resume is strongly encouraged.

PLEASE DO NOT FAX OR EMAIL UNSOLICITED DOCUMENTATION

Completed applications, required documentation, and any required addendums may be mailed to:

Workers' Compensation Commission 
Attn: Personnel Division
10 E. Baltimore Street, 7th Floor
Baltimore, MD 21202

The MD State Application Form can be found online.

For more information please email wccpers@wcc.state.md.us   

TTY Users: call via Maryland Relay

Workers' Compensation Commission is an equal opportunity employer. It is the policy of WCC that all persons have equal opportunity and access to employment opportunities, services, and facilities without regard to race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin or ancestry, marital status, parental status, sexual orientation, disability or veteran status.




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