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Job Field: Office Jobs
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Salary: $Not stated

JOB SUMMARY:

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<tr><td valign="top" width="450"><b>This role will be part of the Varian IT
Information Security team, which includes
application security and data privacy.
Primary Responsibilities
Designs and implements infrastructure security
policies to ensure infrastructure services have
the proper controls.
Establishes appropriate firewall standards
and criteria.
Strong knowledge in current security
threats, trends and mitigation approaches.
Influences/guides the organization on the use and
compliance to these processes.
Develops and implements standards for
appropriate security checkpoints, risk assessments
and encryption methods.
Assess the impact on the business caused
by theft, destruction, alteration, or denial of
access to information.
Create an end-to-end technology strategy
to address current and future security concerns,
emerging threats, regulatory compliance and
alignment with technology and the business across
Varian.
Anticipate and identify issues well in
advance and build a roadmap of innovative
solutions with ROI to gain steering committee
approval.
Grow the security program over time
leveraging the functional areas in VIT and
outsourced service providers that move toward a
comprehensive program.
Establishes and maintains the right
operating KPIs and Metrics to provide the right
line-of-sight focus for Infrastructure security
effectiveness.
Provide advice and consulting to senior
management and the business units in the
development, implementation, and administration of
information security.
Actively monitor new and emerging security
and privacy related technologies, trends, issues,
and solutions and assess their applicability to
Varian key business initiatives and business
strategies.
Job RequirementsRequirements
-Requires a Bachelors or higher degree in a
computing or information technology-related field,
and at least 10 years of related experience, with
a minimum of 3 years experience in information
security, data privacy or a closely related area.
-A broad working knowledge of information security
methods and practices is required.
-The applicant should have experience working in a
highly-regulated, multi-national environment and
have familiarity with Cloud Service, connected
services and web services.
-Demonstrated experience vetting and rating the
security of outsourced service and information
providers is a PLUS.
-Requires excellent communication skills, both
written and verbal.
-Demonstrated ability to work effectively with all
levels of management, plan and direct concurrent
projects and priorities, influence and lead inside
and outside the IT function.
Technical Requirements
Preferred Credentials
-CISSP, Certified Information Systems Auditor
CISA and IAPP Intl Association of Data Privacy
Professionals
-Extensive experience with security technologies
in the UNIX, Windows, Networking, and PC spaces.
-Experience in validation methodology for IT
infrastructure environments.

KEY REQUIREMENTS:

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None Bachelors degree