Senior Data Center Manager bei Waubonsee Community College

Senior Data Center Manager
Full-time Support Staff
Sugar Grove Campus

Hybrid Option: Option: Yes 

Join our dynamic team at Waubonsee Community College, where your career can flourish. We are committed to being an exceptional employer, offering a comprehensive benefits package with generous time off, low-cost medical, dental, and vision plans, and a secure pension plan through SURS. You'll also enjoy 14 paid holidays, including winter and Thanksgiving breaks. Be part of a transformative institution, dedicated to making a positive impact in our community and the lives of our students. Your future starts here – join us today!

Waubonsee Community College is committed to hiring and retaining exceptional faculty and staff who are committed to the college’s culture of collaboration, professional growth and student success.

The Senior Data Center Managerreports to the Director of Technology Infrastructure and manages all college datacenter functions, including environmental controls.

Develop and maintain short- and long-term plans for data center infrastructure design.

Provide leadership and system administration for all server and cloud-based application technologies, including mobile technologies.

Supervise Data Center staff in the performance of project and support activities.

Test application and server software, and hardware for all instructional and administrative functions.

Manage and troubleshoot inter- and intra-net hardware, software, and connectivity.

Develop application priority through coordination with educational and administrative computing units.

Maintains Data Center software and service purchasing including contract and statement of work negotiations.

Anticipate and plan for growth in storage and server capacity.

Serve on college committees and taskforces as appropriate.

Oversee the implementation and maintenanceof date center security and management systems such as fire suppression.

Manage and lead technical and non-technicalproject teams using standard project management techniques.

Ability to negotiate and maintain campuslicense agreements such as Microsoft.

Be a key member of the technology disasterrecovery/emergency response team, with specific responsibility for thecollege’s data backup and recovery processes and tools.

Understand the importance of BusinessProcess Analysis in ideal process design, and Project Management as defined bythe Project Management Institute

Perform and lead technology research anddevelopment projects.

Function as the college’s subject matterexpert in artificial intelligence (AI) and other emerging technologies.

Have a high technical acumen in IdentityManagement, VMware, Linux, and Azure technologies.

Perform other duties as assigned.

 Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Technology, Networking, Cybersecurity or related field required, Master’s Degree preferred

Minimum seven years related experience in a data center environment with at least 2 years of supervisory experience required.

Excellent oral and written communication skills.

Ability to self-direct and work effectively interpersonally as well as technically.

Ability to be available off-hours to perform system support and maintenance duties.

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