Overview
This position serves as the Assistant Director, Information Assurance Division, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Management and Administration Directorate, ICE, DHS. The incumbent is a key member of the OCIO top senior executive leadership team serving as the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) responsible for securing ICE’s IT environment by assessing security risks, vulnerabilities, and implementing DHS, ICE information system security policy.
About Chief Information Security Officer
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the largest investigative arm of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), is responsible for eliminating vulnerabilities in the nation's border, and with economic, transportation and infrastructure security. The ICE organization comprises five integrated law enforcement divisions and several support divisions. These divisions of ICE combine to form a new investigative approach with new resources to provide unparalleled investigation, interdiction and security services to the public and our law enforcement partners in the federal and local sectors. ICE conducts criminal investigations that protect the United States against terrorism, criminals, and criminal organizations that threaten the nation's safety and national security. ICE investigates immigration crime; human rights violations; human smuggling and human trafficking; smuggling of narcotics, weapons and other types of contraband; financial crimes; cybercrime and child exploitation; export enforcement issues; and other cross-border crimes. ICE protects the homeland through the arrest and removal of non-citizens who undermine the safety of our communities and the integrity of our immigration laws. ICE enforces the nation's immigration laws in a fair and effective manner and treats everyone encountered with dignity and respect