Scott & Associates

Position: Director of Information Technology

Location: Carrollton, TX

Salary: $125,000-$150,000 per year DOQ

About Us:

Multi-state legal recoveries law firm serving the needs of national, state and local financial institutions throughout the southeastern and northeastern United States.

About the Job:
The Director of IT will develop, plan, and implement an information technology (IT) strategy that meets the company’s business needs, delivers optimal return on investment, and maintains utmost security.

Duties/Responsibilities:
Collaborates with members of the executive team to identify ways IT can assist the company in achieving business and financial goals. Identifies new IT developments and technologies; anticipates resulting organizational modifications.

• Ensures that IT and network infrastructure adequately support the company’s computing, data processing, and communications needs.
• Communicates goals, projects, and timelines of the company to the department; plans ways to execute those goals within the department.
• Establishes long-term IT needs and plans and develops strategies for developing systems and acquiring software and hardware necessary to meet those needs.
• Assists as top-level contact for end users in determining IT requirements and/or solutions.
• Ensures compliance with government regulations that apply to systems operations.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Oversees projects and assignments within the Information Technology (IT) department.
• Leads efficient operation of the team so that prompt modernization and upgrades of IT are performed as needed.
• Conducts performance evaluations that are timely and constructive.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite or related software.
• Excellent ability to conceptualize long-term business goals and develop orderly processes to accomplish those goals.
• Excellent managerial skills.
• Thorough understanding of information technology and information technology systems.
• Hands on and in-depth understanding of enterprise class storage
• Hands on and in-depth understanding of enterprise networking
• Hands on and in-depth understanding of complicated Active Directory deployments
• Hands on and in-depth understanding of VmWare virtualization

Education and Experience:

• Master’s degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, or Information Technology required.
• At least 10 years of experience in administration of information systems and technology, with increasing levels of responsibility throughout.

Benefits of working with us!

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Company paid life insurance
• Profit sharing 401(k)

Must be able to pass a 10 year national background check and pre-employment drug screen.