IT Director

Job Title

IT Director

Wilmington, DE (Contract Position)

The Delaware Department of Finance (DOF) is seeking an IT leader with deep technical expertise and executive judgment to lead the Department’s enterprise technology environment. This role is not a project management position; it requires a technically grounded IT executive who understands how systems are built, secured, operated, and sustained, and who can lead highly skilled technical teams by knowing the work they do.

The Director serves as the technology leader for the Department of Finance, supporting a large, complex, revenue-generating enterprise with significant operational, regulatory, and cybersecurity risk. Success in this role requires more than coordination and oversight; it demands hands‑on technical credibility, sound architectural judgment, and the ability to translate business and financial requirements into resilient, secure, and scalable technology solutions.

• Provide executive and technical leadership for enterprise IT services, including applications, infrastructure, cybersecurity, data platforms, and end‑user technologies.
• Lead and mentor technical managers and staff with credibility grounded in first‑hand technical knowledge, not solely governance or reporting.
• Serve as the escalation point for the Department of Finance and DTI’s Office of Partner Services, ensuring business alignment, regulatory compliance, and rapid issue resolution.
• Oversee the full lifecycle of agency‑wide hardware and software solutions, from architecture and design through implementation, operations, and modernization.
• Ensure strong operational discipline across application support and development; infrastructure and cloud services; cybersecurity and risk management; change, release, and incident management; vendor and managed service oversight.
• Develop and execute multi‑year roadmaps for people, process, and technology across DOF divisions.
• Establish governance models, service frameworks, and performance metrics that drive accountability, resilience, and continuous improvement.
• Build a customer‑focused IT organization that delivers reliable services while proactively modernizing legacy environments.
• Communicate clearly and confidently with finance leadership, auditors, regulators, and external partners, providing meaningful metrics and insight—not just status reporting.

• Experience supporting finance, taxation, revenue, or regulatory systems.
• Experience in public sector, highly regulated environments, or large financial organizations.
• Demonstrated success modernizing legacy systems while maintaining operational stability.

Expert Level

Contract position based out of Wilmington, DE.

Pay range: $100.00 – $110.00/hr.

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre‑tax and Roth post‑tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD& D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long‑term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Anticipated to close on Jan 19, 2026.

TEKsystems is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.