Job Description Interim Director of Infrastructure - Camarillo, CA Location: Camarillo, Ventura County, California Date Posted: 9/21/2022 Employment Type: Consulting Recruiter: John Kang Recruiter Email: john.kang@avidtr.com Job ID: JN -092022-15259 Job Description AVID Technical Resources is seeking a veteran manager of Network Infrastructure to act as Interim Director of Infrastructure to support their Higher Education client in Camarillo, CA.RESPONSIBILITIES & DUTIES:• Provide strategic vision and leadership for infrastructure services and technology. Serves as the campus information technology architect. • Assist in developing, deploying, and maintaining a reliable, efficient, seamless and cost-effective technology infrastructure. • Oversee the daily operations of the enterprise information technology (IT) infrastructure and core services, including physical/virtual servers, data storage, identity management, wired and wireless networking, telephone/voice-over-IP systems, email, video/cellular, and data centers. • Develop and manage technology infrastructure plans and budgets, including spending justifications and cost models.Measure, monitor and report cost, performance, availability, recoverability and efficiency across all infrastructure systems, and report against campus, system and industry baselines and targets. • Research, develop and implement strategies relating to data center locations/facilities, back-up, recovery, and enterprise storage; and facilitate business continuity and disaster recovery planning. • Assure high-reliability and availability of enterprise infrastructure systems by enforcing adherence to processes and standards. • Lead the Solution Center call center and Solution Center Desk support teams and facilitate development of their operations, processes, services, staff and technologies. • Respond to emergency and critical incidents at any time including nights, weekends, and holidays, and regularly oversees maintenance and installation that occurs outside regular business hours. • Perform root cause determination and problem resolution. • Work with Facilities Services on the design and implementation of network infrastructure for all new and renovated facilities.• Supply strategic and tactical technical leadership with regards to current and future technology solutions. • Engage vendors and strategic partners to evaluate & select technology solutions to develop technology infrastructure. Cultivate professional development of direct reports and facilitate opportunities for training in technical skills,leadership, project management and creative problem solving.• Closely monitor technology trends in higher education and industry and participate in meaningful exchange of ideas and information with other institutions to improve and expand the use of technology. • Participate in meetings; attend tradeshows and technology demonstrations; and meet with industry and higher education professionals to stay abreast of technology infrastructure changes. • Determine the efficacy of the campus-wide security infrastructure and identify foreseeable internal and external information security risks. • Monitor IT systems as requested. Identify and reduce security vulnerabilities and monitor and investigate complaints of non-compliance. • Serve as primary contact coordinating policy, training, and service standards related to technology infrastructure and call center support. • Performs other duties as assigned.About AVID Technical Resources:AVID (Applications, Voice, Internet, Data) Technical Resources is a contract and permanent IT recruiting company. Headquartered in Boston with 9 offices around the US, AVID specializes in placing information technology professionals with either an Infrastructure Support or Applications Development background.Since our inception in 2003, AVID has grown to be among the leading IT recruiting firms in the area. This explosive growth has led to a number of awards and recognition. Inc. Magazine listed AVID three times on their exclusive Inc. 500/5000 Fastest Growing Privately-Held Companies in the US. AVID was named one of the Leading IT Staffing Agencies in the Northeast by Forbes Magazine and the Boston Business Journal ranked AVID Technical Resources the 7th Fastest Growing Privately-held Company in Massachusetts. AVID Technical Resources has not only been recognized by local and national business and staffing organizations, but also by its most important critics: our clients and candidates. Check out our reviews on Glassdoor, Indeed, and Google here. Contact one of our IT recruiters today: www.avidtr.com. Apply for this job