Position: Lead of IT and Security
Company: Provectus
Experience required: 5y
English level: upper

Provectus is an Artificial Intelligence consultancy and solutions provider, helping businesses achieve their objectives through AI. We are AWS Premier Consulting Partner recognized by industry think tanks as a leading provider of AI solutions as well as Cloud, Data, and AI consulting services. We are looking for a true seasoned IT Leader to drive and scale our internal infrastructure to support rapid organizational growth.

What is required:

 - Experience in IT Management and Support in SaaS or Professional Services companies;
 - Background in Software Engineering, DevOps, SRE, and Cloud automation;
 - Experience in management and team leadership;
 - Experience in working with Executive stakeholders owning year-long initiatives on a company scale;
 - Strong technical and organizational skills;
 - Deep expertise in one or more aspects of IT (e.g, systems, help desk, networking, etc.);
 - Experience mentoring and growing teams quickly and efficiently;
 - You have a demonstrated track record of servant leadership. You care deeply about your people and their careers;
 - You employ a variety of flexible frameworks to manage the deluge of inputs into your organization;
 - You are personally invested in delivering on your commitments and do not commit to more than you can deliver;
 - Have more than cursory experience with all aspects of running an IT organization from the technical to the organizational;
 - You favor open communication with a willingness to ask and answer questions;
 - You bridge the gap between the technical and the non-technical;
 - You create a balance in a team composed of people with varying personalities and skillsets;
 - You break problems down into basic components and seek out root causes;
 - You see how the problems of today are driving the solutions of tomorrow;
Given a problem, you look for more than one solution;
 - You can pitch your own ideas and shepherd them through to completion;
 - You show a pattern of being self-started and self-directed.

What we offer:
 - Attractive professional and educational opportunities, and fun colleagues who make every online and offline event a treat.
 - Find out more about our company: https://careers.provectus.com/

Responsibilities:
 - The Director of IT and Security will be responsible for creating an IT roadmap, plan, and budget to improve IT systems and processes with the goal of constantly improving employee experience from IT systems perspective;
 - Set and monitor processes such that the company is compliant with SOC2 and other security requirements;
 - Recommend and implement appropriate software, tooling, and/or processes to facilitate company security and compliance needs;
 - Implement DevOps, DevSecOps, IaaC, and SRE best practices for internal IT infrastructure, tools, and applications;
 - Track the company spending on IT tools and SaaS services. Recommend policies and changes to improve cost basis;
 - Manage complex supplier relationships and budgets;
 - Distill technical decisions and ideas into a consumable message while emphasizing the business value at stake;
 - Drive an organizational focus on long term goals despite the temptation of the immediate;
 - Foster a safe, inclusive environment where a team will thrive and grow.

At Provectus, we are obsessed with technologies that impact the future of the whole of humanity. Just imagine: AI for curing eye diseases, ML for making factories safe for workers, preventing pandemic spreading, etc. It’s not about the future, it’s about the products we’ve already developed with #ProvectusTeam.

We are waiting for you to become a part of our team!