Virtual Chief Information Officer
VC3, a dynamic information technology services organization headquartered in Columbia, SC has an opening for a Virtual Chief Information Officer (VCIO) for our Clayton, NC office. VCIOs for VC3 act in the capacity of part-time CIOs for multiple customers simultaneously. This position will determine the technology required to meet the strategic, long-term goals and manage all functions of VC3’s select customers’ information technology departments. These functions include ensuring proper functioning of information processing systems, managing upgrades, ensuring proper QA testing, ensuring documentation of policies and procedures. In addition this position will identify, recommend, develop, implement, and support solutions. Project management experience is a must, with the ability to plan and manage infrastructure projects. The ideal candidate will be a technically competent, hands-on, self starter with strong communication skills and the ability to successfully interact at the executive level. He/she must work with multiple project teams simultaneously and thrive in a high performance, fast-paced environment. This position will be required to provide hands-on technical support in a variety of environments; and will regularly participate and own technical support issues at all technical levels during the first six months of this position as part of our training & transition program.
Responsibilities:
- Evaluate current IT Infrastructure and identify technologies to improve security, scalability, and reliability of the overall environment through IT assessments and business process analysis.
- Provide technical leadership, recommend, design, and implement global technology infrastructure projects in WAN/LAN, IP telephony, networking, UNIX/AIX, Windows, messaging, help desk, etc.
- Catalyze positive advancement in IT capabilities and stability.
- Ensure highly reliable and available infrastructure to support the business/clients.
- Manage, prioritize, and support IT department initiatives and goals; including budgeting.
- Communicate and present findings on various business aspects of IT to executives.
- Regularly review IT Department status with executive groups.
- Start and maintain productive IT Steering Committees.
- Review and evaluate emerging technologies for practical application.
- Develop and monitor metrics to measure performance and availability, and design and implement necessary improvements.
- Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, best practices, and policies and procedures.
- Utilize professional project management methodologies to ensure projects are delivered on schedule and budget.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business or related field.
- Minimum of 5 years in IT field with at least 2 years as an IT Manager/Director.
- Demonstrated ability to effectively manage projects and deliver on commitments.
- Ability to propose, promote, collaborate, and execute strategic IT initiatives.
- Ability to multi-task between enterprise initiatives and routine IT operations.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to handle numerous projects simultaneously; with a great attention to detail, and a sense of urgency without compromising quality.
Not required, but highly desirable:
- Experience working with local government entities
- ITIL experience
- Experience providing presale and post sale support
- Experience developing client proposals
- Experience in Microsoft Security best practices
- Unix and Linux experience
Other:
- Travel Requirements: Regular day travel is a requirement of this position.
- Work Schedule: Must be able to periodically work after hours and on weekends.
- Applicant selected will be subject to a criminal and credit background check.
- VC3 offers a competitive benefits package including 401k matching.