Date: 10 hours ago
City: Lakeland, Florida
Contract type: Full time

Description
This position is responsible for overseeing the technical infrastructure, eliminating security risks, and determining business requirements while leading a team of IT professionals.
The IT Director will report directly to the Chief Operating Officer.
Essential Functions
This position operates in a professional work environment.
Physical Requirements
The salary for this position is $95,000 based on experience. FRLS offers a very generous benefits package that includes 403(b) with employer-paid contribution; health insurance (medical, dental, and vision) for employees and their dependents; paid leave (up to 5 weeks of PTO, 2 personal days, and 13 holidays). FRLS IT Director primarily operates in-office but may require travel to various locations.
This position is responsible for overseeing the technical infrastructure, eliminating security risks, and determining business requirements while leading a team of IT professionals.
The IT Director will report directly to the Chief Operating Officer.
Essential Functions
- Leads development and implementation processes for the organization’s IT systems and department.
- Identifies and eliminates security vulnerabilities with strategic solutions that increase data security.
- Analyzes business requirements of IT needs and systems.
- Manages configurations between offices such as VPN connections, firewall troubleshooting, WAN traffic, etc.
- Coordinates the support of new network equipment including hardware replacement and hardware failures.
- Coordinate SharePoint cloud migration.
- Oversee and manages new office setup and new employee setup
- Performs and oversees software installation and upgrades; maintains licenses for department and organization.
- Evaluate and recommends purchases of all Technology for the entire organization.
- Leads contracting, and negotiations related to IT
- Creates processes and standards for selection, implementation, and support systems
- Leads contracting, and negotiations related to IT
- Ensure smooth delivery and operation of IT services by monitoring systems performance
- Oversees project management and development of applications
- Perform other duties assigned.
- Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Computer Science, Information Systems or a related Field.
- Minimum six years of experience working in IT operations and leading IT teams.
- Strong background in cybersecurity
- Experience in regulations and compliance
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Proficient in the latest technology for IT systems and management (VOIP, Mobile, SaaS, Cloud, etc).
- Experience with network protocols, security, and management.
- Experienced with:
- ISP configuration or change or public IP
- How to overcome DNS issues
- DHCP troubleshooting
- Configuration, upgrades, and support of switches, and router upgrades to new operating systems or user interface
- Migration of current user profiles to Intune (Azure-Cloud)
- Travel is required.
This position operates in a professional work environment.
Physical Requirements
- This is a largely sedentary role, however, some lifting of office supplies of up to 50 pounds may be required.
- Must be able to travel throughout Florida, as needed.
- All IT staff.
The salary for this position is $95,000 based on experience. FRLS offers a very generous benefits package that includes 403(b) with employer-paid contribution; health insurance (medical, dental, and vision) for employees and their dependents; paid leave (up to 5 weeks of PTO, 2 personal days, and 13 holidays). FRLS IT Director primarily operates in-office but may require travel to various locations.
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