Executive Director, Infrastructure Engineering

Executive Director, Infrastructure Engineering — Inside Higher Ed

Job Title:

Executive Director, Infrastructure Engineering

Location:

Kennesaw, Georgia
Regular/Temporary:
Regular
Full/Part Time:
Full-Time
Job

Are you ready to transform lives through academic excellence, innovative research, strong community partnerships and economic opportunity? Kennesaw State University is one of the 50 largest public institutions in the country. With growing enrollment and global reach, we continue to expand our institutional influence and prominence beyond the state of Georgia. We offer more than 190 undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degrees to empower our 47,000 students to become thought leaders, lifelong learners, and informed global citizens.

Our entrepreneurial spirit, high-impact research, and Division I athletics draw students from throughout the region and from more than 100 countries across the globe. Our university s vibrant culture, career opportunities, rich benefits, and values of respect, integrity, collaboration, inclusivity, and accountability make us an employer of choice. We are part of the University System of Georgia. We are searching for talented people to join Kennesaw State University in our vision.

Come Take Flight at KSU!

Responsible for the direction of the people, processes, and technology infrastructure required to meet the CIO strategic initiatives. Responsible for the delivery of technology infrastructure and related services and solutions. This technology-centered, senior IT executive role develops and promotes technology standards across the Institution.

• Responsible for the full lifecycle and strategy of IT infrastructure and related services and solutions in alignment with institutional strategic goals
• Responsible for providing IT infrastructure and related services and solutions that are stable, recoverable, secure, and appropriate to support the academic, operational, and research missions of the Institution
• Envisions future needs, solution design, acquisition, implementation and deployment, maintenance, operations, diagnostics, refinement/enhancement, and eventual retirement of solutions
• Responsible for developing, tracking, and analyzing key performance metrics to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of services provided
• Serves as a key member of the infrastructure and operations team, helping to define organizational strategy, approving technology-related acquisitions, developing, and optimizing processes, project execution, and change management
• Responsible for the development, growth, and management of a department consisting of highly technical leaders, engineers, and support staff; fosters a culture of engineering excellence, innovation, and calculated risk-taking
• Responsible for developing and tracking operating and capital budgets for acquisition, staffing, and operations of IT infrastructure and related services and solutions
• Plans, implements, directs, and monitors the integration of new technologies into the infrastructure
• Responsible for developing and managing relationships with customers, vendors, and partners

Educational Requirements
Bachelor s degree from an accredited institution of higher education in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or related field.

Required Experience
Eight (8) years of IT experience demonstrating a progression of increasing responsibility including at least five (5) years of significant IT leadership and management experience with IT infrastructure engineering and operations and budget process responsibilities.

Preferred Educational Qualifications
An advanced degree from an accredited institution of higher education in a related field

Preferred Experience
Previous experience working in higher education

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
Able to lead large projects that require strong partnerships and close coordination with other IT and business leaders
Able to diagnose and resolve complex problems
Able to develop and execute IT strategy
Able to anticipate problems and proactively develop appropriate solutions
Able to maximize value…