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Job Title: Cybersecurity Manager

Job Summary:

The City of Laredo, TX is seeking a highly skilled Cybersecurity Manager to oversee and maintain the city's cybersecurity plans and supervise the staff of the Cybersecurity Division. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in cybersecurity principles, frameworks, and practices, as well as excellent leadership and communication skills.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage and oversee all Cybersecurity projects, security products, and services for the City of Laredo.
• Perform vulnerability scanning and analysis for the City of Laredo, generate cybersecurity assessments, and review them with IST director, the IST assistant director, and fellow IST division managers.
• Develop and review the City's Cybersecurity policies to align with relevant industry frameworks.
• Supervise, direct, and evaluate assigned staff.
• Makes hiring and termination decisions.
• Prioritizes assignments and directs work.
• Develops and oversees employee work schedules and approves time away from work.
• Provides and facilitates employee training and development.
• Approves and/or processes employee concerns and problems and counsels or disciplines as appropriate.
• Completes employee performance appraisals.
• Determines or makes recommendations regarding new hire salaries and salary changes.
• Acts as liaison between employees and management.
• Performs risk assessments and audits to ensure Cybersecurity policies are being adhered to.
• Coordinates investigations of suspected computer misuse with the appropriate data owners, application owners, and documents results of such investigations.
• Participates in disaster recovery exercises and reviews business continuity plans, and recommends updates as needed.
• Will be required to drive a City vehicle for City business use.
• Performs related work as required.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in Information Systems, Network Administration, or Cybersecurity.
• At least three (3) years of experience in Cyber Security standards and practices, network security, data center, voice and telecommunications and project management.

Preferred Qualifications:

• CompTIA Security +
• CISCO CCNA
• CISSP
• Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
• Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)

Benefits:

• 10 days of paid vacation per year
• 6 1/2 days sick leave per year
• Pension plan
• 16 paid Holidays
• Paid health
• Dental plan
• Life insurance