City of Austin - JOB DESCRIPTION

Cybersecurity Architect Senior

Under direction of the Information Security Office (ISO), this position promotes, supports, and implements the City’s Information Security Program by managing complex programs, operations, services, contracts, and/or a portfolio; and assisting management in stakeholder engagements, resource acquisition, strategic planning, interdepartmental collaboration, and department or office development.

1. Serves as lead enterprise security and/or privacy architect to implement enterprise security and/or privacy architecture practices and principles.
2. Works with business partners, IT enterprise architects, and other security and privacy architects to develop and document strategic information security and/or privacy roadmaps.
3. Directs a security and/or privacy architecture team to identify and analyze business needs for future innovative technology, develops solutions architecture requirements, and determines potential impact of technology solutions.
4. Approves changes to work methods and procedures.
5. Ensures information security and/or privacy governance structure and compliance activities are in place to allow multi-stakeholder participation and agreement in finding solutions.
6. Leads and facilitates the creation of information security and/or privacy governing principles to guide solution decision-making.
7. Leads and coordinates the identification of technical business assurance needs, governing principles, and security solution architecture viewpoints.
8. Develops long-term partnerships with department business units and vendors to facilitate collaboration in strategic plans.
9. Establishes strategic goals that support department or citywide objectives by gathering pertinent business, financial, service, and operations information; identifying and evaluating trends and options; choosing a course of action; defining objectives; and evaluating outcomes.
10. Creates and manages operational budgets for short- and long-term projects, programs, and contracts.
11. As portfolio manager, manages assigned programs, contracts, operations, and associated service providers.
12. Facilitates and leads working groups and steering committees on related technologies and programs.

Responsible for the full range of supervisory activities: selection, training, evaluation, counseling, and recommendation for dismissal.

• Knowledge of Federal, State, Local laws and ordinances, and other requirements governing technology, security, privacy, and risk.
• Knowledge of computer networks, hardware, and software, including applications and programming.
• Knowledge of the practical application of information security and/or privacy architecture and engineering, including applying principles, techniques, procedures, and tools to the design and implementation guidance of security and privacy controls.
• Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
• Skill in handling multiple tasks and prioritizing.
• Skill in oral and written communication.
• Skill in planning and organizing.
• Skill in data analysis and problem solving.
• Skill in handling conflict and uncertain situations.
• Skill in using computers and related software applications.
• Skill in ensuring complex application, process, or configuration information is documented and maintained.
• Skill in installing and maintaining applications, operating systems, or equipment.
• Skill in providing technical support in a variety of work environments.
• Ability to collaborate and compile clear and concise reports.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective communication and working relationships with City personnel, vendors, contract service providers, and the public.
• Ability to work with frequent interruptions and changes in priorities.
• Ability to perform complex information security and/or privacy analysis, audits, reviews, and other logistics requirements and performance reporting.
• Ability to document and flowchart computer-based systems.
• Ability to understand audit data, documents, and reports.
• Ability to facilitate and deliver training.
• Ability to exercise tact, objective judgment, and effective conflict resolution skills when confronted with confrontational or adversarial situations.

• Graduation with a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university, plus five (5) years related experience, including two (2) years of experience in personnel, project, program, or portfolio management.
• Graduation with a Master’s degree may substitute for experience up to two (2) years.
• Experience may substitute for education up to four (4) years.
• Industry certifications may be considered as substitution for education.