Director of Information Systems

Job Details

Job Location:

Pineland Campus - New Gloucester, ME 04260

Education Level: 4 Year Degree Salary Range: $90,000.00 - $ Salary/year

At Unity Environmental University, we value different perspectives, champion innovation, and create an environment where both employees and learners can excel. We are committed to fostering a workplace where talent and dedication drive success.

The Director of Information Systems is a senior, hands‑on technology leader responsible for supporting the effective, secure, reliable, and strategic operation of the University’s information technology environment. Reporting to the Chief Information Officer (CIO), the Director provides leadership and technical expertise across information systems, infrastructure, cybersecurity, enterprise applications, technical support, and technology initiatives.

The Director serves as a key operational and strategic partner to the CIO, translating institutional priorities into technology solutions and ensuring assigned initiatives are effectively planned, implemented, documented, and sustained. The position works across Information Technology functions and with leaders throughout the University to identify technology needs, resolve complex issues, improve systems and processes, manage technology risk, and advance the effective use of institutional technology.

This role is funded through Research and Development in order to create institutional bandwidth. It begins with a structured learning period of a minimum of three to six months in which the incumbent shadows and learns from the CIO. Specific tasks and projects are assigned during that period. Following the learning period, the incumbent is assigned a portfolio, either at the Enterprise level or dedicated to a subsidiary or SEBU, based on institutional need.

Any portfolio assigned remains within the scope of this role. The portfolio assignment and any reports are determined by the institution and are not fixed at the time of hire.

• Partner with the CIO in the development and execution of technology priorities, operational plans, system strategies, and Information Technology initiatives aligned with University needs.
• Serve as a senior technical and operational resource for complex technology issues requiring cross‑functional analysis, coordination, or resolution.
• Evaluate technology needs, risks, dependencies, and opportunities and provide recommendations to the CIO and other University leaders.
• Lead assigned technology projects and operational initiatives from planning through implementation, stabilization, documentation, and evaluation.
• Coordinate work across technical support, infrastructure, cybersecurity, enterprise applications, vendors, consultants, and University departments as required.
• Lead assigned institutional initiatives and projects, including work that may extend beyond the position’s primary portfolio as organizational needs evolve.
• Monitor the performance, reliability, security, and effectiveness of assigned technology systems and services and recommend improvements.
• Support the administration, performance, availability, security, and lifecycle management of the University’s technology infrastructure and information systems.
• Participate directly in troubleshooting and resolving complex issues involving servers, networks, cloud environments, endpoints, identity systems, telecommunications, integrations, and related technologies.
• Coordinate and support system upgrades, maintenance, patching, configuration changes, migrations, and technology deployments.
• Evaluate infrastructure capacity, performance, resiliency, lifecycle, and technology requirements and make recommendations for improvement or…