The fundamental reason the
position exists is to perform managerial, technical and professional work
involving oversight of the Montgomery County IT Department, which includes
managing the design, development and maintenance of systems. This
position manages all staff, resources and operations for the IT department for
the county. This includes being part of a team to
create, expand, and manage an Internet Exchange, along with working in the systems
and networks (infrastructure) area. The Senior IT Manager directs the design,
procurement, management, and security of critical business systems,
client-server infrastructure, web-based technologies, and end-user
support. Work involves analyzing, planning, coordinating, managing, and
implementing goals and objectives pertaining to the related information
technology needs of the city/county. Work involves supervising a professional
and technical staff. Work is performed with considerable independence for
initiative, judgment and action. This position reports to and receives broad direction
from the Chief of Operations.
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science
(or a related field) and six (6) years of experience in managing networks and client server
applications design and analysis for a IT section, division or organization
including managing systems projects and personnel, developing and maintaining
IT related systems and the supporting infrastructure utilizing a Microsoft
windows based client-server environment.
Qualifying education, training and experience that provide the requisite
knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the job will be considered
NOTE: Professional certifications in the
areas of software, networking and/or telecommunications are preferred.
NOTE: Qualifying education, training and experience that provide the requisite knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the job will be considered.
Must be willing to work nights, weekends, and
holidays and be on-call for telecommunications equipment problems or during
emergencies.