Director, IT Infrastructure

What Are We About?

Fleming is located in the heart of the Kawartha Lakes Region in Central Ontario... a beautiful place to live and work, surrounded by natural beauty and a mere 90 minutes north-east of Toronto. The College¿s 6,800 full-time and 10,000 part-time students, including hundreds of international students from countries around the world, attend at campus locations in Peterborough, Lindsay, Haliburton and Cobourg. Fleming offers more than 100 full-time programs in Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences, Fine Arts, General Arts and Science, Technology, Skilled Trades, Community Development, Health, Business, and Justice as well as other Continuing Education courses.

We are also extremely proud of our more than 85,000 Fleming alumni who are contributing to their communities in the region, across the province and around the world.

What This Position is About:

The Director, IT Infrastructure provides college-wide oversight and leadership relating to college information technology (IT) infrastructure at all college sites, including servers, storage, and all network services (core, distribution, edge & access layers), data center operations, identity services, end-user compute services and communications/collaboration/telephony services.

The Director leads, plans and oversees implementation of technology strategies to enable accomplishment of Fleming College strategies and plans, and create operational efficiencies at the College. Provides direction and leadership to teams responsible for the design, implementation and ongoing management of IT services and solutions.

Work Schedules:

This position has been designated as hybrid/partially remote and is expected on-site 50% of the time.

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What We Are Looking For:

Completion of a 4 (four) year undergraduate degree ¿ preferably in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent discipline.

Additional formal training/certification:

• ITIL, cybersecurity, project management, Cisco networks, Microsoft & Linux technologies, would be an asset.

Additional Skills:

• Highly developed analytical, problem solving, and interpersonal skills are required.
• Finely tuned communications skills, both written and verbal, are required on a daily basis especially in the area of translating highly complex conceptual technical planning into day-to-day language.
• Formal Project management skills or equivalent project management experience

Ten (10) years of work experience:

• Related management experience in the area of information services management, infrastructure with progressively senior levels of responsibility.
• Experience in post-secondary education sector a strong asset; alternatively, experience in large, complex public sector organization(s)
• Demonstrated experience in effective strategic infrastructure planning; managing multi-year, multi-stage plans to implement strategies that continually enhance and upgrade an organization¿s technical environment and prepare for business continuity/disaster recovery circumstances
• Experience leading or having a significant role in a major implementation to achieve specific business outcomes, including evaluating needs, assessing options, deciding on or recommending solution(s), implementation, troubleshooting, change management, stakeholder engagement, project management and achievement of desired business outcomes
• Proven stakeholder management / relationship management skills, including excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to establish rapport and develop and sustain strong working relationships with diverse stakeholders and to manage conflict effectively; strong listening skills; demonstrated influencing and persuasion skills
• Deep understanding of standardized processes and protocols, structured approach to managing systems changes, for managing a technology environment to ensure uptime and availability of complex systems
• Demonstrated experience in managing a project portfolio, keep multiple projects on track effectively, directly and through others, while holding staff accountable for their work responsibilities
• Effective change management and conflict resolution skills
• Exceptional problem-solving experience and ability, including demonstrated experience identifying and addressing root causes
• Knowledge and experience in information security protocols and relevant governing legislation related to desktop applications, managing access to technical environments, and proactive protection of systems from internal and external threats
• Strong people management and leadership skills, ideally with experience managing managers; demonstrated teambuilding and development skills; demonstrated ability to build cohesive teams focused on evolving business outcomes and on developing leaders
• Experience developing and managing budgets, including building business cases and cost-benefit analyses

How To Apply:

Internal Candidates: apply through by visiting the Career Opportunities page.

External candidate: apply by visiting the .

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion and Accessibility:

Fleming College is committed to building diverse, equitable, inclusive, and accessible learning and working environments. Our mandate is to challenge societal inequities to achieve a cultural climate of inclusion, belonging and psychological safety. We are committed to being a welcoming place for all, where the needs of our diverse populations are met, and varying perspectives enrich our communities.

We welcome those who would contribute to the further diversification of our community including, but not limited to, women, racialized persons, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, and persons of any sexual orientation or gender identity to apply.

The College provides support in its recruitment processes to all applicants who require accommodation due to a protected ground under the Ontario Human Rights Code, including those with disabilities. Candidates requiring accommodation during the recruitment process should inform our Human Resources staff what support(s) you may require to ensure your equal participation.

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