What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director for Infrastructure & Security position at illinois?
Duties & Responsibilities
- Supervises a team of technical staff members supporting University Housing including setting priorities, balancing conflicting demands and ensuring staff development.
- Plans and guides projects for system administration resources for University Housing
- Directs day-to-day operational needs for the server and desktop infrastructure for University Housing.
- Reviews processes and procedures to ensure a stable and consistent infrastructure for University Housing including the development of backup strategies and disaster recovery plans.
- Works with Technology Services at Illinois to manage telecommunications needs for University Housing.
- Leads efforts to coordinate infrastructure and system administration needs across Student Affairs for SA Tech.
- Investigates and plans for the use of campus services by the IT shared service.
- Acts as the hiring authority or delegates that responsibility for infrastructure staff including desktop support and security focused positions, for all of Student Affairs.
- Participates as a member of the Student Affairs Technology leadership team, providing expertise in infrastructure, desktop support, and security, as well as strategic vision as part of that collaborative team.
- Ensures that best practices are utilized to provide security for systems and data across Student Affairs.
- Leadership for IT security and privacy activities conducted by Student Affairs Technology staff.
- Coordination with campus security and privacy staff on policy and issues relevant to Student Affairs.
- Point person for Student Affairs during emergent events involving IT security and privacy and oversight for SA Tech staff responding to those events.
- Acts as the IT shared service liaison to the Parking department, working with the Director of Parking to understand their IT project and support needs.
- Represents Student Affairs as the leader for infrastructure and security with campus governance and initiatives including IT Council and enterprise service management.
- Works with Technology Services at Illinois and other campus IT units to support quality services for Student Affairs.
- Provides leadership oversight for the campus digital sign service.
- Perform other duties as assigned to further the mission of the shared service and the Auxiliary units.
