Information Systems Manager

Requirements And Preferences The Broward County Board of County Commissioners is seeking a qualified candidates for the position of Information Systems Manager in the Aviation Information Technology Applications Division. Benefits of Broward County Employment

• Eleven (11) paid holidays each year
• Vacation (Paid Time Off) = 2 weeks per year
• Tuition Reimbursement (Up to 2K annually)
• Up to 40 hours of Job Basis Leave for eligible positions
• Paid Parental Leave
• High-Deductible Health Plan - bi-weekly premiums:
  Employee $10.90 / Family $80.79
• Includes a County Funded Health Savings Account of up to $2000 Annually
• Consumer Driven Health Plan - bi-weekly premiums:
  Employee $82.58 / Family $286.79
• Florida Retirement System (FRS) - Pension or Investment Plan
• 457 Deferred Compensation county matches up to $2,000 a year

This Job Announcement will remain open until a sufficient number of applications are received.

• Establishes priorities, sets deadlines, and provides leadership in the development and maintenance of systems and in the resolution of operational issues with enterprise business applications, through coordination with technical staff, user agencies, and vendors.
• Directs and participates in the design, development, and implementation of computer based and other systems; determines the feasibility of installing or converting work systems and processes for electronic data processing or other needs.
• Assigns, coordinates, and supervises staff in operational maintenance and support activities and provides project management oversight and guidance to assigned staff; organizes diverse technical teams for upgrades, release planning, data migration, and other operational and project activities.
• Researches technical issues and provides solutions; makes technological recommendations for improvements; evaluates office data processing needs and proposals and assesses project feasibility and requirements, including cost-benefit analysis.
• Consults with the Division Director, management, and staff to assess the Division's computing needs and systems requirements; reviews and approves systems, designs, and program adequacy; directs the evaluation of new data processing technical developments in hardware, software and/or application development; researches new technologies, tools and trends and recommends equipment and program modifications deemed feasible.
• Provides leadership to develop technology solutions for process improvement, efficiency and cost-savings.
• Directs the professional development and training of staff; assigns staff to application development, operational maintenance and support activities, and monitors progress; performs administrative duties such as performance evaluations for subordinates, one-on-one progress meetings, team meetings, coaching, and mentoring technical staff.
• Performs related work as assigned.
• Utilizes effective communication and collaboration to manage vendor relationships, including contract oversight, performance evaluation, and issue resolution.
• In addition, this role will participate in the Change Control Process, IT Incident Response and Disaster Recovery/COOP and serves as the IT Security Vulnerability Remediation Liaison to our vendor managed applications.
• The qualified candidate will stay up to date with industry trends and best practices within the airport and government community, driving continuous improvement within the team.

Establishes, maintains and communicates IT (information technology) procedures, policies, standards and strategic direction related to technical work and data processing systems activities, including systems analysis and programming for a division.

Works under administrative supervision, developing and implementing programs within organizational policies, and reports major activities to executive level administrators through conferences and reports.

• Requires a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in computer science or closely related field.
• (One year of relevant experience may be substituted for each year of required education).
• Requires four…