Sr. IT Manager

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE

The Sheriff’s Office is actively seeking an accomplished professional in the IT industry, proficient in collaborating with diverse teams to deliver effective solutions and successful project outcomes. Effective communication across all levels of the organization, even to those without a technical background, is a crucial attribute for potential candidates. In this role, the candidate will be presented with opportunities to step beyond their comfort zone and function cohesively within a team.

A positive, self‑motivated mindset, coupled with a steadfast belief in technology’s potential to bring about positive changes in our community, are ideal qualities for the potential candidate.

Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a bright, ambitious, customer focused professional to join our team as a Senior IT Manager. This recruitment will also serve to create an eligible list to fill future vacancies within Stanislaus County.

This is the management level series in the Information Technology job family. Incumbents typically direct daily operations and manage most responsibilities through subordinate managers or supervisors. Managerial duties comprise at least 90% of the incumbent’s duties but incumbents may perform a small amount of high‑level professional work in areas such as software engineering and analysis, systems engineering, software administration or other disciplines.

Incumbents are responsible for the development, implementation, and evaluation of information technology programs, policies, and procedures. These activities include product and service delivery, infrastructure and operations, security, compliance and risk mitigation, and strategy and planning. Incumbents are also responsible for budget preparation and administration. The Sr. Information Technology Manager confers with the executive team and oversees a larger team which has primary responsibility for enterprise‑level systems.

Unless otherwise provided, this position is part of the Unclassified Service of the County and considered “at will” for labor relations purposes. The individual selected will participate in the Stanislaus County Pay‑for‑Performance program, as well as receive additional benefits.

Individuals who are in a full‑time classification position are required to serve a twelve‑month probationary period, which may be extended an additional six months, for a total of eighteen months.

Incumbents may also be subject to overtime, standby, callback, weekend, holiday and shift assignments as identified in their MOU (Memorandum of Understanding).

The Job Task Analysis provides information detailing the physical and functional demands of the classification. For the complete job task analysis, visit the Risk Management website at  the “Disability” tab.

• Plan, direct, and manage the day‑to‑day activities of the largest Information Technology Divisions.
• Analyze operations, establish priorities, and develop short and long range plans.
• Provide technical expertise and functional management of the implementation, administration and maintenance of department programs, database applications, client/server applications, and office automation including Internet related applications.
• Act as a consultant to County departments regarding information technology services and the feasibility of adopting information technology solutions.
• Design, implement and administer county or department information technology systems including the selection and performance of hardware and software purchases, upgrades, designs and configurations, installation and maintenance of network‑related components including Internet related applications.
• Develop procedures to monitor performance of installed systems; ensures that proper backup, restart and security procedures for information technology systems are developed and defined.
• Direct the preparation, review and evaluation of Request For Proposal’s (RFP) for information technology systems; and participate in contract negotiations.
• Develop and manage the division capital and operating budget.
• Interview, select, train, and evaluate subordinate staff.
• Establish and evaluate…