IT Manager 3

State of Nevada•Nevada, NV

About The Position

This position serves as the IT Operations Manager within the Secretary of State’s IT Division and provides administrative direction and strong, accountable leadership over multiple operational groups, including Systems Administration, Database Administration, and Desktop Support. The incumbent is expected to exemplify professional leadership standards, foster a collaborative team environment, and guide subordinate managers and technical staff in achieving operational excellence. As a senior leader, the position sets expectations, models effective communication, mentors staff, and ensures that teams remain aligned with agency goals; not only through technical expertise, but through consistent, reliable leadership. The role is responsible for planning, organizing, directing, and controlling complex IT functions in alignment with statewide policies, operational needs, and agency objectives. The incumbent oversees enterprise infrastructure operations, ensures service reliability for mission-critical systems, and leads strategic initiatives involving infrastructure modernization, security posture enhancement, and statewide technology optimization. This includes regularly collaborating with division leadership, external partners, and executive-level stakeholders to resolve complex operational challenges and implement long-range solutions. The ideal candidate will have background experience managing technical teams with demonstrated effective communication and change management expertise.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in computer science, management information systems, or closely related field and seven years of progressively responsible professional IT experience which involved strategic planning, project management, quality assurance, and computer operations, systems administration, network administration, database administration, applications analysis and development, or information security.
Four years of this experience must have been in a supervisory or project manager capacity
OR one year of experience as an IT Manager II in Nevada State service
OR two years of experience as an IT Professional IV in Information Security in Nevada State service for Information Security positions
OR an equivalent combination of education and experience as described above.
Demonstrated effective communication and change management expertise.
Detailed knowledge of: budget preparation and control; project management; quality control.
Working knowledge of: strategic planning.

Responsibilities

Develop, maintain, and enforce operational standards in accordance with departmental and State policies to ensure operating specifications are met.
Develop physical and logical safety and security procedures for operating conditions and disaster recovery by analyzing procedures utilized at other agencies and organizations, reviewing literature on safety and security procedures, following federal/State guidelines, and consulting with subject matter experts.
Assess the effectiveness of current information systems technology resources and capacity analysis and initiate actions to reduce utilization, increase capacity, or address system replacement needs, if necessary.
Recommend or select hardware by reviewing system-generated reports, system logs, utilization reports, vendor presentations, and technical hardware manuals.
Design physical layout and installation requirements in response to the purchase of new equipment; analyze hardware technical manuals, floor space layouts, environmental requirements, and electrical requirements.
Evaluate and maintain inventory control, e.g., computer supplies, tape library, departmental equipment, and other items.
Write requests for proposals which detail proposed systems and serve as a reference document for system development, personnel, and IT management by utilizing information gathered and subsequent analysis relating to hardware, software, and personnel requirements including systems objectives, data security provisions, primary outputs, implementation plans, comprehensive cost estimates, time schedules, migration plans, and integration of multiple technologies.
Develop, examine, and evaluate contracts for purchases of materials and services.
Develop and monitor IT budgets by reviewing past expenditure patterns, current funding levels, projected personnel and equipment needs, and demands for additional services by clients/users.
Present and justify agency or division-wide IT budgets for review and approval and testify before Executive and Legislative groups as required.
Provide project management to ensure that projects are completed by the scheduled due date in accordance with project specifications and requirements and within the project budget; analyze personnel, hardware and software requirements, and all costs associated with the project; establish delivery dates, conduct periodic project reviews, provide training for project team members, supervise installation of the system, provide regular project status reports to senior management; and determine training required prior to installation.
Participate in State IT activities and policy-making activities and/or serve on various ad hoc committees and work groups as needed.
Maintain current knowledge of technological trends and advancements in the IT field and security management practices, laws, policies, and ethics.
Develop organizational structure, staffing patterns, and resource allocation to meet agency or division-wide goals and objectives.
Supervise subordinate managers, supervisors, and staff, including hiring, determining workload, delegating assignments, training, monitoring and evaluating performance, and taking disciplinary action.
Resolve problems presented by subordinate staff, users, and clients regarding work processes, policies, procedures, and methods.
Perform related duties as assigned.
Under administrative direction, incumbents perform IT managerial duties and interact with internal and external management levels as well as executives and officials to solve problems involving conflict or controversy requiring interpretation/application of policy.
Incumbents supervise a staff of IT professionals on a regular and recurring basis and lower level IT Managers, IT Technicians, and support staff as required.
Subordinates may include Master IT Professional II’s.