Central Office / Education Center

Date Available:
07/01/2019

Closing Date:
05/23/2019

   IT Architecture Manager - Cincinnati Public School (CPS)

ABOUT CPS:
Cincinnati Public Schools serves 36,000 students preschool to 12th grade in over 62 schools across a 90-square-mile district in Southwest Ohio. Cincinnati Public Schools is the best-performing large urban district in Ohio and ranks among the top 2 percent of Ohio districts for students' learning and growth and offers families high-quality school choices and academic programs.
The district's innovative approach to education, its investment in effective and caring educators and employees, and vast array of collaborative partnerships have accelerated school performance to the highest level in decades - ensuring that students in preschool to 12th grade thrive and graduate prepared for successful lives in the 21st century.
Cincinnati Public is looking for creative, innovative, passionate, problem-solvers to join our team. We seek to have a positive impact on our children and families every day and are looking for staff members who want to not only do an excellent job with their career field but also serve as a role model for the children in CPS. We invite you to become a member of our CPS work family.
Role Summary Requirements and Responsibilities The IT Architecture Manager, reporting to the Director of Infrastructure, will provide strategic direction and day-to-day leadership and management to a group of infrastructure systems engineers. The IT Infrastructure manager will require excellent stakeholder management skills and must be able to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization. The candidate must have experience leading highly skilled professionals in a fast-paced environment with an emphasis on quality service delivery.
QUALIFICATIONS
Training: BA/BS degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
Experience: 6-8+ years of progressive Infrastructure IT experience. Server, Application, or Network Certifications preferred.

SPECIAL SKILLS, ATTRIBUTES, AND EXPERIENCE

• Server Administration, Windows and Linux, Virtualization, VMware
• Active Directory and Group Policy
• System/Data backup and restoration
• Desktop and Helpdesk Support including mobile devices
• Working with ticketing systems, automatic monitoring, software distribution
• Network protocols, routing, WAN optimization
• VPN, certificates, electronic signatures, scripting
• Managing different kinds of IT requirements and controlling third party suppliers

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES
This position will have the following job responsibilities:

• Manage the IT infrastructure resources and personnel.
• Support the shaping of the CPS IT environment: PCs, Systems, Network, Security, and Platform Architecture.
• Lead a team responsible to manage, integrate, upgrade, and improve the IT infrastructure
• Manage and execute multiple local and remote IT projects, including outside vendors management
• Maintain documentation, manuals, knowledge base, lower tier support training
• Lead the design, specification, configuration, installation and maintenance of the core infrastructure Data Center, server and storage architecture, and Directory Services management.
• Research and recommend purchases of hardware and services and negotiate with vendors to ensure cost-effective purchasing decisions.
• Monitor system health/availability.
• Ensure the strategy and technology roadmaps are in place and reviewed regularly with the Director of Infrastructure.
• Manage workload on a day-to-day basis, assigning resources to tasks as appropriate and ensuring suitable levels of service and support coverage.
• Perform other duties as assigned

EMPLOYMENT PROVISIONS
Type of Contract: Limited - 261 day
Salary: Manager I - Per CAAS agreement
ESSENTIAL PHYSICAL JOB FUNTIONS
Certain jobs at Cincinnati Public Schools may include essential job functions that require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation are available upon request from Human Resources
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Note: A lead teacher in a position may not be appointed to an administrative position while serving as a lead teacher. A lead teacher may apply for an administrative position if the lead teacher resigns the lead teacher position prior to submitting an application, however, selection is not guaranteed. A consulting teacher may not be appointed to an administrative position while serving as a consulting teacher and for one full school year after serving as a consulting teacher.
The intent of this job description is to provide a representative and level of the types of duties and responsibilities that will be required of positions given this title and shall not be construed as a declaration of the total of the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position. Employees may be directed to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.
Certain jobs at Cincinnati Public Schools may include essential job functions that require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation are available upon request from Human Resources
Cincinnati Public Schools is an equal opportunity employer and is subject to federal regulations pertaining to employment. The district has a continuing non-discrimination policy which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, age, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, or veteran status. We hire only United States citizens and aliens lawfully authorized to work in the United States.

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