Ascertra operates under the umbrella of the Vela Software Group, a division of Constellation Software Inc. – a world leader in acquiring, managing, and growing software companies that are essential to their industries.
Ascertra’s product portfolio includes leading solutions such as Proarc, Coreworx, and Mpower, each addressing critical challenges and risks related to managing information and resources across complex capital projects and asset operations.
Ascertra customers use our software to manage the volumes of information and processes that go along with the planning, engineering, construction, and operation of complex capital projects, such as offshore oil rigs, refineries, offshore wind farms, and power generation plants.
The Head of Cyber and IT is a strategic and operational leader responsible for overseeing both Cloud Operations and Internal IT Management. This role ensures the secure, scalable, and efficient infrastructure necessary to support the company's SaaS platforms and internal teams.
In this role, the Head of Cyber and IT will manage cloud infrastructure to ensure availability, scalability, and performance. The role also involves ensuring compliance with security standards, leading incident response and vulnerability management, and overseeing internal IT support and enterprise system administration.
Responsibilities
* Manage cloud infrastructure (e.g. Azure and Oracle Cloud) for availability, scalability, and performance.
* Ensure compliance with security standards (e.g., ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR) and internal policies and procedures for cloud and IT environments.
* Lead incident response, vulnerability management, and threat detection using SIEM tools, MDR and antivirus platforms.
* Secure and implement policies and procedures for disaster recovery and business continuity.
* Lead internal IT support, device management, enterprise system administration and SaaS tooling.
* Build and lead a small but scalable team across IT and Cloud Operations.
Requirements
* 10+ years in IT operations, cloud infrastructure, or cybersecurity roles.
* Strong experience with cloud platforms (Azure and Oracle) and DevOps tools.
* Experience managing IT systems in a fast-paced SaaS environment.
* Bachelor´s degree in computer science or similar, but long and relevant work experience may compensate for lack of formal education.
* Certifications such as CISSP, CISM, expert level Azure, or similar are a plus.
Competencies
* Advanced knowledge of cyber security.
* Excellent leadership, communication, and cross-functional collaboration and mentoring skills.
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