Director, IT Security and Infrastructure

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If you are a current Fanshawe College employee, please apply to jobs directly through Workday . Do not apply on the external career page. Interested in growing your career at Fanshawe College? Fanshawe College thrives because of its people. We foster a culture of excellence and see opportunities to turn potential into impact. Leading with empathy, belonging, unity, learning and courage, we guide the learning journey of our students, ensuring they are ready for work and life, today and tomorrow. Working at Fanshawe College Fanshawe College is committed to the principles of hybrid work and may offer this option to employees whose work can be performed in an alternate location, without adverse impact to the operations of the College, inclusive of our Student and Staff experience. Confirmation of hybrid work options available to you will be clarified upon hire and may be subject to change based on the duties required of your position. Successful candidates will be required to perform work within Ontario and must be available to work on campus, as required. Posting Closing Date: July 5, 2026 Campus Location: London, ON Department: ITS1 Information Technology Services Employment Group: Administrative Pay Details: $119,646.00 - $170,442.00 Salary Worker Sub-Type: Regular Time Type: Full time Remote Type: Hybrid Contract End Date: Hours of Work per Week: 37.5 Job Description: Note: This is for 1 Regular Full-Time vacancy. This is a hybrid position requiring in-person work based in London, Ontario. This position is deemed a critical replacement vacancy. Why this Role is Important Fanshawe College is entering a focused period of digital technology transformation and is seeking a Director, IT Security and Infrastructure to help shape what comes next. Reporting to the Executive Director, IT, this role leads the strategy and delivery of core infrastructure and cybersecurity across the College, spanning data centres, cloud and hybrid environments, networks, and security operations. This role offers a rare opportunity to shape a critical function. The successful candidate will play a central role in advancing infrastructure and cybersecurity capabilities, including cloud and compute modernization, strengthening cyber resilience, and maturing security practices in step with an evolving threat landscape. This role has clear priorities, strong institutional support, and the ability to move work forward in a stable environment. Fanshawe offers a well-established institutional reputation and a collaborative IT leadership team, with direct engagement at the senior level across the College. You will help deliver reliable, secure, and future ready services that support teaching, learning, and student success. How You'll Make an Impact Strategic Portfolio Planning and Management Provides strategic vision, direction, planning and management of the College's cyber security and infrastructure, including but not limited cloud modernization and academic and corporate data centres In conjunction with Senior Leadership and other IT leaders, develop short-term and long-term strategic plans in the context of the College strategy Leads the organizational response to cybersecurity and compliance audit findings and directs the development, prioritization, and execution of the cybersecurity maturation roadmap and associated program initiatives Develops and oversees the College's cloud modernization and hybrid infrastructure strategy, guiding the evolution of the academic and corporate data centres to ensure secure, resilient, scalable, and cost-effective service delivery aligned with institutional priorities Provides oversight of the evaluation, selection, implementation, and lifecycle management of infrastructure and security technologies, services, and vendors, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture, risk posture, and long-term sustainability Champions cybersecurity awareness across Fanshawe College, including institution-wide awareness education initiatives, vulnerability assessment programs and third-party phishing simulations to strengthen organizational security culture Oversees identity and access security practices, including authentication standards, privileged access management, and access governance in partnership with cross-functional teams to ensure secure and seamless user experience Leads incident response readiness and supports the coordination of significant cybersecurity incidents, investigations, communications, and post incident remediation planning Provides strategic consultation and support the implementation of new College campuses and sites, ensuring infrastructure and security requirements are integrated from planning through operational readiness Monitors, analyzes, and reports on the performance, capacity, resilience, and risk posture of infrastructure, applications, and security services to the Executive Director, IT or designate, enabling informed decision-making and proactive ris