Director Of Technology

Description

Responsibilities

• Manage and oversee remotely hosted IT infrastructure, encompassing administrative, computing, data, and communications network capable of supporting large volumes of Internet traffic and e-commerce transactions hosted in a Tier IV data facility
• Manage technology solutions according to industry and corporate standards such as PCI/DSS and ITIL
• Manage application development and deployment of all products and services using Perl, Groovy, PHP and Java/Spring, Application Security (OWASP best practices)
• Manage team of 7-10, including software developers and system administrator; responsible for hiring, performance management, employee development, training/development, and succession planning
• Oversee a comprehensive quality control environment; establish and ensure adherence to Dev Ops standards, include release and change management, and foster process automation for builds, testing and deployments
• Advise the organization on appropriate need and use of current technology in support of business goals
• Develop and execute a strategic technology plan, including execution of technology road maps
• Manage multiple high priority, deadline driven tasks
• Execute strategies in coordination with the Director of Operations and the General Manager
• Conduct annual financial and resource planning for the technology organization
• Meet contractual SLAs for metrics including:  system availability, application response time, and financial processing accuracy
• Set objectives and goals for the organization and direct reports, tracking accomplishments and metrics of teams
• Communication – responsible for communicating Portal strategy, key initiatives and culture to technology team
• Communicate with executive leadership team and state/local government partner agencies
• Leadership – set the energy level and sense of urgency with direct team, partners and peer groups.  Demonstrate visible leadership – walk the talk.
• Innovation – deliver new products and services utilizing emerging and leading-edge technologies
• Establish relationships with key technology partners external and peer Directors of Technology at Tyler.  

Qualifications

• Undergraduate (or Graduate) degree preferred in Computer Science or related discipline
• Minimum of 10 years job-related experience
• Experience managing and development employees and building a positive team culture
• Current knowledge of technology, computing systems and applications to include Perl, Groovy, PHP and Java / Spring and Content Management Systems (CMSs)
• Experience with various software development methodologies including Agile and Waterfall
• Solid understanding of Linux based operating systems and relational databases for database driven, web-based solutions
• Experience delivering to contractual SLAs for technology solutions
• ITIL certification strongly preferred
• Strong leadership, organizational, prioritization and project management skills
• Self-motivated and ability to work in an autonomous, fast-paced and entrepreneurial environment