Title: Director of Technology

The Impact You Will Have:

Liberty Home Guard is the country's fastest-growing and best-rated home warranty provider. We are looking for a Director of Technology to spearhead our technological advancements and ensure seamless integration of IT infrastructure, systems, and operations. The ideal candidate will possess a wealth of experience in technology leadership roles, with a proven ability to translate business priorities into tangible, innovative solutions. You will lead our team in implementing best-in-class systems, overseeing security protocols, and driving efficiency through clear KPIs. This will be a "strategic" yet "hands on" leadership role.

Responsibilities

Manage IT Infrastructure Network & Systems, people, supervision, scheduling, development, evaluation, and local team.
Manage IT department operational and strategic planning, including business requirements, project planning, organizing, and negotiating the allocation of resources, ensuring that we meet our short- and long-term department objectives.
Collaborate with internal stakeholders, including executive leadership, department heads, and cross-functional teams, to understand their technology needs and priorities.
Maintaining technology operations to include systems administration, network management, telecommunications management, system and data security, system and data backup and emergency recovery plans.
Formulate and deploy strategic plans for acquiring and enabling efficient and cost-effective technologies aligned with and support overall business and Technology objectives.
Lead change management initiatives to facilitate the adoption of new technologies and processes across the organization.
Benchmark, analyze, report on, and make recommendations for the improvement of the IT infrastructure and IT systems.
Translate company priorities into achievable, financially solid technology and optimization initiatives. Define clear KPI to measure impact into business value and process improvement.
Leading technology projects from inception to completion: Authorize and oversee the deployment, monitoring, maintenance, development, and support of all hardware and software based on department needs
Oversees security of systems, networks, and enterprise information.
Lead software developers, business analysts and software architects to plan, design, develop, test, and maintain the company platform.
Prepare reports, manuals and other documentation on the status, operation, and maintenance of software.
Develop and review operational and capital budgets to ensure they comply with stated goals, guidelines, and objectives of IT and the organization overall.
Attend conferences, webinars, workshops, and engage in continuous learning.
Implementing robust security measures and disaster recovery plans.

Requirements:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field; master's degree preferred.
Proven +10 years working experience as an IT manager or in a relevant role.
Specific technology knowledge and experience Microsoft Office Suite products, Software/Platforms: Jira, Acquia Cloud, CircleCi, GitHub, AWS; Drupal, HTML, CSS; CRM Platforms, Scrum, and Kanban.
Proficiency in languages like Python, Java, PHP, and JavaScript
Proficiency in SQL (MySQL and MariaDB), NoSQL (MongoDB).
CISSP, CCNP, ITIL, and AWS certifications are a plus.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to diverse stakeholders, partners and vendors.
Strong analytical, organizational, decision making, and problem solving skills with focus on the best need for the business and budget containment.
Experience with project-management tools, methods, and techniques.
Experience with server & cloud technology.

Salary Range: $125,000-$175,000 annually

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