Campus Director of Information Technology
Connecticut State Community College
- Bridgeport, CT
- $85,993 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
Level: Community College Professional 20, 12-month, tenure track position.
Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week
Closing Date: The committee will begin reviewing applications immediately. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled, with materials submitted by 5:00pm (EST) on Wednesday, April 10, 2024, receiving priority consideration.Location:900 Lafayette Boulevard, Bridgeport, CT 06604
**This position is not remote**
For more information, please click on the campus to be directed to their website.CT State Community College Mission:Connecticut State Community College provides access to academically rigorous and innovative education and training focused on student success. The college supports excellence in teaching and learning, makes data-informed decisions, promotes equity, and advances positive change for the students, communities and industries it serves.CT State Community College Vision:Connecticut State Community College is recognized for exceptional student success, educational leadership and transformative collaboration with business and industry, government, educational and key stakeholders while advancing diverse opportunities for Connecticut’s citizens and communities.CT State Community College Equity Statement:Connecticut State Community College commits to bold and disruptive change by actively identifying, naming, and dismantling structural racism, systemic poverty, and other barriers; establishing equitable and anti-racist policies and practices; and empowering students, faculty, staff, and administrators to advance racial, social, and economic justice. Our core collective responsibility is to continuously assess practices and policies and transform the world we live in by eliminating inequities.Anticipated Start Date:June 2024Position Summary:The Campus Director of Information Technology (CDIT) is responsible for providing technology service leadership on a campus under CT State Associate Vice President of Technology Operations. The CDIT works collaboratively with Academic Technology Managers (ATM), Enterprise Technology Managers (ETM) and CSCU Shared Services Managers to support the effective adoption and ongoing use of enterprise shared technology services, administrative and academic technologies utilized within the respective campus. The CDIT ensures priorities and guidance provided by ATMs and ETMs are carried out on a campus.Example of Job Duties:Under the direction of the Associate Vice President of Technology Operations, the Campus Director of Information Technology is responsible for responsible for providing technology service leadership through effective performance in these essential duties:
- Assists with the supervision of enterprise shared technology/administrative technology support staff and academic technical support staff on a campus.
- Coordinates service goals based on service needs, strategies to support, metrics to evaluate effectiveness, and reporting mechanisms to ensure enterprise shared technology services, administrative and academic technology services on a campus are meeting the needs of the CT State organization.
- Management of campus-based Technology Service Organizational (TSO) technical staff supporting enterprise shared technology services, and administrative and academic technology services at the respective campus.
- Oversee daily administrative tasks and campus-related functions.
- Provide supervision, selection, management, and evaluation of campus-based technical support staff.
- Analyze the resources needed to fulfill the campus’s technology service obligations including the development of cost/benefit analysis and long-term forecasts of technology service requirements.
- Prepare fiscally sound budgets and expected results of expenditures in support of campus-based enterprise shared technology services, and administrative and academic technologies.
- Aid in the preparation, maintenance, and coordination of disaster recovery plans for consistent business operations on a campus.
- Engage in professional development to maintain continual growth in professional skills and knowledge essential to the position. Provides direct training to technical staff for related enterprise shared technology service, and administrative and academic technology requirements.
- Provide onsite and remote technical support for workstations, applications, network services, software, printers, Wi-Fi, etc.
- Providing support and technical services for various core network devices & services; WAN and LAN connectivity, switches, routers, firewalls, Wi-Fi, printers, VPN, VoIP, etc.
- Managing campus backup and business continuity systems.
- Maintain/Upgrade/Update campus servers, network equipment, software, and other core services.
- Work with other regional IT team members and managers to collaborate on successful deployment of enterprise-wide initiatives.
- Proven ability to serve as an effective member of a management team, be an effective leader to a team of highly trained personnel and consultants; and interact effectively with technical staff, technical service customers, auditors, consultants, vendors, and stakeholders at all levels.
- Excellent interpersonal and collaborative skills, and the ability to communicate technical concepts to technical and nontechnical audiences.
- Experience managing, evaluating, training, sourcing and disciplining technical staff.
- Experience working within a complex organization, interacting with and influencing multiple stakeholders.
- Proven track record and experience in developing technical solutions, technical standards, policies, and procedures, as well as successfully executing solutions to achieve the objectives of customers within a dynamic environment.
- Knowledge of common operational management frameworks with detailed knowledge of IT Service Management (ITSM.)
- Master’s degree in computer science or related technological discipline.
- Experience working in higher education in managing/maintaining network and servers.
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Virtual Desktop Specialty or similar.
- Experience with Windows and Mac operating systems (OS) in an Academic environment.
- Experience with SNOW (Service Now).