Vice President - IT​/Infrastructure - Hybrid; Toccoa, GA​/Greenville, SC

About Us

1st Franklin Financial Corporation has been a family‑owned company for 85 years. Our goal is to provide financial solutions across our footprint. Today we have over 370 offices across the Southeast and continue to expand into new territory. We offer you the potential to earn an annual salary and provide training programs and other developmental opportunities for employees. Benefits include competitive pay, bonus potential, medical, dental, vision, 401(k), paid time off, paid holidays, and paid volunteer time.

Position is hybrid and requires 4 days in Toccoa, GA or Greenville, SC.

The VP of Infrastructure leads and directs the management of the 1

FFC enterprise infrastructure. The VP builds and runs the technology foundation that 1st Franklin utilizes for everyday business needs. This role ensures the infrastructure is reliable, secure, recoverable, scalable and accessible for applications or services. The VP provides strategic insight, develops the team, and maintains the infrastructure service catalogue. He/she will ensure strong flow of communication with stakeholders and that technology investments align with business desired outcomes.

• Ensure infrastructure systems are reliable and aligned with business across networks, database servers, and end‑user technology.
• Monitor, alert, and resolve incidents—reducing MTTR.
• Regular patching and resolution of identified vulnerabilities.
• Manage the infrastructure service catalogue against SLAs.
• Design and invest in systems with high uptime to meet business needs.
• Maintain proper logging and management of issues and changes according to policy.
• Create, maintain, and follow runbooks to execute consistently and accurately.

• Maintain documented and updated BCP and DR plans.
• Execute regular DR scenarios and document outcomes.
• Plan for proper backups and recovery, focusing on company‑established RTO and RPO.

• Maintain clear hardware and software standards.
• Utilize automation to perform low‑value or high‑frequency tasks.
• Automate network tooling, monitoring, and segmentation.
• Develop processes and design systems to prevent issues and recover quickly and gracefully.

• Undergraduate degree related to technology.
• Minimum five to years of experience leading technology professionals.
• Experience designing networks and phone systems across several hundred locations.
• Azure cloud maintenance and optimization.
• SQL Server administration.
• Audit, DR, security, and uptime accountability.
• General understanding of financial and business operations.
• Advanced interpersonal relationship skills at a variety of levels and in diverse social and business settings.
• Ability to analyze relevant information and apply individual judgment.
• Action‑focused.
• Strong communication skills (verbal / written).
• Proficient with MS Office Suite products.
• Must possess a valid driver's license and the ability to operate an automobile.

• Master's degree.
• Advanced IT knowledge and experience.
• Experience driving automation, standardization, and modernization (on‑prem, cloud, or hybrid).
• Forti Net.
• NLS Software.
• Building and applying artificial intelligence.
• Jit Bit and Azure Dev Ops.
• Snowflake.