IT Information Services Manager

Idaho State Tax Commission

Open for Recruitment: October 24, 2011 - November 21, 2011
Announcement # 01607006766
Salary Range: $27.16 to $37.30 Hourly -Plus Competitive Benefits!

Location(s): Boise

The Idaho State Tax Commission is recruiting for an IT Information Services Manager in Boise

The filing data for this position has been extended until Monday November 21, 2011

The highly skilled and motivated individual will manage the day-to-day operations of the agency’s IT Program to ensure a stable application and infrastructure IT environment. The incumbent will serve as a member of the Executive Leadership Team and represent the IT department.

Principal Responsibilities:

• Management of the enterprise network infrastructure
• Establish and oversee the direction, goals and objectives for enterprise server and storage environments, in addition to having additional operational responsibilities for enterprise collaboration, Storage Area Network (SAN), VMware, asset management, disaster recovery, enterprise systems security, application administration and onsite data center
• Develop, recommend, and monitor budget and control expenditures
• Implement IT strategies and plans aligning with the agency goals
• Conduct strategic long range planning and forecasting
• Plan for and direct installation of new or upgraded IT needs and requirements
• Develop IT-related policies and procedures
• Maintain agency IT Resources
• Manage IT-related projects including development of project scope, goals, budget and implementation
• Hire, train and direct staff and evaluate performance
• Manage and maintain agency’s relationship with other agencies, vendors and outside service providers

Minimum Qualifications:

• Considerable knowledge of:
  • Current trends in information technology
  • Computer hardware and software capabilities and limitations
• Good knowledge of management practices. Desirable management skills related to managing a professional IT application development and IT support staff
• Experience:
• Supervising the staff and activities of an IT function
• Conducting technical training
• Participating in short-and-long-range IT planning including developing and implementing policies and procedures
• Information Technology Project Management including development of project implementation strategies, work breakdown and developing measurement processes/methods for assessing progress towards goals and project outcomes.

To be an employee of the Idaho State Tax Commission you must be a current tax filer. Before a job offer is made, candidates must be fingerprinted by the Idaho State Police and undergo a background investigation.

If you previously applied for an IT Information Services Manager position and wish to be considered for this position, you must re-apply under this announcement. Previous scores will not be used.  All qualified individuals interested in these positions are encouraged to apply.

Examination:

Training and Experience. Respond to the examination questions based on your training and experience directly related to this position. Scoring will be based on your responses. You must receive a score of 70 to pass this examination. Notification of your test results will be available online, after the closing date and when the review process is complete.

To Apply:

Click on the Apply Online button to the left and follow the instructions provided to complete the Application Checklist and Exam for this position.

When updating your online application information, please select:

• Idaho State Tax Commission under “Agencies”
• Full-time under “Job Type/Shift”
• Boise as the city in which you will work under “Cities”

Without this information, your name cannot be referred to the hiring agency.

The Idaho State Tax Commission is an equal opportunity employer

Veterans’ preference given to qualified individuals