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Leads the university’s information security architecture and engineering strategy, including cloud, network, application, endpoint, data, identity, and AI security. Directs modernization through zero trust, DevSecOps, infrastructure-as-code, automation, and AI-enabled security. Builds and manages security architecture and engineering teams, establishes enterprise reference architecture, oversees technology selection, develops strategic roadmaps and business cases, manages security initiatives, and advises executive leadership on emerging risks and AI security.

Serves as a strategic finance partner for AI, technology, transformation, and operational initiatives. Develops complex financial models, forecasts, business cases, scenario analyses, and investment evaluations; assesses costs, benefits, risks, and returns; monitors performance and benefit realization; supports contracts and vendor evaluations; and provides actionable recommendations to executive and cross-functional leaders.

Owns the enterprise integrations product backlog, roadmap, requirements, prioritization, and delivery visibility. Partners with engineering, architecture, governance, AI/ML, and business teams to align integration capabilities with business value, data governance, security, technical dependencies, and platform capacity. Evaluates integration patterns and scalable data ingestion and delivery solutions, coordinates system onboarding, resolves risks and gaps, and incorporates AI/ML data needs into prioritization and design decisions.

Designs, implements, administers, and supports IAM and identity governance platforms, including SailPoint and Microsoft Entra ID. Responsibilities include application onboarding, role and entitlement modeling, workflow and access-request development, automation, scripting, configuration, troubleshooting, platform updates, documentation, metrics, and tier 3 support. The role partners with application owners, developers, DBAs, architects, and other IT teams to improve access processes, security controls, system performance, and auditability.