The Allegheny County Airport Authority [ACAA] invites you aboard our mission to create meaningful travel experiences in the aviation industry. As Pittsburgh’s gateway to the world, both Pittsburgh International Airport and Allegheny County Airport serve as beacons of change and connectivity for our region. As a member of our crew, you will directly serve, inspire, and advance our community in significant ways that impact the daily lives of others and the future of our organization. Whether you have a passion for travel, an appreciation for aeronautics and aviation, or an unparalleled love for the city of Pittsburgh, ACAA provides the opportunity for the next chapter of your career to take flight.
Our culture is one that emphasizes high performance, innovation, and learning. We know that those things only happen when everyone who works in an organization is properly empowered, equipped, and enabled in their roles to make an impact. At ACAA success is a shared responsibility, and we look forward to supporting and developing the unique strengths you could bring to our team.
Job Summary
Under the broad supervision of the Executive Vice President & CIO, the Senior Vice President, Cybersecurity & Infrastructure is responsible for developing and driving the management and development of IT infrastructure & Cybersecurity. In addition, the incumbent will maintain technical standards for all infrastructure technology, determine and uphold operational availability, transform and optimize a technology architecture, and provide underlying technology solutions.
Here is how the Senior Vice President, Cybersecurity & Infrastructure will help:
- Provide strategic vision and direction for the organization’s cybersecurity and infrastructure initiatives. This involves understanding business objectives, risk management, and aligning security practices with overall goals.
- Oversee the development and implementation of cybersecurity policies, procedures, and controls. This includes safeguarding data, networks, and systems against cyber threats.
- Lead the organization’s IT infrastructure, including networks, servers, cloud services, and data centers. Ensuring scalability, reliability, and security.
- Develop incident response efforts during security breaches or cyber incidents. Coordinating with internal teams and external partners to mitigate risks.
- Allocate resources effectively, managing budgets, and optimizing technology investments.
- Work closely with Chief Executives, IT teams, legal, compliance, and external stakeholders to define and run an integrated, holistic strategy, roadmap and technology architecture that drives business performance and technical progression in modern technology practices security and architecture.
- Build and lead high-performing teams, fostering a culture of continuous learning and development.
- Implement network security measures and policies to safeguard against potential cyber threats and attacks.
- Oversee operational activities and daily running of all the infrastructure technology stack, services, and environments, ensuring that they meet any defined Service Level Agreements.
- Enable the engineering agenda of best practices and continuous delivery/ integration benchmarking against industry peers.
- Identify cross-functional dependencies and remove blockers when needed across engineering, design, and product management.
- Implement and oversee approved capital programs.
- Perform other related tasks as assigned or required.
The successful candidate for the role of Senior Vice President, Cybersecurity & Infrastructure will demonstrate the following key competencies needed in our culture:
- Communication - Engages and inspires employees to action Authority- wide through clear and persuasive communication. Influences stakeholders to advance strategies. Listens actively (demonstrates nonverbal behaviors that shows respect for others’ ideas). Promotes an environment which fosters open sharing of opinions on tough issues
- Strategic Thinking - Stay up to date on industry trends and competitive best practices. Able to identify long-term (2 years) risks to key objectives and develop plans to mitigate them
- Team Leadership - Works across departments to effectively influence deploying Authority resources. Adapts leadership style to match the needs of the situation, team or individual. Develops successors across departments. Demands a “one team” environment to drive cross-functional collaboration
- Customer Centricity - Drives improvement in key customer metrics. Innovates continuously around customer experience
Qualifications
Requirements to apply for role of Senior Vice President, Airport Operations & Public Safety are:
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in Information Technology, Computer Science, or Engineering. Master&39;s degree preferred.
- 10 years related experience, 5 years at the managerial level.
- Possess or obtain prior to employment a valid Pennsylvania Class C driver’s license. Note: license must be maintained throughout employment.
We also expect that candidates will demonstrate the following knowledge, skills, and abilities in most cases:
Required Skills:
- Advanced support level knowledge of Windows & Mac OS and Microsoft 365
- Advanced support level knowledge of Windows core infrastructure technologies including but not limited to: Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, NPS
- Networking including Virtual Networks, VPN Gateway, DNS, Traffic Manager/Route 53, Express Routes, Load Balancers, Private Links, Private Endpoints, Network Flow Logs, WAFs
- Software Defined WAN, Cloud WAN, Peering Points, Remote Access Services/VPN
- IP Addressing/DDI (Schemas, VLANs, DNS, DHCP, IPAM)/ Infoblox
Highly Preferred skills:
- Wi-Fi/ Wireless Technologies, Wireless Controllers, Switches, Firewalls
- Cisco ISE, Network Access Controls and Authentication, SSE, Zero Trust Network Access, Network Routing & Segmentation
- Monitoring tools like SolarWinds, Thousand Eyes, Cisco DNA, PRTG
- Extensive knowledge in running large multi-disciplined technology/engineering teams, including leading teams during periods of technology transformational change in a large, fast-moving organization.
- Proven knowledge and ability to transform and optimize processes and behaviors.
- Well versed with ITIL or similar process knowledge with a track record of implementing operational best practices, and deep knowledge with ServiceNow or similar applications.
- Experience working with DevOps concepts, tools, and ways of working as a part of agile software development.
- Extensive knowledge of the policies, practices, and techniques associated with network infrastructure, as well as applicable licenses, policies and laws that are applicable.
- Considerable knowledge of management techniques
- Ability to solve practical problems and deal with numerous variables in situations where limited standardization exists.
- Ability to function independently and exercise considerable judgement in the resolution of problems and/or coordination of emergency incidents.
- Travel 5
Don’t meet every requirement?
Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs if they don’t meet every single qualification. As a Smarter Airport, we recognize that talent is not always related job history and skills come from valuable experiences that aren’t always shown on a resume. If you are excited to make a positive change for our region, but your experience doesn’t align perfectly, we encourage you to apply. You may be the right candidate for our organization, whether it be this role or another.
Caring For Our Crew
At ACAA, we’ve got you covered. That applies to how we equip, empower, and enable our people to do their jobs. It also applies to our benefits, which are broader and more valuable than what many other employers offer:
- We offer two plan options for healthcare coverage from high-quality insurance carriers, as well as an ACAA-funded Health Reimbursement Account (HRA) that will help offset the cost of many medical expenses.
- ACAA employees pay almost $1,200 less per year in healthcare payroll contributions than the average employee in other companies, according to market surveys.
- When HRA funding is included, the health-plan deductibles paid by ACAA employees are about $1,200 lower on average than the costs paid by employees of other companies.
- ACAA does not require that employees meet a separate deductible for pharmacy expenses before prescription-drug coverage kicks in.
- ACAA’s dental plans (included with healthcare coverage) offer an option covering children’s orthodontia.
- Employees also can take advantage of a Flexible Spending Account (FSA) to help pay for health care and dependent care expenses on a pre-tax basis.
- All eligible full-time ACAA employees participate in the Allegheny County Employees Pension Plan, a defined-benefit plan that vests after 10 years of service.
- Employees also may participate in a Deferred Compensation Plan, which allows them to contribute part of their pay on a pre-tax basis into long-term retirement investments.
- A robust Employee Assistance Program (including access to free counselling sessions, financial guidance, and care coordination), life insurance options, a wellness program, and eligibility for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program round out ACAA’s exemplary benefits.
- Employees may enroll their children from 6 weeks to 5 years of age in our on-site preschool and childcare center, La Petite Academy, at Pittsburgh International Airport.
About Allegheny County Airport Authority
Allegheny County Airport Authority, which manages Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) and Allegheny County Airport (AGC), is committed to transforming Pittsburgh’s airports to reflect and serve the community, inspire the industry, and advance the region’s role as a world leader.
Pittsburgh International Airport serves nearly 10 million passengers annually on 17 carriers and was named by Fast Company magazine as One of the Most Innovative Companies in the World as well as a finalist in its World Changing Ideas awards, both in 2020. PIT’s first-of-its-kind microgrid – which completely powers the airport campus through natural gas and solar energy – has won numerous awards for resiliency and sustainability.
PIT is in the midst of an ambitious terminal modernization that will make the passenger experience more efficient and deliver real opportunity for the region. The $1.4 billion new terminal program will construct a smarter, greener airport, inspired by the best of our region. The updated terminal lands in 2025 and will be the first airport terminal in the U.S. to be built from the ground-up post-pandemic, designed and constructed with the highest public health standards in mind.
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