Send me happy thought, juju, prayers, etc. please!

Need some good vibes, thoughts, prayers, etc - just submitted for an internal position, that is pretty elevated. Talked for a couple of min with our new CIO, told him I was interested (there was a departure, hence the opening), so here goes! Emailed him resume and bio today.

Dream job for me, somewhat of a big step up (from my current position, it's more of a dignoal move than straight up); just crossing my fingers that he's not hellbent on getting an external candidate to shake things up. I am literally the only internal person qualified for this position.

I'll keep yall in the know when I hear something.

mike c

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anoeljr

I hope everything works out for you colemic. I'll be praying for you.

networker050184

Good luck!

cyberguypr

Best of luck man! Just make sure you send the CIO a copy of your CEH certificate

N2IT

Prayers coming up. Good luck.

colemic

Bwahaa...

Although for the position, I did list CEH and CHFI, just to appear more well-rounded.

cyberguypr wrote: »

Best of luck man! Just make sure you send the CIO a copy of your CEH certificate

H3||scr3am

Best of luck on the promotion

Keep rubbing elbows with the CIO to show your interest

Perhaps ask him to lunch to further discuss the position

zxbane

I think you got this! Keep us posted

lsud00d

Good luck colemic! Sending positive vibes your way

coffeeluvr

Walking outside now to send up a prayer for you....just in case it wouldn't go through the ceiling

Sending positive thoughts your way!

TeKniques

Best of luck Colemic, you got this!

-hype

I know how u feel, i'm in a similar predicament. Interviewed 2x, 2nd time with CIO. He was impressed and delighted to meet me.

Hoping You and I both get our dream gigs

Zorodzai

May the force be with you.....

MeanDrunkR2D2

Zorodzai wrote: »

May the force be with you.....

^ This.. *hiccup*

earonw49

*sending prayers and vibes*

EngRob

Cool! Fingers crossed that they go with the internal choice rather than pulling in external, but that's out of your control at this point. Good luck!

da_vato

Good Luck Colemic, based on your accomplishments over the past few years and reading your contributions to discussions around the forum I think the sky is the limit for you.

JoJoCal19

Good Luck colemic!

colemic

so a quick update - I know they are scheduling interviews for external candidates... except it's still not available/posted internally. So I feel I am in a bit of a conundrum. It's one thing to apply, interview, and not get the job, but I am gonna be PISSED if I don't even get an interview - I am qualified for the position (others on here can verify that, they've seen the posting and my resume.) Especially since company policy is that internal candidates for any position, are required to be given an interview. But then, HR says they won't post it until the CIO tells them to, so policies aren't being followed left and right.

Just frustrated. Or too pessimistic. Not sure which.

Chevel

Wow I swear I'm reading myself right now. I certainly feel your frustration. I applied for an internal position of which I'm well qualified for, found out interviews were conducted however I was not contacted for one. I agree with you 100% while I may not get the job but I would be quite offended of not getting an interview while others did.

Certainly wish the best of luck to you. Hope it all works out

-hype

Chevel wrote: »

Wow I swear I'm reading myself right now. I certainly feel your frustration. I applied for an internal position of which I'm well qualified for, found out interviews were conducted however I was not contacted for one. I agree with you 100% while I may not get the job but I would be quite offended of not getting an interview while others did.

Certainly wish the best of luck to you. Hope it all works out

This has happened to me before, and i guess it was a coincidence that the person that was hired was the hiring managers close friend and lacked experience!

RouteMyPacket

best of luck, onward and upward eh? Drinks on you once you land the role?

colemic

Absolutely, you are more than welcome to go to any bar, just put it on my tab.

RouteMyPacket wrote: »

best of luck, onward and upward eh? Drinks on you once you land the role?

colemic

So, a little update...

Had a discussion with the CIO. He really feels that based on my skillset, aptitude, and focus on user experience, he would prefer that I stay on the operations side, but expand my current role to suit my desires and provide more impact here... which actually, I am ok with. I know I will get a new title (which isn't important to the job, but is to reflect job progression, IMO), and go from network security engineer to (Enterprise) Security Architect. He was clear that if I chose, I could continue to go through the process, but when you think about it, barring every candidate being a walking David Shing or something (look him up on Google Images, he works for AOL and his title is 'Digital Prophet,' I kid you not), I wouldn't get the position, because he sees more value in me in a different role. And if I didn't then I wouldn't have the leverage that I do right now.

The role I was shooting for was CISO, but it's a big stretch from my current responsibilities to what he is asking of the CISO role... He envisions it as being strictly paperwork, developing and managing policies, and audits (we go through 12-15 audits a year), with little to no hands-on work. My role will be expanded to basically be all aspects security administration on an enterprise level. (currently, FWs and Ironport, and special projects.) I feel that Enterprise Security Architect really can bridge the gap between engineer and CISO, and in the end, will only make me a better CISO down the road.

I know it's not a lack of capability, qualifications, or experience, that makes him feel that way. We have senior level leadership replaced, with wholesale changes already, and more coming, and it makes sense to look outside to fill that role. I WAS clear to him that it was the role I eventually wanted, here or elsewhere, and had been for a long time, and he was appreciative of me being upfront about that.

I am hopeful that he will be amenable to my requests for staying in my current spot - salary increase, and Bank officership. He seems like a nice, reasonable guy, so we'll see.