Director of Technology

Responsibilities

• Provide current, cutting edge information to support decision-making on academic and administrative technology matters

• Partner with Administrators to articulate School’s mission and connections between ethics and technology

• Ensure that tools for modern learning are available to all faculty for cutting edge learning for the School’s students

• Oversee all administrative aspects of technology programs and services including infrastructure implementation and maintenance, support of educators and support staff in the use of hardware and equipment management

• Responsible for annual review of the Technology Policy and implementation of any changes for both the Professional Community and students

• Hands-on management of School’s Cisco network and Microsoft back-end infrastructure

• Configuration and administration of Outlook 365 email and Google Education

• Oversee and administer School’s Box and Dropbox cloud infrastructure

• Understand Filemaker functionality and work with school Filemaker developer

• Oversee and ensure student information system stability, availability, backups and data security

• Track and purchase school-wide software licensing

• Oversee Help Desk staff and quality of support, evaluate performance and make recommendations to enhance contributions

• Purchase hardware and oversee one to one laptop/iPad programs

• Manage technology infrastructure and academic technology budgets

• Work with Plant Director and construction team on design related issues in on-going construction project; troubleshoot network and wireless anomalies in new spaces

• Negotiate major technology contracts with maximum cost savings

• Work to ensure information technology security and school safety; responsible for educating the School community to recognize and avoid security threats in email and elsewhere

• Collaborate with divisional Academic Tech Integrators, Division Heads, and Head Librarian to provide support and guidance with pedagogical initiatives.

• Work with Web Team to provide technology guidance and offer best practices

Required qualifications

• Several years of experience in Information Technology within a professional setting

• Several years of experience in management of a small information technology team preferably in an educational environment

• A degree in Information Systems, Computer Information Systems or related discipline

• Forward thinking, visionary leader of both people and programs, evidence of record of creative and innovative applications of technology

• Experience with budget preparation and management and the ability to adhere to and operate within budgetary guidelines

• Experience configuring Cisco network switching hardware and Palo Alto firewalls

• Experience managing Apple echosystem