University of California, Berkeley · 1 day ago
Deputy Director of IT (0499U), Space Sciences Laboratory - #83911
Berkeley, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$112K/yr - $170K/yrThe University of California, Berkeley is a world-leading institution dedicated to academic and research excellence. They are seeking a Deputy Director of IT to manage departmental computing infrastructure and applications, oversee security protocols, and lead a small support team while collaborating with the IT manager to balance strategy with hands-on execution.
Higher Education
No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Performs employee staff selection, salary actions, disciplinary actions, terminations, and performance evaluations
Interacts regularly with members of staff: reviewing, assisting, coaching, training and advising as needed
Delegates work, monitors work and ensures objectives associated with timelines and deliverables are being achieved
Has regular meetings with subordinate staff to determine if implementation and management of existing and future projects will need further engineering or course changes
Participates in developing and monitoring operational and budget processes, staff FTE, finance, human resources and space planning
Applies advanced network concepts to define, design, implement and operate the department's complex internal data network communications systems and solutions, including wired and wireless LANs and the physical infrastructure
Supervises and leads a team of IT professional staff to ensure the health and productivity of Departmental systems and IT resources
This team: Deploys, monitors and maintains both physical and virtual computing infrastructure and services
Manages centralized computer servers and makes recommendations for purchase or upgrade of new computer hardware
Analyzes, acquires, installs, modifies and supports operating systems, databases, utilities and Internet/intranet-related tools
Troubleshoots hardware and software network problems and issues
Maintains security systems for routers and switches
Documents systems, infrastructure and network implementation and client usage, both hard-copy and web-based
Develops user documentation and/or user training for departmental computing and network services
Develop and manage appropriate new network, computer and information technologies that will continue to advance the department's pre-eminence in its research goals:
Develop and maintain computing services and applications providing web, email, network, identity management and security services to the department's faculty, staff and students
Applies advanced IT concepts to perform highly complex technical functions from multiple IT areas of specialization
Conducts complex systems programming and systems support activities
Interacts with senior internal and external personnel
Develops user documentation and/or user training for departmental services
Initiate and conduct product research and implement solutions that improve the effectiveness and efficiency of department business processes
Provide local expertise for campus bConnected systems such as Google Suite (email, calendar, storage, mailing lists), Box (storage), Docusign, and Zoom
Manage department-level Google SPA (role) accounts, Google calendars, Google Drive shared drives, and department email lists
Manage department usage of campus IT services such as Google Drive and Box storage, virtual servers, and campus data network
Act as SSL point of contact with campus IT business services group
Lead department internal web portal, and coordinate department staff to provide core website content updates
Strategic planning for evolving IT needs. This will include reporting to the IT steering group to alert lab leadership of changing IT infrastructure, regulatory and technological change
Other Duties As Required
Qualification
Required
Possesses strong interpersonal skills with proven management capability
Demonstrated ability in critical thinking, problem solving, persuasion and negotiation, mentoring, and leadership, with working knowledge of human resource policies and procedures applicable to management roles
Requires the ability to communicate complex technical information clearly and concisely to both technical and nontechnical audiences across all organizational levels
Strong experience designing and managing a layer 2/3 network, including wired and wireless systems. Experience includes TCP/IP networking; physical cabling; understanding of NFS, DNS, DHCP, LDAP
Strong MacOS, and Windows workstation and server system administration experience
Ability to write technical documentation in a clear and concise manner
Due to federal export control and national security regulations applicable to this position, candidates must qualify as a U.S. Person, as defined under applicable law. A U.S. Person includes a lawful permanent resident as defined in 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(20) or a protected individual as defined in 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3). It also means any corporation, business association, partnership, society, trust, or any other entity, organization, or group that is incorporated to do business in the U.S., as well as any governmental (federal, state, or local) entity
Bachelor's degree in related area and/or equivalent experience/training
Preferred
Proven web design experience, including use of photo and graphics design applications (e.g., Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator), and video post-production and editing
Experience supervising represented employees in a unionized environment
Benefits
Comprehensive benefits package offered by the University
Eligible for UC Benefits
Company
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