Open Position:
IT Manager
Accelerate Your Career & Make A Difference
SpedTrack is a small company making a huge impact in special education technology. We love to drive the industry to a more automated future and have been doing that for districts for more than 15 years. We know to be the best we have to hire the best. If you think you have what it takes, keep reading!
Primary Responsibilities:
Candidate Qualifications:
We are looking for team members that:
Compensation & Benefits:
Primary Responsibilities:
- Managing our internal corporate computing environment, including Windows servers, Windows/Mac computers, VoIP phone system, network cabling/switches/firewall.
- Managing our production hosting environments, including VMWare clusters, Windows servers, and the hosting of our .Net applications.
- Evaluating, implementing and administering purchased technologies, including Exchange, SharePoint, sales CRM, support team help desk, project management, source control, etc.
- Implementing policies, procedures and systems to ensure the security and recoverability of our computing environments.
- Researching and pro-actively implementing enhancements to our existing IT infrastructure.
- Monitoring production systems to ensure consistent up-time and plan for growth.
- Providing technical support and training to internal staff on our systems and policies.
- Serving as a technical resource to our customer support and development teams as needed for customer technical issues or product development plans.
- Acting as the primary point of contact for IT vendors, including purchasing new equipment, negotiating contracts, and evaluating cost effectiveness.
Candidate Qualifications:
- Minimum associate’s degree in Information Technology and three years of professional IT experience.
- Excellent communication, organization, and interpersonal skills.
- Excellent troubleshooting skills, detail oriented, and a proven ability to “figure things out”.
- Ability to maintain the confidentiality of sensitive company information.
- Prior experience with production hosting environments (VMWare, .Net, IIS, SQL, cPanel, etc.) is strongly preferred.
- Prior experience with information security systems and techniques is preferred.
- Industry certifications (A+, Network+, Security+, CCNA/CCNP, MCSA/MCSE, VCA/VCP) are preferred.
- Previous exposure to public procurement or special education is beneficial.
We are looking for team members that:
- Enjoy an informal, family-like environment.
- Have a strong work ethic and are self-motivated. We are not micromanagers.
- Possess a low maintenance personality and get along well with others. We are low drama.
- Take it personal – we want teammates who will take ownership in the company’s success.
Compensation & Benefits:
- Salary based on knowledge, skills, and experience. Raises and bonuses are performance based.
- Group medical and dental plans.
- Company paid disability insurance.
- Paid Time Off (PTO).
- Paid Holidays.
- 401k with company match.
- Flexible work environment.