Director of IT Infrastructure; NCS; BCIT

Position: Director of IT Infrastructure (NCS) - BCIT
Location: City of Syracuse

THIS IS A NON-CIVIL SERVICE POSITION Salary Range:

$ - $ Annually

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Job Summary

The Director, Infrastructure serves as the senior leader responsible for the reliability, security, and performance of Baltimore City’s enterprise technology environment, overseeing data centers, network and cloud infrastructure, Service Desk operations, desktop support, storage, and email services. This role drives the City’s hybrid cloud strategy, ensures 24/7 operational continuity, strengthens cybersecurity in partnership with the CISO, and leads modernization efforts that support agency operations citywide.

The Director provides strategic planning, budget oversight, vendor and contract management, and cross‑functional leadership to ensure Baltimore’s technology foundation is resilient, cost‑effective, and aligned with long‑term IT priorities.

Essential Functions Leadership & People Management

• Lead all supervisory functions: recruiting, hiring, staffing plans, performance management, training, conflict resolution, and corrective actions.
• Represent BCIT to senior leadership, delivering regular updates on infrastructure performance, key projects, and issue resolution.
• Build a culture of collaboration and shared accountability—no finger-pointing, just problem-solving.

Infrastructure Operations

• Ensure 24/7 reliability through system monitoring, backups, performance tuning, patching, and OS upgrades across all platforms.
• Manage internet and network infrastructure, including firewall administration and around-the-clock connectivity support.
• Direct Service Desk and desktop support to achieve high first-call resolution rates and effective ticket escalation.
• Administer on-call schedules and participate in rotation as needed.

Security & Resilience

• Partner with the CISO and security teams to align infrastructure operations with the City’s cybersecurity strategy, ensuring network, endpoint, and data center environments meet current standards and compliance requirements.
• Drive improvement of securing the infrastructure - including network segmentation, least-privilege access controls, and multi-factor authentication to reduce the City’s attack surface and limit the impact of any security incident.
• Lead infrastructure-level preparedness for cyber threats, including ransomware response planning, regular tabletop exercises, and ensuring backup and recovery systems are isolated, tested, and ready to execute.

Strategy & Planning

• Develop infrastructure roadmaps and strategies aligned with agency needs and the City’s long-term technology vision.
• Own the City’s hybrid cloud infrastructure strategy - defining standards for workload placement, managing cloud provider relationships, and ensuring on-premise and cloud environments are integrated, secure, and cost-effective.
• Drive cloud…