IT Director

Hillsdalecountysheriff; Hillsdale (MI); On-site; USD 67,000 - 82,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Defined contribution retirement plan

Paid time off

Holidays

Job summary

The County of Hillsdale seeks a Director of Information Technology to lead the IT department across the county. The role reports to the Board of Commissioners and coordinates with their liaison, overseeing extensive hardware, phones, and networking infrastructure.

Key responsibilities include establishing technical priorities, standards, and procedures, ensuring system capacity, and maintaining backup, recovery, and security protocols across county services.

Qualifications

• Oversee IT operations for the county, setting priorities, standards, and procedures.
• Ensure capacity, backup, recovery, and security processes across the county IT environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide 24x7x365 IT support for county operations, including the 911 dispatch center and the Sheriff's Office.
• Manage IT staff and services during standard hours and as needed beyond them.

Job description

The Director of Information Technology is one of 16 department heads for the County of Hillsdale. The Director of I. T. is appointed by the Board of Commissioners of the County and reports directly to them via one commissioner that act as the liaison between them. The Technology Department operations include 170 desktop computers, 60 laptops, 15 MFPs, 20 printers, 175 VoIP telephones, and county owned fiber optic cables between buildings. The department handles technical support, systems analysis, programming, database management, telecommunications (including telephone systems), IT training, and computer installation and replacement. The director establishes technical priorities, technical standards, and technical procedures for the county as a whole. This position also ensures sufficient systems capacity for organizational needs, including backup, recovery, and security processes, and procedures are in place and followed to prevent loss of information and data. Please see the job description for further details.

This is a full time position that is responsible for 24x7x365 support coverage, including for the County's central dispatch operation (911) and Sheriff's Office. Normal office hours are 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM Eastern Time, Monday through Friday. However this salaried position is expected to fulfill duties as needed at all times of the day. This is a Grade 12 on the wage scale starting at $74,588 per year. Benefits include medical (employee pays 20% of premium), group dental (employee paid), defined contribution retirement plan where County puts in 6.5%, paid time off/vacation/sick, 13 holidays per year,and AFLAC is available. Expected starting date is January 4, 2027 unless other arrangements are made with the Board of Commissioners personnel committee.