Director of Infrastructure
- Employer
- Request Technology
- Location
- Chicago
- Salary
- 150000.00 - 190000.00 USD Annual + Bonus
- Closing date
- 17 Apr 2019
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- Sector
- Telecoms / Utilities
- Responsibilities
- Information Technology
- Position/Level
- Director
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Language
- English
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A prestigious company is on the search for a Director of Infrastructure. This individual needs to come from a Senior Manager or director background. They need someone who is very hands on and has come from a large shop of 500+ Servers. They will be working with networking, VOIP, video storage, and mostly VMware. They will have 12 people reporting to them and 1 manager. They also want someone with financial industry background.
Responsibilities
Responsibility for current IT assets and plan for future growth.
- Develop and oversee execution of IT infrastructure strategy to Support Company's business strategy and growth goals
- Manage an overall team of 13 to conduct implementation, integration, service and support of physical technology for business users
- Develop budgets associated with the information technology and communications systems and work with the CIO and CFO to ensure appropriate and rapid approval
- Approve major contracts with vendors for all technology, communications, and information systems, service and equipment purchases/leases
- Oversee strategy and management of all major service categories.
- For each define and deploy appropriate policies, support processes, service levels and security measures:
- Network management
- Server and storage management
- Voice systems
- End user computing (PCs, LANs/Wi-Fi, printers, phones and PDAs)
Compliance and Policies
- Oversee development and approve IT policies (including security and anti-virus programs), standards and best practices
- Ensure compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley requirements including coordination with the Audit and Legal teams
IT Capabilities
- Lead a multi-faceted IT department and infrastructure base
- Develop and oversee execution of long-term strategic recommendations for company, including cloud strategy
- Ability to oversee development of sophisticated processes and tools to manage reliable provision of services to users
- Develop and implement long-term strategic purchasing decisions for vendor support and PC hardware
- Set strategy for and oversee company's security and Disaster Recovery
- Lead ITSM processes and establish ongoing improvements using metrics
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or related field; MBA preferred
- 10-15 years information technology management experience, the majority in infrastructure management and infrastructure services provision (including people and team leadership)
- Investment/Asset Management or Real Estate experience at high performing, results-focused organization strongly preferred
- Expert knowledge of IT infrastructure processes, methods and techniques
- Knowledge of Sarbanes-Oxley requirements and audits
- Expert understanding of how technology relates to business, market and industry and applies strategic planning and direction as it relates to high-level business and customer needs
- Skills related to operating platforms/software including: VMware, Cisco, Microsoft Active Directory, and Microsoft Exchange
- Ability to work to strict deadlines and deliver against service levels in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment
- Technology integration experience
- Experience liaising with business leaders to conduct needs analysis
- Experience with Microsoft technologies including Office, Exchange, SQL, IIS, and others
- ITIL certification preferred
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