The NSW Department of Parliamentary Provider (DPS) has actually begun the look for a brand-new director of IT and primary details officer (CIO), following the departure previously this year of Mike Rate.
The DPS recruitment ad stated the CIO is accountable for the NSW Parliament’s “digital technique, architecture and services”.
The position description for the function mentions the brand-new CIO will likewise function as the parliament’s CISO.
Because capability, the CIO will establish a cyber security technique, examine the present security posture, and work to lower danger.
The CIO will likewise deal with the DPS’s director of digital change, a position held by Danielle Schefer given that December 2022.
The function manages 3 irreversible senior supervisors of IT services, cyber security, and business architecture, and a budget plan of around $5 million.
Rate had actually held the CIO function given that 2017; he likewise was accountable for digital change, before Schefer’s visit.
Throughout that time, Rate stated on his LinkedIn entry, he was accountable for an innovation replacement, migration to the cloud, and modernisation of the parliament’s audiovisual services.
He formerly invested 6 years with the NSW Civil Service Commission, 5 years as head of application shipment for the Australian Prudential Policy Authority, and 12 years with Oracle in the UK and Australia.