Affordable Equity Partners, Inc. ยท 3 days ago
Senior Director of IT
Atlanta Office, Atlanta, GA, US
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
10+ years expAffordable Equity Partners, Inc. is a privately-held family of companies specializing in quality housing development and management. They are seeking a Senior Director of IT to oversee the deployment and maintenance of IT systems, ensuring application stability, security, and performance while mentoring junior staff.
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Responsibilities
Manage the deployment, monitoring, maintenance, development, upgrade, and support of all IT systems, including servers, computers, switches, routers, local and wide area networks including VPNs, server and workstation operating systems, primary and secondary internet connections, VoIP telecommunications, software applications, and other peripherals distributed across multiple U.S. locations
Oversee the maintenance and resource management of the virtualization environment and resources at the company
Make appropriate plans to keep hardware devices and software applications current and compliant, execute such plans so that they minimize user disruption, and effectively use company funds and resources
Participate and provide support for all IT projects by developing logical and efficient project plans, identifying priorities, monitoring task completion, anticipating issues, and collaborating with team members to ensure successful project outcomes
Continued support and development of DR plans, including managing backups both on and offsite as well as site-to-site replication and critical systems uptime and availability
Integrate and collaborate with 3rd party software and hardware providers/vendors for all managed services and develop ability to monitor and evaluate those services effectively
Work with the VP of Ops to help procure IT equipment and services in accordance with established best practice and budgets
Ability to work within annual budgets and strive to ensure compliance with budgets across requests and needs of the company and the IT Department
Involved with the security and maintaining integrity of company assets, intellectual property, and information by developing, adopting, and enforcing a computer and network security plan and by ensuring adequate redundancy and failover protection for critical company resources and systems
Work with IT staff to develop strategies and plans to enhance client services, improve user effectiveness, and foster innovation
Communicate regularly with VP of Ops, and other executive management and end-users of information services and systems
Work with other IT staff, including department training, guidance and building team cohesiveness
Support development of the IT staff to meet the changing needs of users, groups and systems, new projects and technologies, and provide internal support for staff of varying technical strengths
Co-author and develop standard operating procedures and best practices, including providing written protocols and guidance to IT staff and to end-users
Follow established standards for creation and maintenance of all written documentation, including system and user manuals, license agreements, and documentation of modifications and upgrades
Assist with provisioning of end-user services, including Helpdesk and other technical support services
Test and evaluate current network security standards on all related areas on the wired or wireless network
Solve problems and communicate effectively and positively with others both verbally and in writing
Occasional travel needed between all the company divisions across Missouri and Georgia
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field or an equivalent combination of education and experience
Minimum of 10 years of experience with advanced IT systems, networks, and architecture
Hands-on experience providing senior-level network systems and server administration skills in a geographically distributed environment
Previous experience working in a virtual environment: VMWare, Microsoft Azure
Windows Server administration experience
Cisco Meraki networking experience
Experience administering VoIP phone systems
Familiarity with VMWare virtualization tools and Microsoft Azure migrations
Understanding of network security, VPNs, and firewall administration, specifically Cisco Meraki
Ability to establish and maintain positive and effective working relationships with numerous inside and external contacts
Experience with multi-location networking with primary and failover network circuits
Excellent and proven leadership skills
Experience deploying, maintaining and troubleshooting extensive Wi-Fi networks and related end-user devices
Proven ability to handle multiple high priority projects and balance time and resources as needed
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Expert hardware/software troubleshooting skills
Expert level knowledge and experience in the following areas: patch management, XDR security suites, deployment automation, OS upgrades, security and system monitoring
Expert in all aspects of Microsoft Windows Server operating systems in a mixed environment
Expert knowledge of Microsoft Active Directory and Entra ID administration and security
Expert in related skills such as DNS, DHCP, etc
Expert in Microsoft Group Policy deployments to ensure standardized settings, software distribution, and security policy enforcement
Experience with Microsoft Office 365 and remote email and troubleshooting
Strong knowledge and experience with server automation experience utilizing PowerShell, or related transferable skills
Experience with implementing network management, security event log management, intrusion detection and intrusion prevention systems
Preferred
A+ and/or Network+ Certifications
IT Industry applicable certifications from Microsoft, VMware or ISC2
Company
Affordable Equity Partners, Inc.
Affordable Equity Partners, Inc.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase