Manager Strategic Information Systems Projects

State of Delaware•Dover, DE

About The Position

The Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) seeks a technology leader to manage its Infrastructure Engineering team and lead enterprise-wide on-premises and cloud initiatives. The work includes system development, migration, modernization, networking, and project management. The manager leads the engineering team through end-to-end system lifecycles while ensuring industry and DHSS standards are met. The role works with DTI, vendors, contractors, and business partners to plan projects, manage budgets, track risks, and deliver strategic IT solutions that support DHSS’s mission. The position also supports clients in assessing business needs and recommending technology solutions, and plans and directs major strategic information systems projects, often lasting more than a year and involving multiple agencies. The manager sets goals, schedules, and priorities; monitors unit resources and activities; develops statewide project-planning policies and procedures; and participates in approving information systems project budget requests.

Requirements

At least 10 years of professional experience in cloud infrastructure engineering.
Three years of experience designing, developing, and maintaining information systems.
Three years of experience in information technology project management, including planning, scheduling, staffing, coordinating, controlling, monitoring, evaluating, and reporting on IT project status.
Six months of experience in budget management and control, including managing expenditures within available appropriations and revenue and maintaining, monitoring, projecting, and controlling a budget under established policies and procedures.
Six months of experience in staff supervision, including planning, assigning, reviewing, and evaluating the work of others.
Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

Responsibilities

Lead the Infrastructure Engineering team.
Oversee enterprise-wide on-premises and cloud initiatives, including system development, migration, modernization, networking, and project management.
Lead the engineering team through end-to-end system lifecycles and ensure industry and DHSS standards are met.
Collaborate with DTI, vendors, contractors, and business partners on project planning, budgets, risks, and strategic IT solutions.
Assist clients in conducting business-driven needs assessments by diagnosing business issues and recommending alternative solutions to facilitate access to public information through effective use and coordination of information technology.
Plan and direct major strategic information systems projects, typically lasting more than a year and involving multi-agency initiatives.
Establish long- and short-term goals, set schedules, and prioritize work.
Monitor and evaluate unit resources and activities to meet goals and objectives.
Develop and recommend project-planning policies and procedures for statewide use.
Participate in approving information systems project budget requests.