Director, IT Security

Benefits

Merakey offers medical, dental - vision insurance plans, competitive compensation plans and more!

• DailyPay

• Work/Life Balance

• Flexible Schedules

• Cell Phone Discount Plans

• Employee Referral Bonuses

• Tuition Reimbursement

• Care.com Membership

About Merakey

Merakey is a non-profit provider of developmental, behavioral health, and education services. More than 8,000 employees provide support to nearly 40,000 individuals and families throughout 12 states across the country each year. Click here to watch a video about Merakey. Merakey strictly follows a zero-tolerance policy for abuse.

Merakey is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer! We deeply value diversity and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, ethnic background, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, genetic information, or disability status. Moreover, we are committed to creating teams that reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and encourage applicants from underrepresented backgrounds to apply. Merakey welcomes all Veterans to apply!

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent from an accredited college or university in Information Management, Computer Science, Computer Systems Engineering, or a related field.

• 4+ years of experience in Security, managing and defining strategic technical long-term roadmap.

• Security Certification required, CISSP preferred.

• Proven experience as IT director or similar role with a deep knowledge in the following technical disciplines: infrastructure and network design, firewalls, load balancers, middleware, servers and storage, database management and operations, clustering technologies, VLAN/virtualization, cloud/hybrid-cloud technologies, storage area networks, DNS services, active directory and protocols, and telephone, voice, video, and data communications.

• Practical and hands-on experience creating and implementing system, database, network, and security architectures.

• Experience working in internal, external and hybrid Cloud environments. Experience preferred with configuring, maintaining, and managing Microsoft Azure Cloud and Office 365.

• Understanding of Microsoft Azure Cloud and Office 365 services and concepts, implementation, and administration skills.

• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to effectively communicate with teams across the entire organization.

• Excellent leadership and decision-making skills.

• Strong documentation and project management skills.

• Experience in analysis, implementation and evaluation of IT systems and their specification.

• Excellent organizational, stakeholder and leadership skills.

• Outstanding communication and presentation skills.