Confidential Network, Cyber Security and Technology Advisor Services

The Vendor is required to provide guidance as it relates to technology and communications (voice, cellular, and data), direction, project management, and implementation of various technological upgrades, ensuring they adhere to technological best practices for law enforcement needs.
- General and network security responsibilities:
•    Assists in setting the vision, mission, and strategy of the office it organization to securely maximize it initiatives. 
•    Provides the necessary strategic direction on technology platforms needed to safely deliver the applications. 
•    Assist the office in the evaluation and lead delivery of enterprise-wide technology solutions and products offered. 
•    Develop short and long-term plans for technology initiatives within the office. 
•    As a key member and confidential direct report to the office, this senior level technology consultant position contributes to the development and execution of the county it network and is responsible for ensuring the strategies align with best practices for network security. 
•    Leads technical architecture, infrastructure, software development and quality assurance, ensuring that the organization can deliver and operate high quality secure technology platforms at the required cost and service levels. 
•    Coordination with the county information technology services division (its) and senior management of the county. 
•    Assist in developing and controlling the annual and capital it budgeting, to ensure that is consistent with the overall strategic objectives. 
•    Attend various meetings as determined by the office. 
•    Coordination and project management of technology related operating and capital projects accomplishes special projects related to technology, communications, 911 and cellular services. 
•    Licensing review and recommendations for verification and compliance. 
•    Application software review and recommendations. 
•    Mobile device management review and recommendations. 
•    Review and recommend partnership agreements and or contracts with providers of technology. 
•    Review and recommendations of all it purchasing for the office. 
•    Review of all it contracts including SaaS agreements. 
•    Eliminate single points of failure in subject matter expertise by cross-training individuals and transferring knowledge from individuals to teams.
- Network security responsibilities:
•    Establishment implementation, creation and review of various technology policies including an internal formal cybersecurity policy for the office. 
•    These policies include both networking and network security disciplines. 
•    Ensures that information security is designed into platforms and operations to meet or exceed industry compliance requirements. 
•    Leads the identification, assessment, and mitigation of risks using quantitative and qualitative approaches. 
•    Anticipate risks and motivate leaders to act before they impact the department's performance. 
•    Quarterly and annual network security review, reporting and recommendations. 
•    Knowledge of risk management processes including assessment and mitigation of cyber risks including the detailed reporting. 
•    Coordination of all patching as well as change management within the office.
•    Ongoing network security education programs within the units as well as regular phishing campaigns. 
•    Physical technology asset security review and recommendations. 
•    Password management review and recommendations. 
•    Manage cyber-security of local and client data and network infrastructure. 
•    Coordination of all network security aspects of the office and any other local police departments that utilize the police information network.
•    Collaboration and coordination with homeland security investigations (HSI), federal bureau of investigation (FBI), and internet crime complaint center (ic3) and cybersecurity and infrastructure security agency (CISA) on various initiatives and investigations.