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.
Please note the salary range for this position is $120,442 - $170,442 per annum.
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 risk mitigation
- Plays a key leadership role in Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery planning, implementation and testing, ensuring institutional preparedness and operational resilience
Team Leadership
- Leads the full performance management cycle, including goal‑setting, mid‑year check‑ins, and formal annual reviews. Provides continuous coaching and feedback to support employee growth, address performance gaps, and reinforce organizational values
- Manages all aspects of talent acquisition and workforce planning for the team
- Recruits, selects, trains, schedules, supervises and evaluates staff in the department, with an eventual span of approximately 12 employees
- Serves as the primary operational point of contact for external partners that act as an extension of the Infrastructure and Information Security team (e.g. ORION, CANARIE, LARG*net)
- Coordinates activities, monitor service delivery, ensure adherence to contractual obligations, and maintains strong collaborative relationships to support organizational resilience and technical excellence.
Administrative Operations
- Oversees the development, monitoring, and reconciliation of departmental budgets, ensuring alignment with organizational priorities and financial policies. Tracks expenditures, forecasts future needs, prepares variance reports, and supports strategic decision‑making through accurate financial analysis
- Administers end‑to‑end processes for staff expense claims, travel arrangements, and professional development activities. Ensure compliance with internal policies and funding guidelines, maintain accurate records, coordinate approvals, and optimize workflows to support efficient operations and positive employee experience.
- Participates in regular leadership alignment meetings to support strategic planning, operational oversight, and cross‑functional communication
Other Duties as Assigned
What You'll Bring
- Post-secondary 4-year degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electronic Engineering, Management Information Systems, Electrical or Electronic Engineering, Software Engineering or related field
- Minimum 9 years of relevant experience spanning both IT infrastructure management and cybersecurity, with direct operational responsibility in each area
- An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered
- Relevant professional certifications in cybersecurity (e.g., CISSP) and networking (e.g., CCNA or equivalent) are strongly preferred
- Strong knowledge of enterprise infrastructure and cybersecurity practices, including network and server administration, cloud and hybrid environments, security operations, vulnerability management, identity and access management, incident response, disaster recovery, and vendor risk management
- Demonstrated capability in strategic planning, project and program management, stakeholder engagement, policy development, contract and budget management, and leading technical teams in a complex service environment
- Leadership experience in a unionized environment would be an asset
- Strong knowledge and understanding of cyber security challenges and solutions and the ability to negotiate information security solutions with college stakeholders
- Thorough knowledge of and experience in conducting research pertaining to data centre operations, network configuration and management, telecommunications, servers and storage
- Excellent leadership competencies with particular focus on customer service, critical thinking, business analysis, project management, communication, and negotiation
