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Director of Information Technology Page 1 I 2 Jurisdiction: Cortland County Jurisdictional Class: Non-Competitive Adopted: 10/20/05 Amended: 10/31/22, 1/2/25 DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF THE CLASS: The Director of Information Technologies is responsible for leading the County's IT operations, strategy, and cybersecurity initiatives. This role involves overseeing IT infrastructure, ensuring the secure and efficient use of technology, and safeguarding the organization against cyber threats. The Director will work closely with leadership to align IT and cybersecurity practices with business objectives and regulatory requirements. The work involves responsibility for administering and directing countywide information technology (IT) activities. The incumbent plans, directs and coordinates all county IT operations and activities as they relate to a variety of administrative, financial and electronic communications, establishes IT policies, procedures and standards, and coordinates and administers IT contracts. The incumbent also either directly provides or assigns IT personnel to provide technical assistance and advice to county departments regarding the identification and solution of a variety of data processing and systems design and analysis problems. The work is performed under the administrative direction of the County Administrator with leeway allowed for the use of independent judgment in carrying out the details of the work. Supervision is exercised over the work of subordinate staff. Does related work as required. TYPICAL WORK ACTIVITIES: (Illustrative only) Plans, designs. develops and implements county information technology operations and activities; Plans, develops and implements systems working closely with department heads or their designee; Establishes and maintains a comprehensive cybersecurity strategy to protect the organization's assets and data. Oversees the implementation of robust cybersecurity measures, including firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and data Conducts regular risk assessments and audits to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities. Leads incident response efforts to address data breaches, ransomware attacks, or other cybersecurity incidents. Establishes, reviews and modifies information technology policies, procedures and standards; Coordinates and administers contracts for information technology services provided by outside vendors; Assigns, directs, reviews and evaluates the work of subordinate technical staff; Provides or assigns staff to provide technical assistance and advice to county departments regarding information technology related problems; Prepares and monitors annual department budget and requests based on user requirement, mandated items, current and anticipated resources, and department objectives; Provides and/or arranges for a wide-variety of ongoing technical training for department personnel; Installs, modifies and maintains local area network equipment and insures that all systems are operating at required performance levels including applications of software, systems software, hardware, and modifications suited to users' needs; ---PAGE BREAK--- Director of Information Technology Page 2 I 2 Creates and maintains a variety of records and reports related to departmental operations; Coordinates communications and computing resources in conjunction other local governments, New York State agencies, public schools, BOCES and non-profit institutions to determine opportunities for resource and information sharing to meet the agencies needs; Attends training conferences and seminars as required. FULL PERFORMANCE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES AND PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: Thorough knowledge of modern principles and practices of management information systems; Thorough knowledge of local area network equipment including personal computer hardware and software and peripheral equipment; Ability to plan, organize, coordinate, administer and evaluate the effectiveness of program plans and provision of services related to information technology services; Ability to prepare budgets, operating reports and a variety of other reports relative to program activities and cost justifications; Ability to plan and supervise the work of others; Ability to analyze and organize data and prepare records and reports; Ability to understand and interpret complex oral instructions and/or written directions; Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others; Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing; Ability to handle cybersecurity incidents, including forensics and post-incident reviews. Physical condition commensurate with the demands of the position. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Either: Possession of a Bachelor’s degree or higher in electronic data processing, management information systems, computer science, information technology, public administration or closely related field and four years of work experience in network administration and information systems management, two years of which shall have been in a supervisory capacity; OR Possession of an Associate’s degree or higher as defined in and six years of experience as defined in OR Possession of a high school diploma or equivalency diploma and eight years of experience as defined in An equivalent combination of training and experience as defined by the limits of and NOTE: Degree must have been awarded by a college or university accredited by a regional, national, or specialized agency recognized as an accrediting agency by the U.S. Department of Education/U.S. Secretary of Education. If the degree was awarded by an educational institution outside of the United States and its territories, applicant must provide independent verification of equivalency. A list of acceptable companies who provide this service can be found at http://www.cs.ny.gov/jobseeker/degrees.cfm. Applicants must pay the required evaluation fee.