Senior Director of Infrastructure

The Senior Director of Infrastructure reports to the Chief Technology Officer and is responsible for leading the enterprise and solution architecture functions. This role ensures that architectural roadmaps align with business strategies and enterprise transformation activities. The Senior Director manages a team of enterprise and solution architects and works with senior leadership to develop and execute organizational strategy support enterprise change and optimize technology investments.

Principal Responsibilities:

• Architecture:
  • Establish and enforce architectural principles standards and governance to ensure consistency and interoperability across the enterprise.
  • Take a holistic view of the organization considering how different projects and systems interact and contribute to the overall architecture.
  • Create and maintain comprehensive enterprise architecture models encompassing business data application and technology domains.
  • Develop and maintain technology roadmaps to guide the evolution of the IT landscape to meet future business requirements.
  • Evaluate and recommend technologies and oversee their integration into the overall enterprise architecture.
  • Consider factors such as reliability scalability flexibility and security in architecture decisions to ensure the long-term success of the City.
• Infrastructure:
  • Oversee daily activities of the Enterprise & Solution Architects and related staff.
  • Provide direction and supervision to a cloud support team.
  • Direct the day-to-day operations for areas within their purview including creating and managing strategies plans policies and procedures.
  • Evaluate new technologies and tools to determine their suitability for integration into the product and enterprise-wide architecture.
  • Identify and mitigate potential risks related to technology solutions ensuring security compliance and scalability.
  • Manage risks associated with technology decisions considering factors like compliance security and long-term sustainability.
  • Collaborate with IT Security & Governance to ensure compliance and approved pathways to production for all domain initiatives.
• Platform Engineering:
  • Manage project budgets timelines and resources while maintaining a high level of quality in deliverables.
  • Train coach and mentor employees under their supervision.
  • Participate in or lead hiring processes as needed.
  • Collaborate with leaders from various departments to understand business needs and ensure IT initiatives support organizational objectives.
  • Provide guidance to product solution architects and development teams ensuring adherence to architectural principles and best practices.

Qualifications :

A bachelors or masters degree in computer science information technology or a related field or equivalent experience is required. Candidates must have

7 years of experience in software development architecture and design with a proven track record of successful project delivery.

Required Skills and Abilities:

• Proficiency in architecture modeling tools and languages.
• Strong knowledge of relevant technologies frameworks and design patterns.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to effectively collaborate with diverse teams and stakeholders.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to address complex architectural challenges.
• Ability to adapt to evolving technologies and business needs.
• Strong knowledge of Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Planning best practices.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft product stake.

Additional Suggested Skillsets:

• Security and HIPAA compliance in networked solution(s).
• Experience with monitoring and alerting software tools and systems such as SolarWinds Whats Up Gold and PagerDuty.
• Understanding of AWS/Azure Virtual and Cloud environments.
• Data Center design maintenance and Support.
• Knowledge of common Hypervisor technologies (VMware Azure Local Nutanix)

Additional Information :

Salary Range: $140000 - $158000 

Salary cannot exceed $158000.

All applications should include the following: 
    Cover Letter clarifying your interest and qualifications for the role.
    Resume
We wont accept or review incomplete applications.

Work Setting: in-person (onsite)

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time