Director of Information Technology and Cybersecurity

Department: College of Public Health

Classification: Administrative Faculty

Job Category: Administrative or Professional Faculty

Job Type: Full-Time

Work Schedule: Full-time (1.0 FTE, 40 hrs/wk)

Location: Fairfax, VA

Workplace Type: On Site Required

Sponsorship Eligibility: Not eligible for visa sponsorship

Salary: Salary commensurate with education and experience

Criminal Background Check: Yes

About the Department:

George Mason University’s College of Public Health prepares students to become leaders in advancing public health through academic excellence, innovative research, and community-focused practice. The College comprises five academic units and serves over 3,000 students through nationally recognized programs, including five undergraduate degrees, thirteen graduate degrees, and seven certificate offerings.

About the Position:

The Director of Information Technology and Cybersecurity (DITC) reports to the Chief Business Officer (CBO) of the College of Public Health. This role ensures reliability of the College’s IT operations and maintaining compliance with specialized IT certifications. The DITC plays a mission-critical role in supporting faculty, staff, and students by enabling efficient academic and research activities. Responsibilities include anticipating and responding to the College’s evolving technology needs, leading IT initiatives, serving on leadership committees as a liaison to central university administration, and collaborating with academic and administrative units to address security concerns and operational challenges.

Responsibilities:

• Executes a team-based strategy to minimize single-person dependencies for technology administration and management.
• Mentors and plans professional development of staff to strengthen functional and technical skills.
• Establishes and monitors team and individual goals to advance the units mission and ensures quality service delivery.
• Evaluates the team’s capacity and ensures alignment with strategic priorities. 
• Provides consultation to units regarding software platform needs and ensures readiness for Masons ASRB review process.
• Ensures technology implementations are managed with strong project management oversight with an eye toward continuous improvement.
• Provides divisional strategy and oversight for hardware technology investment, maintenance, replacement.
• Oversees ongoing development of team standard operating procedures.
• Oversees ongoing development and maintenance of functional and technical documentation to support continuity operations for technology platforms.
• Oversees compliance with Masons technology security standards for hardware and software deployed in division. 
• Drives a culture of information security compliance within ITS.
• Establishes and manages a “second line of defense” between ITS technical teams and auditors.
• Leads reviews of cybersecurity compliance across ITS.
• Coordinates audit response activities and manages communications with internal and external auditors.
• Ensures technology infrastructure, operations, and services comply with university policies and state/federal regulations.
• Identifies potential compliance risks and collaborates with IT Security and technical teams to implement remediations.
• Documents and manages corrective action plans for audit findings.
• Conducts annual reviews of ITS policies and procedures and coordinates necessary updates.
• Maintains the ITS Disaster Recovery Plan and coordinates annual effectiveness tests.
• Develops and maintains an Information Technology Risk Register. 
• Serves on interview or faculty committees as needed.
• Manages personnel or interns assisting with compliance-related duties.
• Supports temporary administrative functions within or outside ITS, as assigned by university leadership.  

Required Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Systems, or closely related field from an accredited institution is required with substantial directly related professional experience may be considered in exceptional cases.
• Progressive experience (typically 7+ years) in management and oversight of information technology systems, with senior leader