SCET Unit IT Director

This position offers an opportunity to shape the technology environment within a dynamic, rapidly evolving academic college. The successful candidate will work closely with college leadership, faculty, staff, and university partners to support innovation in teaching, learning, research, and student success, while guiding the college’s long-term technology vision., * IT Leadership, Planning, and College Coordination: Provide strategic leadership for the college’s technology services. Collaborate with the Dean’s Office, department chairs, and Digital Transformation DX to establish technology priorities, develop long-term technology strategies, coordinate college-wide technology initiatives, and ensure alignment with university policies and strategic objectives.

• Instructional Computing Labs and Specialized Technologies: Oversee the operation, maintenance, availability, and continuous improvement of instructional computing labs and specialized technologies that support the college’s academic programs. Coordinate software deployment, system imaging, lab configurations, upgrades, and lab availability to ensure instructional readiness. Collaborate with faculty and departments to identify technology needs and implement solutions that support teaching, learning, and specialized instructional environments.
• Faculty and Staff Technology Support: Direct and oversee technology support services for faculty and staff, including computers, software, peripherals, mobile devices, and other departmental technology resources that support teaching, research, and administrative operations. Establish service standards and priorities, coordinate technology deployments and refreshes, and ensure timely resolution of technology issues.
• Infrastructure, Systems, Operations, Budget, and Technology Lifecycle Management: Oversee college-managed computing infrastructure, including servers, storage, virtualization, including virtual machines, cloud services, and other technology systems. Coordinate infrastructure needs with Digital Transformation DX and ensure systems remain reliable, available, and properly maintained. Prepare and manage the college IT budget; oversee technology procurement and purchasing, software licensing, vendor relationships, and technology inventories; guide infrastructure planning and technology decisions; manage High Performance Computing/Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence HPC/ML/AI computing resources; and develop equipment lifecycle, replacement, and long-term technology investment plans.
• Cybersecurity, Compliance, and Risk Management: Coordinate and support the security of college technology resources by implementing endpoint protection, access management, backup and recovery processes, business continuity planning, and disaster recovery planning in collaboration with Digital Transformation DX. Promote compliance with university technology policies, standards, and security best practices, and assist in identifying and mitigating technology-related risks.
• Personnel Leadership and Staff Development: Recruit, hire, supervise, mentor, train, schedule, and evaluate IT staff. Establish work priorities, assign responsibilities, manage performance, and foster professional development to ensure high-quality technology services that effectively support the college’s teaching, research, and administrative mission.

Graduation from an accredited institution with a bachelor’s degree in a field related to the position and three years of related work experience., Graduation from an accredited institution with a master’s degree in a field related to the position and five years of related work experience., * Knowledge of information technology infrastructure, systems administration, networking, cloud computing, virtualization, cybersecurity, and endpoint management.

• Knowledge of instructional computing environments and technologies that support teaching, research, and administrative operations.
• Knowledge of IT governance and service management principles, technology planning, budgeting, procurement, software licensing, vendor management, and technology lifecycle management.
• Knowledge of applicable university technology policies, standards, security practices, and regulatory requirements.

Skills

• Strategic leadership, organizational planning, and project management skills.
• Personnel management, supervision, coaching, and team development skills.
• Strong interpersonal communication, collaboration, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Budget development, resource allocation, and vendor relationship management skills.

Abilities

• Ability to oversee the administration, maintenance, and continuous improvement of physical and virtual computing infrastructure, cloud services, storage, and enterprise technology systems.
• Ability to recruit, supervise, mentor, develop, and evaluate professional IT staff.
• Ability to develop, manage, and monitor technology budgets and technology asset lifecycles.
• Ability to develop and implement long-term technology strategies that align with institutional and college priorities.
• Ability to analyze complex technical and organizational problems, develop effective solutions, and make sound decisions.
• Ability to manage multiple projects, competing priorities, and deadlines while maintaining high-quality customer service.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to provide technical leadership and organizational guidance to IT staff and stakeholders.
• Ability to build collaborative working relationships with university departments, Digital Transformation (DX), faculty, staff, vendors, and external partners.

SCET is one of Utah Valley University’s largest and fastest-growing academic colleges, serving more than 6,000 students and employing over 160 full-time faculty across 11 academic departments: Applied Engineering & Transportation Technologies, Architecture and Engineering Design, Aviation Science, Computer Science, Construction Technologies, Culinary Arts, Digital Media, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Information Systems & Technology, Mechanical & Civil Engineering, and Technology Management & Mechatronics. The college offers a broad range of associate, bachelor’s, and master’s degree programs that prepare students for careers in engineering, computing, applied technologies, aviation, design, digital media, and culinary arts.