TRS provides retirement benefits for teachers who are employed by all Illinois public common and charter school districts located outside the city of Chicago. The Illinois Pension Code contains the laws relating to our creation, benefits, and administration.

Please note that this position is open until filled. Candidates for this role are being reviewed as they apply.

Position Overview:

The IT Security Manager will assist the COO in enhancing and managing the overall information security program for the Teachers’ Retirement System (TRS). The Primary objective will be to ensure the security of all TRS organizational data, assets and infrastructure and establish appropriate access control and defense in depth.  The IT Security manager will partner with the COO to establish and oversee processes to detect, assess and implement plans to prevent and mitigate cybersecurity risks.  The security manager will monitor and remain informed of emerging threats in the cybersecurity landscape. They will brief TRS senior leadership of concerns and will guide TRS Security initiatives to address security risks and harden our security.

Essential Functions:

• Assist COO in leading the Teachers’ Retirement System (TRS) technical and business units to identify, develop, implement, and maintain security processes, practices, and policies throughout the organization to reduce risks, respond to incidents, and limit exposure and liability in all areas of informational, financial, physical, personal, and reputational risk.
• Ensure TRS is in compliance with state and national regulatory environments where applicable to the accountability of this role (e.g. privacy and data protection)
• Partner with legal, risk and compliance teams to create and support a security culture through education and awareness programs designed to reduce the risks to the enterprise while also engaging key business leaders to ensure business unit involvement.
• Develop an effective strategy to assess and mitigate risk, responds to incidents, maintaining continuity of operations, and safeguarding the organization.
• Assists with Risk Assessments and Audits related to TRS Security and IT infrastructure.
• Manage a team to conduct research and deploy state-of-the-art technology solutions and best practice security management techniques to safeguard the organizations personnel, information and assets.
• Manage a team who will establish and promote security by design best practices and provide expertise and implementation of secure solutions for feature development and controls on SDLC and cloud governance - often in collaboration with other engineering teams.
• Assist COO in developing Budget for security program and initiatives.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 4+ years’ experience directly related to information security
• 3+ years’ supervisory experience, preferably in IT
• Security Management Certifications such as CISSP and/or CISM.
• Hands-on experience leading incident response activities for security events
• Experience with security on cloud platforms
• Expertise in a variety of multifactor authentication platforms and other relevant access management technologies
• Experience in Identity Access Management and Privileged Account Management
• Broad practical experience in security software in Mobile Device Management (MDM), Microsoft platforms, and VM environments, etc.
• Knowledge of best practices of IT security hardware and software (Firewall, IDS, IPS, Content Filters, VPN, Authentication and Encryption)
• Experience with Vulnerability scanning and Penetration testing
• Proven track record and experience in developing information security policies and procedures, as well as successfully executing programs that meet the objectives of excellence in a dynamic business environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, interpersonal and collaborative skills, and the ability to communicate information security and risk-related concepts to technical and nontechnical audiences.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working in public sector (Pension and Retirement funds, Securities, Financial Services, and Investments a plus)

Benefits:

• State, health, dental, life, and vision insurance
• 12 vacation, 12 sick, and 3 personal time days of compensated time
• Teachers’ Retirement System Pension
• Deferred compensation plan

TRS is an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.

If you require a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) throughout the recruitment process, please reach out to us at the following email: careers@trsil.org