[Hiring] Senior Information Security Manager @Arizona Department of Administration

Role Description

The Arizona Department of Revenue’s Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) is a visionary role that leads our Information Security organization. This position serves to protect confidentiality, integrity, and availability of ADOR information and information systems by ensuring appropriate security controls, policies, standards, and procedures are in place and effectively implemented. The CISO plans, reports, and implements all ADOR and statewide security efforts through the continuous review of industry best practices as well as the statewide regulatory and security requirements.

The ADOR CISO is not a traditional "Department of No" security leader. The ADOR CISO is an enabler, a partner, and most importantly, a builder. As our CISO, they protect the highly sensitive financial and tax data of Arizona’s citizens while actively removing friction for our Business and IT teams. They champion a culture where security accelerates agility, innovation, and continuous improvement.

The CISO has an engineering mindset, a passion for DevSecOps, and believes that the best way to secure an organization is to automate compliance and partner seamlessly with engineers.

Job Duties

What You Will Do:

• Strategic Leadership & Cultural Transformation
  • Be the "Department of How": Shift the security paradigm from acting as a gatekeeper to serving as a trusted advisor and partner.
  • Empower the Team: Mentor and elevate existing Infosec talent, fostering a modern security mindset that values collaboration, empathy, and continuous learning.
  • Bridge the Gap: Communicate complex security and risk concepts in clear, business-friendly terms to executive leadership, technical teams, and non-technical stakeholders alike.
• DevSecOps & Security Engineering
  • Lead with an Engineering Mindset: Treat infrastructure and security as code.
  • Shift Left: Deeply integrate security into our CI/CD pipelines.
  • Modernize Defense: Architect and oversee cloud-native security controls, zero-trust architectures, and automated incident response playbooks.
• Risk Management & Compliance (at the Speed of Agile)
  • Secure the Mission: Safeguard Arizona taxpayer data and ensure rigorous compliance with critical frameworks.
  • Automate Compliance: Move away from spreadsheet-based compliance and manual controls and processes.
  • Pragmatic Risk-Taking: Help the organization make informed, risk-based decisions that balance the need for absolute data protection with the need for technological experimentation and modernization.

Qualifications

• The Right Mindset: Collaborative, open-minded, and driven by a desire to say "yes" to innovation.
• Engineering Background: Proven, hands-on experience in security engineering, cloud architecture, or software development.
• DevSecOps Expertise: Deep familiarity with modern software development lifecycles, Agile methodologies, CI/CD tools, and security automation technologies.
• Regulatory Fluency: Strong understanding of compliance frameworks relevant to government and financial data.
• Leadership Experience: Demonstrated success in leading, coaching, and growing high-performing technology or security teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree plus 8 or more years of related experience plus 3 or more years of management experience (or equivalent experience).
• Experience with Continuous Improvement or LEAN is preferred.

Benefits

• Affordable medical, dental, life, and short-term disability insurance plans.
• Participation in the Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS) and long-term disability plans.
• 10 paid holidays per year.
• Vacation time accrued at 4.00 hours bi-weekly for the first 3 years.
• Sick time accrued at 3.70 hours bi-weekly.
• Paid Parental Leave - Up to 12 weeks per year paid leave for newborn or newly-placed foster/adopted child.
• Deferred compensation plan.
• Wellness plans.
• Tuition Reimbursement.
• Infant at Work Program.
• Rideshare and Public Transit Subsidy.
• Career Advancement & Employee Development Opportunities.
• Flexible schedules to create a work/life balance.