Assistant Director of Technology

St. Augustine High School, a Catholic, Augustinian high school for young men in San Diego, seeks a skilled, service-oriented professional to serve as Assistant Director of Technology. The successful candidate will join a collaborative school community dedicated to academic excellence, student formation, and the thoughtful integration of technology in teaching, learning, and school operations, * Provide daily technical support to faculty, staff, and students.

• Troubleshoot classroom technology and audiovisual equipment.
• Assist in managing school networks, devices, and information systems.
• Support technology projects and upgrades during summer and school breaks.
• Assume responsibility for technology operations in the Director’s absence.
• Train employees in the effective use of school technology., * Mobile Device Management (MDM): Proficient use of MDM tools to manage large fleets of Apple devices (MacBooks/iPads), or Google Admin Console for Chromebooks.
• Student Information Systems (SIS): Familiarity with school databases such as Blackbaud, PowerSchool, or Veracross.
• Learning Management Systems (LMS): Technical backend support for platforms like Canvas or Google Classroom.

Cybersecurity, Compliance & Safety

• Content Filtering & Safety: Setting up web filters and firewalls to keep students safe online.
• Network Security: Managing firewalls, endpoint protection (EDR), and enforcing multi-factor authentication (MFA).
• Data Privacy Regulations: Ensuring data handling aligns with FERPA / COPPA and relevant state-level student data privacy acts.

Leadership & Soft Skills

• Empathy & Patience: Ability to translate complex technical issues into plain language for non-technical teachers, staff, students, and parents.
• Project Management: Capability to lead large-scale summer hardware refreshes and infrastructure upgrades without disrupting the school year.

Physical Requirements

While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to remain in an office at a computer workstation and access information from a computer and use a telephone. The employee is required to be mobile to, from, and within the school, as well as maneuver throughout the school facility to attend meetings, briefings, and other work-related events. The employee may be required to conduct trips to, from, and within various city and county-wide locations to attend meetings or events. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 15 pounds.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Please note this position description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

• High school diploma or equivalent, Bachelor’s degree in computer information systems (CIS) preferred.
• Minimum 3-5 years of progressive IT experience required.
• Tech savvy and high proficiency in multiple hardware and software systems.
• Experience with Blackbaud and CANVAS systems are a plus.

Core Technical & Infrastructure Skills

• Network Infrastructure: designing, securing, and maintaining campus wide wi-fi, switches, routers, and firewalls (eg. Cisco, Meraki)
• Server & Cloud Management: Expertise in managing Windows and Linux servers, Group Policy, Google Cloud, and Microsoft 365 administration.
• Virtualization & Storage: Experience managing virtual environments and backup/disaster recovery solutions (e.g., Veeam).
• Identity & Access Management (IAM): Experience setting up Single Sign-On (SSO) systems to make secure and easy student/teacher access.