Security Network Architect (Manager Information Security (m/f/d)

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Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

The selection, design, justification, implementation and operation of controls and management strategies to maintain the security, confidentiality, integrity, availability, accountability, and relevant compliance of information systems with legislation, regulation, and relevant standards.

Key Responsibilities:

Information security

• Explains the purpose of and provides advice and guidance on the application and operation of elementary physical, procedural, and technical security controls.
• Performs security risk, vulnerability assessments, and business impact analysis for medium complexity information systems.
• Investigates suspected attacks and manages security incidents.
• Uses forensics where appropriate.

Specialist advice

• Actively maintains knowledge in one or more identifiable specialisms.
• Provides detailed and specific advice regarding the application of their specialism(s) to the organization’s planning and operations.
• Recognizes and identifies the boundaries of their own specialist knowledge.
• Collaborates with other specialists, where appropriate, to ensure advice given is appropriate to the needs of the organization.

Research

• Within given research goals, builds on and refines appropriate outline ideas for research, including evaluation, development, demonstration, and implementation.
• Applies standard methods to collect and analyses quantitative and qualitative data.
• Creates research reports to communicate research methodology and findings and conclusions.
• Contributes sections of material of publication quality.
• Uses available resources to update knowledge of any relevant field and creates a personal collection of relevant material.
• Participates in research communities.

Emerging technology monitoring

• Supports monitoring of the external environment and assessment of emerging technologies to evaluate the potential impacts, threats, and opportunities to the organization.
• Contributes to the creation of reports, technology road mapping and the sharing of knowledge and insights.

If required: People Management / Resource Management:

• May be involved and gives some input on hiring Transition decisions
• Allocates the different work to the respective employees considering experience, complexity, workload, and organizational efficiency
• Continuously monitors and evaluates team workload and organizational efficiency with the support of IT systems, data and analysis and team feedback and makes appropriate changes to meet business needs.
• Provides team members/direct reports with clear direction and targets that are aligned with business needs and GIT objectives

Key Relationships:

• Global IT
• Respective business function (GOPS, Finance, HR, Brand Marketing, Wholesale/Retail)
• HR Management
• Controlling

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• Four-year college or university degree with focus on Business Administration or IT or related areas, or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Proficient spoken and written command of English
• At least 5-year experience in IT
• 2 years of experience in relevant area (Network Security)
• 1 year of experience in team management
• Understanding of different culture
• Participated in projects with people from other functions/markets

adidas celebrates diversity, supports inclusiveness and encourages individual expression in our workplace. We do not tolerate the harassment or discrimination toward any of our applicants or employees. We are an equal opportunity employer.