Team Lead - IT Security and Compliance

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Position: Team Lead – IT Security and Compliance
Location: Headquarters – Moon Township, PA

Excellent Benefits: Medical, dental, prescription & vision, HSA & retirement savings (401k) – Generous Company Match!
Perks: Incentives/bonus plans, competitive pay, dress for your day, hybrid schedules, paid time off (vacation starting at 3 weeks), tuition reimbursement, wellness programs, fun events, learning & development opportunities.

Hours of work: Full-time position; Monday-Friday

The Team Lead will lead and manage the activities associated with providing and maintaining a secure and compliant global Calgon Carbon IT infrastructure and systems environment in alignment with the Kuraray DX-IT global security guidelines. The Team Lead guides the development, implementation, and maintenance of IT security and compliance initiatives that ensure the IT environment is in accordance with organizational cybersecurity, risk-mitigation, and compliance requirements. The Team Lead will provide direction and supervision to resources supporting the Calgon Carbon IT security environment. This role is comprised of management, tactical, and strategic responsibilities.

Duties and Responsibilities (not limited to)

• Responsible for overseeing all aspects of information and cyber security such as endpoint, network, access management, and compliance. This includes activities such as:
  • Evaluate, identify, recommend, implement, and maintain optimal and organizationally appropriate IT security and compliance designs, technology platforms, and solutions
  • Monitor networks and systems for incidents, security breaches, and intrusions
  • Conduct and analyze network scans to identify vulnerabilities
  • Conduct penetration testing to find exploitable weaknesses
  • Investigate and remediate security breaches, vulnerabilities, and weaknesses
  • Lead security incident responses, including steps to minimize impact and overall investigation/analysis of root cause
  • Ensure security awareness training for workforce on IT security best practices and policies
  • Manage IT security related service requests
• Design, implement, and maintain IT infrastructure, systems, and operations to comply with internal security policies and external regulatory requirements
• Ensure alignment with CMMC, DFARS, ITAR, EU NIS2, and other relevant frameworks, continuously monitoring for updates
• Coordinate regular control assessments/gap analyses and drive remediation activities
• Serve as liaison for internal teams and external assessors/auditors
• Lead, manage, and supervise activities, systems, and resources, as required, to support and maintain a secure and compliant Calgon Carbon IT environment
• Serve as Calgon Carbon security lead on Kuraray DX-IT global security team
• Serve as internal project manager for IT security and compliance related projects and initiatives
  • In this capacity, develop business case, project timeline and plan, resource requirements, hardware, software, and system requirements
  • Manage and coordinate project plans and activities
• Manage relationships with key IT suppliers and service providers to optimize spending, investments, and ensure agreed-upon service levels are met
• Assist in IT investment and expenditure initiatives by performing cost-benefit and total-cost-of-ownership analyses
• Develop and carry out information security policies and procedures
• Ensure appropriate policies and procedures related to IT security and control environment are published, maintained, and updated
• Develop strategies to protect networks, systems, and sensitive data from security threats, intrusions, and breaches
• Work with IT management on addressing global IT strategy, technology roadmap, and short-/long-term initiatives and priorities, especially where security and compliance areas are considered
  

Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree or equivalent certification is required (IT Cyber Security, Information Technology, Computer Technology; will also consider equivalent experience)
• 5-7 years of direct and relevant cyber security experience is required (end point, network, perimeter, threat management, etc.)
• 5-7 years of security administration experience is required (supporting multiple platforms and applications)
• 5-7 years of IT compliance standards and frameworks experience is required
• 5-7 years of process improvement implementation experience is required

About Calgon Carbon

At Calgon Carbon, we are scientific innovators with a proud legacy of over 80 years and more than 205 patents to our name. Since pioneering the first activated carbon products from bituminous coal in the 1940s, we’ve been at the forefront of developing cutting-edge technologies and solutions to meet the world’s evolving air and water purification needs.

Today, our portfolio includes more than 700 direct market applications across a wide range of industries. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Calgon Carbon employs approximately 1,685 professionals and operates 20 facilities worldwide dedicated to manufacturing, reactivation, innovation, and equipment fabrication. In Europe, we operate under the name Chemviron.

In March 2018, Calgon Carbon became part of the Kuraray Group. Together, we offer complementary products and services, united by a shared commitment to delivering the highest quality and most innovative activated carbon solutions to customers around the globe.

Calgon Carbon is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disabled/veteran

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