Director of IT Services

Hire IT People, Inc; Jackson (MS); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Hire IT People, Inc is seeking a senior IT leader to oversee enterprise IT operations, cloud strategy, and governance in a regulated healthcare environment in Jackson, Mississippi.

The role requires 10+ years in IT leadership, hands-on AWS experience, IAM, VPC, and CMS interoperability knowledge, plus strong vendor management and security expertise.

Qualifications

• 10+ years leading enterprise IT operations and teams.
• Experience in leadership or management with direct supervision of technical staff.
• Significant AWS and cloud architecture experience.
• Strong networking, monitoring, and cybersecurity knowledge.
• Experience with HIPAA, CMS interoperability, and regulated environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise IT operations and cloud strategy.
• Oversee vendor management, contracts, and SOWs.
• Ensure data protection, security, and regulatory compliance.
• Coordinate IT governance and incident management.
• Drive digital transformation and migrations to the cloud.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Executive collaboration

Vendor management

Business translation

Tools

AWS

EC2

S3

IAM

VPC

CloudWatch

Landing Zone

DNS

CI/CD

NoSQL

Job description

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability
• to translate technical issues into business-level communications for
• Experience with progressive information technology, including
• significant experience managing enterprise IT operations and
• infrastructure. Required. 10 + yrs.
• Experience in leadership or management, including direct supervision
• of technical teams, managers, engineers, and support personnel. Required. 8+ yrs.
• Demonstrated experience managing enterprise cloud environments,
• with specific experience in Amazon Web Services (AWS) including
• EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, CloudWatch, and Landing Zone architectures. Required. 2 + yrs.
• Strong understanding of enterprise networking, including LAN/WAN,
• DNS, load balancing, wireless infrastructure, and
• telecommunications. Required. 2 + yrs.
• Experience with enterprise monitoring and observability platforms. Required. 2 + yrs.
• Experience with enterprise monitoring and observability platforms. Required. 2 + yrs.
• management, incident management, and customer satisfaction measurement. Required. 2 + yrs.
• Experience with IT vendor management, contract oversight, SOW development, and procurement support. Required. 2 + yrs.
• Experience managing data protection and backup solutions. Required. 2 + yrs.
• Strong understanding of cybersecurity principles, compliance
• frameworks, and IT governance in a regulated environment. Required. 2 + yrs.
• Experience working in state or federal government IT environments,
• preferably within a Medicaid, healthcare, or human services agency.
• Experience with CMS interoperability mandates, including FHIR APIs
• Experience with identity and access management platforms. Desired.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps
• Experience with NoSQL databases and healthcare integration
• Experience managing technology migrations from on-premises data
• centers to cloud environments. Desired.
• Experience with HIPAA Security Rule compliance and CMS ARCAMPE