IT Director, Department of Cybersecurity and Technology Infrastructure

Company: Montgomery County Public Schools
Location: Rockville
Posted on: May 3, 2025

Job Description:

Job Description - IT Director, Department of Cybersecurity and Technology Infrastructure (2500299)Job Specific Information: The wage range for this position is between $142,314 and $193,785. This position is posted ongoing until filled. Please upload a current resume and interest letter. For information about benefits, please follow the link below: SUMMARY DESCRIPTION OF CLASSIFICATION:Under general direction of the Chief Technology Officer (CTO), aligns, supervises, and deploys staff to coordinate the work of the Department of Cybersecurity and Technology Infrastructure, which includes data center operations, enterprise systems administration, network, technology services and support, IT help desk, database administration, telecommunication services, IT security, and school technology support. The primary function of this position is to lead the ongoing work to design, develop, deliver an operational infrastructure, and cybersecurity that is highly secure and provides high availability uptime and that scales to meet the district's growing commitment to anywhere, anytime access to required instructional and administrative systems. Aligns the priorities of the department with the vision of the Division of Technology Services. Ensures strong change management and communication with system owners and establishes agreements regarding risk management strategies and processes. Manages the operating budget and spending for the department. Ensures the work carried out by staff supports the policies of the Board of Education and the expectations of the superintendent and executive staff.Physical Demands: NoneSpecial Requirements: Ability to work beyond a 40-hour work week as required.Knowledge Skills Abilities:Ability to manage multiple complex projects and achieve results within required deadlines, functionality, performance, quality and budget. In collaboration with peers, staff, and the Chief of Strategic Initiatives, the director leads the development and integration of state-of-the-art data center, IT security processes and procedures, telecommunications, enterprise systems administration, storage, server, and practice methodologies to maintain and build a reliable, secure and robust computing environment. Skilled in fiscal management and able to develop/manage operating and capital budgets. Demonstrates skills and ability to manage projects and staff, implement and integrate purchased or developed solutions, and model effective customer management practices. Skilled in negotiating and managing vendor relationships. The director confers with the office's leadership and staff in developing a clearly defined and articulated vision for how the district's enterprise infrastructure is designed, developed, and managed. The director must be technically competent, a hands-on self-starter with strong communication, leadership and organizational development skills, and leads with a continuous improvement mindset. Knowledge and administration of best practices in employee professional growth, including staff development and providing timely feedback to staff, of a variety of technology architectures, software development lifecycle, application security, infrastructure security, project/process management and the operations of a large public school system are essential. Knowledge of or ability to quickly learn and apply the three MCPS Professional Growth Systems (PGS), evaluation criteria and procedures.EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND EXPERIENCE:Bachelor's degree in technology or related discipline from an accredited college or university, Master's degree preferred. A minimum of 5 years of progressively more relevant experience, including supervisory experience. Experience with multi-platform computing environments, cybersecurity, infrastructure and IT security, enterprise network operations, cloud-based system architectures, as well as centralized and distributed client server functionality. Specific experience with Cisco systems, Microsoft server/workstation, and Oracle Cloud architectures and design. Experience in a variety of technology architectures, cloud computing frameworks, infrastructure-as-code (IaC), software development lifecycle, application security, infrastructure security, project/process management. Significant experience in managing multiple complex systems projects and prior supervisory or leadership experience. Experience in creating and managing the operating budget for an organization or department.Certificate License: None
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