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With guidance from the Data Center Director and as a senior member of the University IT Management Team, provides leadership and operational oversight for the 24x7x365 Operations of the Data Center, critical IT infrastructure, and Lines of Business supported by the Service Center. The Data Center monitors shared and central resources and supports mission critical systems across the enterprise. The Data Center installs, hosts, manages and maintains physical servers, storage and network hardware. The Data Center Services Assistant Director is primarily accountable for the Data Center operations, within a governance model consisting of key partnerships and collaborative decision-making. The Data Center Services Assistant Director is able to work independently yet satisfy expectations for inclusion among the key stakeholders. The Data Center Assistant Director is also expected to assume the role of Director in their absence, exercising direction and supervision of all departmental activities.
Job Responsibility:
Manages Data Center Operational activities
Takes the lead in recruiting new staff, training and supervises daily operations
Oversees Data Center Manager as well as team of Data Center Technicians in a 24/7 environment
Informs, communicates and enforces administrative policies and procedures, priorities and methods
Establishes operational plans and projects for the various functions of the Data Center to ensure that the activities assigned are completed in the most effective and timely manner
Manages personnel, manages and/or assigns temporary team resources at a level that ensures all service level agreements are met
Performs team assessments and performance evaluations
Provides for the continuous availability of operational support for all platforms in accordance with the institution’s needs
Supports after-hours Level 1 and Level 2 Help Desk customer service
Reviews and approves all IT activities that could impact user services
a member of the Change Review Board providing direction and approvals for infrastructure & service upgrades and maintenance activities
Provides technical and leadership expertise, including growth and scalability requirements for the Data Center teams
Responsible for making moderate to significant improvements in systems, processes or products to enhance performance of the Data Center
Works independently with users and applicable support teams to integrate a wide array of technology tools in support of the respective LOBs
Creates, updates, and enforces Data Center policies and procedures pertaining to access protocol, safety protocols, Compute Floor regulations and physical security measures
Enforces procedures that ensure appropriate access to the Data Centers
Leads emergency response efforts
Acts as a back-up for the Data Center Director
Manages Data Center on-call rotation
Leads staff meetings
Manages Data Center billing/posting
Attends management meetings
Participates in the UnivIT IMOC rotation
Informs strategic direction and University-wide IT strategy
Responsible for one or more elements on Service Level Agreements (SLA), Colocation Agreements, capital budgets, and rates
Leads the testing of disaster recovery plans
Communicates and escalates to senior IT management regarding all Data Center and computing facility incidents
Communicates with stakeholders within and outside of the Data Center and across the University
Represents the University in organizations and initiatives at the local, state and national level as appropriate
Keeps abreast of trends in Information Technology including but not limited to Data Center strategy, technology and operations through Gartner and peer benchmarking, by reading industry publications and participating in meetings/seminars with vendors and professional organizations
Other duties as assigned
Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree in related field and/or equivalent Military/Trade School and/or equivalent work experience PREFERRED
5~7 years of relevant experience, including 2 years’ experience in managing technical teams or equivalent combination of education and experience REQUIRED
Familiarity with various IT and Facilities Systems, Management/Monitoring tools. Required