Director Systems Engineering - OIT Department Only Search - 527122
Job no: 527122
Work type: Regular Full-time (Benefits eligible)
Location: Tuscaloosa
Categories: Information Systems/Technology Support
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Department/Organization: 200721 - Enterprise Technology
Normal Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00am to 5:00pm
Note to Applicants: This is a department only search. You must be a current UA employee working in the OIT Department to be considered.
Job Summary: The Director of Systems Engineering assists the Executive Director of Operations to execute managerial responsibilities for the Office of Information Technology’s Systems Engineering, Cloud Infrastructure Services and Telecommunications teams. These teams perform advanced engineering and operational support for UA’s physical and virtual hosted server environments, enterprise storage, cloud services, Microsoft 365 tenant, enterprise VoIP platform and related collaboration tools, backup and recovery platforms and other mission critical enterprise services. Assists in operational management tasks, team goal setting, personnel management, staff development, team performance monitoring, policy and process development, project facilitation, strategic planning, and process documentation. Serves as a primary or secondary support for multiple technology platforms and provides systems administration and support tasks associated with assigned platform(s).
Required Minimum Qualifications: Master's degree and six (6) years of IT system experience; OR bachelor's degree and eight (8) years of IT system experience.
Skills and Knowledge: Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills. Must be self-motivated. Strong customer service orientation. Ability to work in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment.
Preferred Qualifications: Experience with IT operations, infrastructure management, data infrastructure building construction processes, and/or IT service delivery management (ITSM). Experience overseeing large daily operations and projects for information technology staff related to mission-critical infrastructure and operations, such as enterprise authentication, messaging, and/or storage services.
Three (3) years of supervisory experience in information technology. Knowledge of advanced programming, system skills, or security technology. Advanced knowledge of project management methods and applications.
Background Investigation Statement: Prior to hiring, the final candidate(s) must successfully pass a pre-employment background investigation and information obtained from social media and other internet sources. A prior conviction reported as a result of the background investigation DOES NOT automatically disqualify a candidate from consideration for this position. A candidate with a prior conviction or negative behavioral red flags will receive an individualized review of the prior conviction or negative behavioral red flags before a hiring decision is made.
Equal Employment Opportunity: The University of Alabama is an Equal Employment/Equal Educational Opportunity Institution. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment or volunteer status without regard to any legally protected basis and will not be discriminated against because of their protected status. Applicants and employees of this institution are protected under Federal law from discrimination on several bases. More information is available in the EEOC’s Know Your Rights: Workplace discrimination is illegal poster.
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