Director of Infrastructure

Are you an experienced Director of Infrastructure coming from a hands-on technical background?

Do you have experience working within a professional services environment?

We are partnered with an established law firm in Manhattan to hire an experienced Director of Infrastructure. You must have strong management experience and be comfortable leading a team of up to 20.

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Manage all aspects of technology department and equipment, including staff, vendors, budgeting, purchases, warranty & subscription renewals, and inventory.
• Develop and implement strategic plans and priorities to ensure innovative and cost-effective technology programs and services to the firm
• Monitor cybersecurity systems and status, respond to threats and proactively harden and secure technology and data resources.
• Collaborate with technology integration educators to support innovative integration of technology resources into instruction.
• Maintain accurate, up-to-date and complete documentation of the network, hardware, servers, systems, and recovery processes.
• Provides leadership in communicating and collaborating with faculty & staff in the secure and effective use of technology.
• Prepares, submits and ensures that expenditures meet proper guidelines for technology-related grants and reimbursement programs.

Qualifications:

• Legal experience preferred but not essential
• Technical knowledge of network and systems administration, including but not limited to managed Office 365, Azure, firewalls, LAN and WAN security, IP telephony, wireless systems, Microsoft & Apple operating systems, mobile devices, VMWare, Windows Server management, and Cloud Service applications
• Excellent organizational and budgeting skills with demonstrated success in the planning and implementation of projects and managing support teams

This is a great opportunity to join a mature legal services firm that is investing heavily in its cloud presence. There is a base salary of up to $220,000, with a bonus and great benefits. This role will be on a hybrid basis, with HQ being in central Manhattan.