Head of IT (1 Position)
Duties & Responsibilities:
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- Work with our internal business associates to understand the best technology investments to address their processes and concerns.
- Create documentation to address business requirements based on the viewpoints of each department in the workplace.
- Translate business requirements to technology plans and budgets
- Review vendor products and services to ensure all technologies properly integrate together
- Responsible for the successful transition of the project to operations
- Manage the IT System & Network Administration team and IT Tech Support Team to make sure all IT systems are functioning well and the team promptly response to the need of our users.
- Develop processes for problem management and resolution that can return services to normal without delay
- Develops and implements policies and procedures related to network hardware and software acquisition, use, support, security, and backup.
- Develops and implements design, configuration, installation, and maintenance of network hardware, software, and telecommunications services.
- Complete ownership of additions, deletions and major modifications to the supporting infrastructure including:
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- Windows Active Directory Infrastructure
- Exchange 2013 server
- QuickBooks Infrastructure
- Firewalls and Switching environment
- Mobile Device Management system
- PBX Phone System
- Biometric and DVR systems
- Backup and restore systems
- Development, testing and staging environments for software development
- Oversee all Tech Support activities including:
- Interaction with users to help resolve IT-related issues and provide answers in a timely manner
- Development and maintenance of infrastructure to host centralized system management tools.
- Research, procurement, installation, configuration, analysis, and debugging of peripherals such as printers, scanners, keyboards, etc.
- Perform complex diagnostics and resolve networking, hardware, and software problems
- Inventory management of all equipment and software licenses
Qualification & Requirement:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or equivalent experience
- 7+ years of experience in management
- 10+ years of hands on technical experience
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Advanced knowledge of system administration techniques for Windows
- Advanced knowledge of system administration of Exchange 2013 and Windows servers.
- Proven knowledge of common network and authentication protocols/technologies such as TCP/IP, NAT, VPN, LDAP, Microsoft Active Directory, NAS, NFS, etc.
- Knowledge of IPsec VPN configuration
- Excellent knowledge of Firewalls and Switches
- Desirable knowledge of VMware, EMC Storage, Storage Virtualization
- Proven experience in installing, configuring, and updating application software
- Advanced knowledge of backup policies, practices, and technologies
- Knowledge of both hardware and software firewall construction techniques, and experience with installing and testing network equipment and cabling
- Experience with computer peripheral setup, configuration, and troubleshooting
- Familiarity with server operating systems sufficient to interpret and troubleshoot issues
- Must be able to travel to assigned sites to complete work