Global It Security Leader

Requisition ID: 5027

Job Title: Global IT Security Leader

Job Country: United States (US)

Here at Avanos Medical, we passionately believe in three things:

• Having an impact on the healthcare challenges we all face, and the lives of people and communities around the world.
• Making a difference in how we work and collaborate, constantly nurturing our nimble culture of innovation;
• Making a difference in our products, services and offers, never ceasing to fight for groundbreaking solutions in everything we do;

At Avanos you will find an environment that strives to be independent and different, one that supports and inspires you to excel and to help change what medical devices can deliver, now and in the future.

The Avanos COVID-19 Vaccine Policy: This Policy applies to U.S. customer-facing / field-based employees & Avanos leadership: All U.S. customer-facing / field-based employees hires must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Proof of being fully vaccinated does not need to be disclosed until a job offer has been made but must be submitted within 48 hours after the acceptance of the job offer. If you have a qualifying medical condition or sincerely held religious belief or practice that precludes you from receiving a COVID-19 vaccine, you may apply for an exemption or deferral after you accept the job offer and before your scheduled start date. The reasonable accommodation provided to the employee, if any, will depend on the employee’s job and the applicable facts, but it may include weekly COVID-19 testing and masking requirements. New hires who do not submit, before their scheduled start date, proof of being fully vaccinated or a request for a reasonable accommodation will have their job offer revoked.

Avanos is a medical device company focused on delivering clinically superior breakthrough solutions that will help patients get back to the things that matter. We are committed to creating the next generation of innovative healthcare solutions which will address our most important healthcare needs, such as reducing the use of opioids while helping patients move from surgery to recovery. Headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia, we develop, manufacture and market recognized brands in more than 90 countries. Avanos Medical is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol AVNS. For more information, visit www.avanos.com .

The Role

The Global IT Security Leader is responsible for driving infrastructure security strategy, policies, procedures and compliance of the core infrastructure and end-user computing devices within the Avanos global ecosystem. Reporting to the Global Leader of Infrastructure, Security, and Operations, this position has direct accountability for ensuring the policies and processes are defined and followed by all Avanos employees, business partners and 3rd part service providers. The Global IT Security Leader will ensure that IT infrastructure security landscape meets or exceeds industry standards for enterprise infrastructure security. To accomplish this task, the Global IT Security Leader will implement new security policies as needed and deploy new technologies to protect the Avanos environment. The Global IT Security Leader will lead a team of Avanos team members, contractors and consultants. The Global IT Security Leader will work with the other leaders in the security team and key business stakeholders to drive security standards and to verify that the security tools used are fit for purpose.

Responsibilities

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Drive communications with managed security services providers to ensure the protection of corporate data and systems
• Responsible for raising awareness within both the general employee population as well as at the managerial/company officer levels about the ever-changing cyber-security environment. Develops and promotes activities to create information security awareness within the organization
• Assist with security investigation and computer forensic analysis as needed, respond to security emergencies both during and after business hours
• Conduct regular GAP analysis of infrastructure security environment and apply controls to mitigate these gaps
• Lead the effort to research, test, and recommend new technologies, hardware, or software products for implementation within the corporate computing network.
• Provide leadership, expertise, guidance, and coaching to a team of IT/security professionals in the cyber-security and infrastructure disciplines.
• This position will manage Avanos full-time employees (security architects and analysts), outside contractors/consultants and third-party service providers
• Provide project support for both IT and business initiatives requiring security infrastructure and services
• Assist in maintaining compliance with various compliance programs, such as HIPAA and SOX
• Stay on top of relevant information security issues and regulatory changes affecting the company, communicate updates and promote awareness.
• Provide oversight for the design and implementation of the policies, procedures, systems, and safeguards necessary to ensure the integrity of information systems assets and to protect those assets from inadvertent or intentional access or destruction.
• Conduct regular and ongoing monitoring of and reporting on enterprise-wide compliance with information security and IT control standards and policies. This includes coordinating the use of external resources involved in the performance of security testing (i.e. penetration tests, vulnerability scans, etc.)
• Understand potential and emerging information security threats, vulnerabilities, and control techniques and assist in driving new controls with security vendors to mitigate threats/risks.

Required

Your qualifications

• Strong knowledge of security tools and capabilities
• Bachelor's degree required, preferably in computer science or information systems
• Must be able to multitask
• Excellent written, oral and interpersonal communication skills
• Experience maintaining security compliance in a healthcare or medical device organization
• Exceptional planning, organization, communication, presentation, multi-tasking, prioritization and business analysis skills
• 10+ years of experience in network security, cyber security, and/or security operations
• 5+ years of working with managed security service providers
• 5+ years managing security professionals
• Extreme accuracy in quality of work
• Experience in the following regulations and Frameworks: SOX, HIPAA, NIST
• Work independently

Technical product training and certifications, network hardware and application security training and/or certifications:

• CISM
• Prior experience with network security & related applications, tools, logging and solutions
• CISSP

Avanos Medical is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law. If you are a current employee of Avanos, please apply here .

Join us at Avanos

Join us and you can make a difference in our products, solutions and our culture. Most of all, you can make a difference in the lives, people, and communities around the world.

Make your career count

Our commitment to improving the health and wellbeing of others begins with our employees – through a comprehensive and competitive range of benefits. We provide more than just a salary – our Total Rewards package encompasses everything you receive as an employee; your pay, health care benefits, retirement plans and work/life benefits.

Avanos offers a generous 401(k) employer match of 100% of each pretax dollar you contribute on the first 4% and 50% of the next 2% of pay contributed with immediate vesting.

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