The Town of Sharon is accepting applications for a full-time (37.5 hours/week) Director of Information Technology. The successful candidate, a key member of the Town’s executive leadership team, will be responsible for the vision, leadership and overall success of Sharon’s town-wide information technology environment.

The Information Technology Department maintains and supports technology hardware, software, services, and systems to all town offices and departments, including public safety. The Department also supports and maintains accessibility of the Town's financial applications to the Sharon Public Schools. The Department services all technology systems, and requests from all town departments with approximately 125 users. The Department is also responsible for ensuring the connectivity of the fiber network between municipal facilities.

Responsibilities include:

Administer a comprehensive information technology program for the Town of Sharon. Plan direct and control information technology programs; coordinate long and short-term strategic planning with town officials, aimed at standardizing and improving hardware, software and data communications programs in the town.
Develop information technology goals and priorities in consultation with the Town Administrator, Finance Director and representatives of various town departments. Assist various town officials and managers in defining their management information needs, organizing priorities, and identifying the impact of contemplated technology applications on the efficiency and effectiveness of operations. Provide technical advice to all town department heads and elected/appointed officials on a wide variety of issues and problems to meet each department’s regulatory, statutory and management requirements.
Develop and oversee the department’s capital and operating budgets and administer expenditures.
Review, update and maintain cyber security plans/safeguarding of data.
Implement training programs to educate employees on cyber security, shared software and other applications as appropriate.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or a related field, with a preferred minimum of five (5) years progressively responsible management, administrative and technical experience, preferably in a municipal setting.

Employee must be able to demonstrate extensive knowledge of network administration and various software application packages. Extensive knowledge of operating characteristics, capabilities and service requirements of information technology systems and equipment. In-depth knowledge of MUNIS, Windows Service, Network (including Wireless), DNS, DHCP, VMs and patching.

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Director of Information Technology