Workflow and Information Technology Security Lead

Company Description

A best-in-class city that attracts best-in-class talent, Philadelphia is an incredible place to build a career. From our thriving arts scene and rich history to our culture of passion and grit, there are countless reasons to love living and working here. With a workforce of over 30,000 people, and more than 1,000 different job categories, the City of Philadelphia offers boundless opportunities to make an impact.

As an employer, the City of Philadelphia values inclusion, integrity, innovation, empowerment, and hard work above all else. We offer a vibrant work environment, comprehensive health care and benefits, and the experience you need to grow and excel. If you’re interested in working with a passionate team of people who care about the future of Philadelphia, start here.

What we offer

• Impact - The work you do here matters to millions. 
• Growth - Philadelphia is growing, why not grow with it? 
• Diversity & Inclusion - Find a career in a place where everyone belongs.
• Benefits - We care about your well-being.

Agency Description

The Office of Innovation & Technology (OIT) is the central IT agency for the City of Philadelphia headed by the Chief Information Officer (CIO). OIT oversees all major information and communications technology initiatives for the City of Philadelphia - increasing the effectiveness of the information technology infrastructure, where the services provided are advanced, optimized, and responsive to the needs of the City of Philadelphia’s businesses, residents, and visitors. OIT responsibilities include: identifying the most effective approach for implementing new information technology directions throughout city government; improving the value of the city’s technology assets and the return on the city’s technology investments; ensuring data security continuity; planning for continuing operations in the event of disruption of information technology or communications services; and supporting accountable, efficient and effective government across every city department, board, commission and agency.

In partnership with the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) and the Office of the Director of Finance, the Office of Innovation and Technology (OIT) is undertaking a major Citywide project to modernize core financial, grants, procurement, and supply chain business processes. This project (Optimize Procurement and Accounting Logistics Enterprise Resource Planning and Data Warehouse/Business Intelligence Tool, or “OPAL ERP and DW/BI project”) will replace the existing General Ledger and Procurement systems (i.e. FAMIS, ADPICS, ACIS, PHLContracts, etc.) that support these business processes and will enable the City to realize benefits such as reducing transaction processing time and effort, providing better access to information for reporting and analysis, and making it easier to onboard new employees into these functions.

Job Description

The Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Workflow and Information Technology Security Lead is responsible for managing a team tasked with overseeing ERP Workflow and Information Technology Security functions for the OPAL ERP and DW/BI project. The team’s focus areas include implementation of all Information Technology Security and Workflows for the ERP project including Business Intelligence and third-party applications. This is a permanent exempt position that will move to maintenance and support after the project is complete (in 3-4 years).

Essential Functions

During the ERP implementation: ​

• Oversee the design and implementation of security processes and workflows in the new ERP system.
• Configure ERP information technology security and grant team access to applications and technologies.
• Review new ERP information technology security roles and employee responsibility-based requests.
• Work with City stakeholders and vendor to understand and communicate security access needs and system processes.
• Establish workflows and requirements for requesting and granting role access to employees.
• Confirm ERP security access requests align with organization's segregation of duties guidelines.
• Manage LDAP integrations with enterprise directory, ERP and BI solutions.
• Migrate ERP security configuration and validate migrations.
• Plan and schedule ERP security support-related work.
• Review all ERP security support-related documentation.
• Create/revise security reports/inquiries.
• Audit security access during installation and refine user permissions.
• Participate in implementation activities to update security models.
• The OPAL workflow and information technology security anal