IT ASSISTANT DIRECTOR I

Maryland’s Interagency Commission on School Construction (IAC) seeks a dynamic Information Technology professional to fill a key leadership role in supporting it's work with other State agencies and school districts statewide. The IAC’s Information Technologies Systems Manager will lead the IT team at a pivotal time of transition and growth for this independent State agency.  

With passage of legislation (HB 1783) by the Maryland General Assembly in 2018, the IAC has taken on new responsibilities over State school construction funding where performance metrics have increased thereby expanding the opportunity for IT staff to make a lasting difference for Maryland’s students and educators.

The IT Systems Manager will formulate and oversee the agency’s information technology plan, identifying and implementing ways to streamline and enhance agency services and provide guidance to team members. 

State Salary Grade 20

Annual Salary Range: $59,914 – $96,197

200 West Baltimore Street

Baltimore, MD 21201

This position will oversee activities ranging from systems analysis and programming to data migration, software integration, refactoring, cloud computing, API integration, database management, and technical support for in-house and vendor-developed applications.  Managerial responsibilities will include collaborating in the development, testing, and implementation of computer information system services; meeting with senior management, vendors, users, and other IT administrators to discuss and resolve computer information system issues; and overall application architecture and standards including a comprehensive interface architecture that endeavors to achieve single data entry. The IT Systems Manager also supervises application development, with responsibility for identifying and orchestrating the development of improved mechanisms for collaboration across the agency, partner agencies, and with Local Education Agencies (LEAs). 

Develops budget requests associated with IT systems; prepares Request for Proposals for procurement of new software or improvement to existing applications and oversees the procurement of software and consulting services; monitors and oversees systems developed internally and systems developed under contract with vendors; assists development process with technical direction; coordinates IAC’s presentations and submissions for the State’s Department of Information Technology Portfolio Review meetings of major information technology projects (MITDP), information technology project requests ITPR/ITMP; submissions of mid-year and year-end project reports for the Department of Legislative Services. and establishes security, controls and processes to ensure smooth transitions between vendors; works with other state agencies (DBM, DOIT, MDP, and DGS etc.) as well as with the Local Education Agencies CIOs to develop and document application interfaces required by IAC.

EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in information technology, or other related field(s) with specific coursework in the structure and use of automated information systems.

EXPERIENCE: Three (3) years of experience providing problem analysis and ongoing user support; coordinating system development and implementation, and training users on the functionality of applications for agency or statewide systems that are cloud-based, or housed on mainframe computers, or large client server platforms.

NOTES:   

1.        Candidates may substitute experience in Information Technology professional work on a year-for-year basis for the required education.

2.     Experience responding to, and resolving, help desk calls from users of computers or operating computer equipment, for the purpose of data entry, word processing, spreadsheet, graphics, database, or other applications, may be substituted, on a year-for-year basis, for the required education.

3.     Candidates may substitute additional IT related graduate level education at an accredited college or university at the rate of 30 semester credit hours for each year of the required experience.

4.     Candidates may substitute U.S. Armed Forces military service experience as a Commissioned Officer in the Cyber and Information Systems classifications or Cyber and Information specialty codes in the Information Technology field of work, on a year-for-year basis, for the required experience and education.

Experience leading meetings and motivating a team; demonstrated experience with program, project, or process management; demonstrated experience managing government procurement solicitations; hands on experience with SQL queries; hands on experience preparing a budget, scheduling, and formulating a scope from project sponsors; experience with Microsoft Office (including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Project).

Proof of eligibility to work in compliance with the Immigration Reform and Control Act and travel throughout the State are required. Any misrepresentation of academic or experience requirements for this position may result in non-selection or termination of employment.

For immediate consideration, applications should be received by December 18, 2019 - Open Until Filled.

Please make sure that you provide sufficient information on your application to show that you meet the qualifications for this recruitment. All information concerning your qualifications must be submitted by the closing date. We will not consider information submitted after this date.

Successful candidates will be ranked as Best Qualified, Better Qualified, or Qualified and placed on the employment (eligible) list for one year.

The assessment may consist of a rating of your education, training, and experience related to the requirements of the position and your answers to the supplemental questions (if required).

It is important that you provide complete and accurate information on your application and not write "see resume.”

Incomplete applications will not be considered.

STATE OF MARYLAND BENEFITS

To apply for this position online go to MSDE Jobs on JobAps .  On-line applications (and resumes) are the preferred method for receiving your application/attachments. Applicants must include their resume and provide sufficient information on the application to document that they satisfy the minimum qualifications for this recruitment.

Please do not put "See Resume" in the job duties section of your application; your application will not be considered.

If you utilize fax or regular mail as the option to submit required attachments, you will need to resubmit these documents each time you apply for a new position that requires the attachments. 

Additionally, you must include the following information on each page of the attachment you submit in order to ensure that we append the attachments to the correct recruitment: First and Last Name, Recruitment Number, and the last 4 digits of your SS#.  Please also indicate the application is for: IT Assistant Director, #070759 (JobAps #19-004490-0010);

Mailing Address: Maryland State Department of Education, Office of Human Resources, 200 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201. Fax: 410-333-8950; This fax number is for Department of Education recruitment actions only.  

For inquiries or an MSDE Application, contact 410-767-0019 or TTY/TDD 410-333-3045 or visit our website at: www.marylandpublicschools.org/about/Pages/OHR/Employment.aspx   

Appropriate accommodations for individuals with disabilities are available upon request.