IT Director

This position requires intimate, hands-on knowledge of Linux and networking. You need to be able to sit down at computer, launch an ssh terminal and quickly debug networks and systems. This is not a job where you command a team of technicians and engineers; instead, you'll be involved first-hand with the problem solving and implementation. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Responsible for a large complex infrastructure environment, including network infrastructure, web servers, application servers, and database servers.
2. Design, plan, and implement complex information and infrastructure systems to support business strategies.  Upcoming projects include clustering, virtualization, high-availability, centralized storage, data warehousing environment, application integration, and application server and database hardening.
3. Establish and recommend process, policies, and standards on systemuse and services.
4. Automate monitoring or periodic preventative maintenance processes.
5. Evaluate and recommend purchases of solutions and provide purchase justification.
7. Analyzes web and app server traffic and creates summary overviews for executive committee
6. 24/7 on-call duties
8. Performs database administration functions on Oracle, including general maintenance, performance tuning, availability, backup & recovery, and data warehousing administration.
9. Creates and approves infrastructure documentation used in all aspects of IT Infrastructure Operations, including systems configuration, troubleshooting steps, how-to documentation, etc.
10. Assesses security of existing and proposed systems.  Recommends and implements proactive plans to resolve vulnerabilities.
11. Learns and understands business processes and production applications to a level sufficient to troubleshoot issues and recommend and/or implement short and long-term resolutions.
12. Effectively communicates relevant IT-related information to superiors.
13. Proactively create plans of attack for projects and major tasks. Assist with the preparation of project plans.  Follow a structured project delivery framework, while balancing the needs of the customer.
14. Maintains the email, trouble ticket, vpns, load balancers, firewalls, wikim, and asset management systems
15. Helps establish and build relationships with vendors in conjunction with corporate leadership.
16. Oversees all IT-related purchasing and budget usage; works with accounting to develop budgets.
17. Holds responsibility for capacity planning and scheduling vendor negotiations related to IT.
18. Maintain the wired and wireless network, file servers and the telephone system
19. Handles difficult personnel situations directly, using appropriate discretion, HR advice, and respect for the individual.
20. Some scripting/programming projects (web crawlers, backup scripts, etc.) 
EXPERIENCE and EDUCATION:
* 6-8 years systems administration experience
* 2-3 years database administration experience
* Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
* Experienced in open source technologies: Linux (Debian, Redhat), MySQL, Apache, and others
* Database Administration experience (Oracle)
* Experience administering network infrastructure (firewalls, load balancers, switches, VPN's)* Experience with large storage solutions (EMC, etc)
* Experience assessing and resolving security vulnerabilities
* Experience in a rapid, iterative development environment