IT Operations & Security Lead

Location: melbourne
Salary: $140000 - $160000 per annum
Job Type: permanent
Contact: Alex Davies
One of Victoria's leading Government organisations is about to embark on a digital transformation that will see it significantly transform their IT infrastructure landscape. They are seeking an IT Operations & Security Lead to oversee the entire IT infrastructure and lead the organisation through a number of major projects and improvements. These projects will be centred around a major server refresh and the restructure of the entire SD WAN network.

Reporting to the CIO, duties will include:
  • Managing the provision of technology-based services to meet defined organisational needs.
  • Deploying, configuring and operating IT Infrastructure.
  • Defining and operating a framework for making decisions, managing stakeholder relationships, and identifying legitimate authority.
  • Influencing stakeholder attitudes, decisions, and actions for mutual benefit.
  • Identifying and classifying security vulnerabilities in networks, systems and applications and mitigating or eliminating their impact.
  • Implementing and operating a framework of controls and management strategies to promote compliance with personal data legislation.
  • Planning and implementing organisation-wide processes and procedures for the management of risk to the success or integrity of the enterprise.
  • Developing, implementing and testing a business continuity framework.
  • Agreeing targets for service levels and assessing, monitoring, and managing the delivery of services against the targets.
  • Defining and operating a management framework of processes and working practices to deliver the organisation's quality objectives.
  • Planning, designing and managing the buildings, space and facilities which, collectively, make up the IT estate.
  • Managing the full life cycle of assets from acquisition, operation, maintenance to disposal.

The successful candidate will bring a contagious energy and significant IT Operations experience, with the ability to navigate difficult stakeholders and manage direct reports. They will be commercially minded with a track record of engaging and negotiating with vendors. They will also bring experience in managing an MSP and an understanding of COBIT, NIST, Essential 8, ISO27001 and VPDSS.
This role will operate in a hybrid-working environment with three days per week in their inner-western suburbs offices.

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