IT Director
High Counry Search
A thriving Oil and Gas company in Denver is seeking an IT Director with strong leadership skills to join their team. This company is very well established and has seen tremendous growth over recent years. This new position is open due to the growth and evolution of the organization, which will allow this individual to truly take ownership and directly see the impact of their technical contributions as well as “own” the entire infrastructure that is vital for company growth at a national level. This role also allows for the unique ability to move into higher-level, executive positions fairly quickly. In addition to being the owner of the infrastructure strategy/vision, this person will direct new company-wide implementations and ongoing oversight of their internal platforms.
The Director will wear multiple hats and provide a wide array of expertise to deliver high performing technology platforms. To accomplish this, the successful candidate must be equally adept at troubleshooting technology problems for remote offices as they are in providing leadership-level strategy and management of IT operations.
Here’s an overview of the compensation package – •Base salary between $190-240k with 20-30% Bonus Potential •Excellent Healthcare• 401K contributions • VERY Competitive PTO
***This will be a hybrid remote/on-site position, as such only local candidates in the Denver area will be considered.****
General responsibilities:
- Develop infrastructure strategy/policy for growth and scalability, implement secure networks and server solutions, and oversee system stability and performance.
- Propose hardware/software solutions and system developments to accomplish the company’s business objectives.
- Ensure that systems, services, and infrastructure work reliably and securely.
- Manage vendors as well as planning and implementing infrastructure and disaster recovery strategy while maintaining technical security for the company.
- Understand workflows and business requirements across four departments and implement solutions to make foundation more operationally efficient
- High level project management capabilities
General Requirements:
- MUST HAVE recent E&P upstream oil and gas experience and general understanding with basic field technology/operations
- 12+ years of managing IT infrastructure and operations, planning and implementing infrastructure and disaster recovery strategy while maintaining security compliances for the company
- 5+ years managing technical teams across multiple locations
- Advanced technology skills and in-depth knowledge of technology infrastructure architecture, design, and configuration for WAN/LAN/WLAN networking, cloud, storage, endpoint computing, operating systems (WIN10/MacOS/iOS)
- Mid-Level practical experience with specific O&G platforms, specifically SCADA
- Knowledge of disaster recovery, data backup and recovery, computer forensic tools, technologies and methods.
- Experience building budgets and managing budgets and common financial processes, and a demonstrated record of staying within budgets
- Strong interpersonal skills, demonstrated reliability, and attention to detail