Director of Infrastructure (IT Director)
 Maricopa Community College district | |
long term disability, tuition reimbursement
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 United States, Arizona, Tempe | |
| 2411 West 14th Street (Show on map) | |
 May 01, 2024 | |
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Director of Infrastructure (IT Director) Job ID: 319796 Location: District Support Services Cntr Full/Part Time: Full Time Regular/Temporary: Regular Salary Range $106,539.00 - $138,500.50/annually, DOE Grade 125 Work Schedule Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm Summer Hours: Monday - Thursday, 7am-6pm Work Calendar 12 Months Maricopa Summary Are you looking for a place to work where you can make a real difference in the lives of over 200,000 college students every year? Would you like to be part of an organization that adds $7.2 billion dollars to the economy and supports nearly 100,000 jobs in the fastest growing county in the United States? Whether you're teaching, working, or learning Make It Happen At Maricopa County Community Colleges! About Us
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Job Summary Information Technology Services (ITS) is seeking a strategic and proactive Director of Infrastructure. The Director of Infrastructure provides leadership, technical expertise, and strategic direction for the organization's technical infrastructure teams: Networking, Database, Telecommunications, and Cloud Services/Systems. This position is responsible for evaluating current and future enterprise infrastructure needs as well as managing the related staff and budget. The infrastructure director should have knowledge of current technology best practices as well as innovative ways to meet organizational goals while maintaining focus on secure implementations. Come be a part of an award-winning organization and technology team. Maricopa is a great place to work! in 2023. Additionally, Forbes ranked MCCCD as the #69 Best Employer for Women in August 2022, placing it at #5 in higher education. Essential Functions 20% - Provides IT leadership, goal-setting, planning, direction, and overall operational oversight for selection, implementation, and maintenance of all infrastructure-related projects and initiatives, assuring the quality of services, secure implementations, and develops departmental metrics and analysis; ensures the consistency and maintainability of existing IT Services by creating, maintaining, and enforcing standards and procedures 20% - Provides Information Technology leadership and operational direction for IT Managers, System Engineers/Administrators, and assigned staff; plans, organizes, assigns, supervises, reviews, and evaluates the work of staff 20% - Directs planning and collaboration with customers and peers to assess needs; develops, refines, and/or implements advanced technology solutions to meet business needs; provides overall IT leadership and guidance and serves as college and districtwide subject matter expert on various technologies 20% - Directs and administers budgets and expenditures; identifies and allocates resource needs for Infrastructure related IT projects and services 15% - Works closely with vendors to develop relationships and partnerships; procures technology and services; performs cost/benefit analysis during the procurement process 5% - Performs other related duties as assigne Minimum Qualifications Bachelor's Degree from a regionally accredited institution in any degree and six (6) years of professional experience in an Infrastructure role, which includes two (2) years of supervisory experience. OR Associate's Degree from a regionally accredited institution in any degree and eight (8) years of professional experience in an Infrastructure role, which includes two (2) years of supervisory experience. OR High School Diploma or G.E.D. and ten (10) years of professional experience in an Infrastructure role, which includes two (2) years of supervisory experience. Desired Qualifications A. Experience managing an Information Technology Service department, preferably in a higher education environment B. Experience leading a team in an environment with high-availability infrastructure; examples may include servers, storage, databases, disaster recovery, virtualization, data center, operations monitoring, network communications and/or managed/cloud services C. Hands-on experience in systems engineering (VMWare, Windows Server, Linux Server, Azure, AWS), networking (Cisco experience preferred), and/or network security D. Experience managing large, complex technology projects E. Current, industry certification in technology-related fields (e.g. ITIL, Security, CISCO, Microsoft, AWS, Azure, Linux) F. Experience analyzing and overseeing the analysis of SLAs (Service Level Agreements) Special Working Conditions The position is located in Tempe, AZ, with occasional in-person meetings. MCCCD does not sponsor individuals for any type of work visas. May be required to sit for a prolonged period of time; viewing a computer monitor How to Apply Applicants are strongly encouraged to submit a cover letter that details how the applicant meets the minimum and desired qualifications. A cover letter may further highlight an applicant's knowledge, skill and abilities. All minimum requirements must be met at the time of the application. Additional materials will not be accepted after the job posting has closed. Missing materials or incomplete employment history will not be considered. Please ensure your materials clearly provide the following information.
Posting Close Date Open until filled First Review March 25, 2024 Applications received after the review date may not be screened EEO, Title IX, & Clery Act Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) will not discriminate, nor tolerate discrimination in employment or education, against any applicant, employee, or student because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status (including document abuse), age, disability, veteran status or genetic information. Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, states: "No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance." The policy of the MCCCD is to provide an educational, employment, and business environment free of gender discrimination. Incidents of misconduct should be reported to the college Title IX Coordinator, as outlined in policy, contact information is available at this link Title IX Coordinators. The Clery Act is a Federal law requiring United States Colleges and Universities to disclose information about crime on and around their campuses. Crime reporting data for each of the Maricopa Community Colleges, as required under the Clery Act, is available at this link Clery Act. To apply, visit jeid-e5dc6542e51cdd47af15c9d9c731803d | |