Salary: $86,361.60 - $112,278.40 Annually
Location : Prescott Campus, Prescott, AZ
Job Type: Full Time
Job Number:Department: Network Services
Opening Date: 09/18/2026
Description of PositionThe Director, IT Infrastructure Services, under the general direction of the Chief Information Officer (CIO), provides strategic, architectural, and operational leadership for Yavapai College's enterprise IT infrastructure across all district campuses and centers. This position is responsible for ensuring the reliability, security, scalability, and lifecycle integrity of the college's foundational technology services, which include campus and wide-area networking, server and virtualization platforms, data storage and backup, cloud services, database systems, physical security and access control, and voice/telephony communications.
The Director leads a team of systems/database administrators, network administrators, and physical security specialists. This position also serves as a senior member of the ITS leadership team, contributing to the district's technology plan, technology roadmap, and digital transformation initiatives.
This position partners closely with the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and other ITS directors to ensure that infrastructure services are secure, compliant, and aligned with Yavapai College's institutional mission.
Key Responsibilities:Strategic & Architectural Leadership
- Collaborates with the CIO and ITS leadership team to develop, communicate, and execute the district's multi-year IT infrastructure strategy, ensuring alignment with the YC strategic plan and institutional priorities.
- Establishes and governs enterprise reference architectures covering campus and wide-area networking, server and virtualization platforms, storage, data backup and recovery, unified communications, wireless, and data center systems.
- Develops and maintains a cloud infrastructure strategy - covering public, private, and hybrid cloud platforms (e.g., Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365) to ensure scalability, cost-effectiveness, and alignment with district modernization goals.
- Contributes to the development and annual refinement of the YC Technology Plan and participates in IT governance committees (e.g., Technology Advisory Committee, Change Advisory Board).
- Researches emerging infrastructure technologies and provides recommendations to the CIO on applicability and adoption.
Infrastructure Operations & Service Management
- Oversee the design, operation, and lifecycle management of all district enterprise IT infrastructure services.
- Ensures high availability, reliability, performance, and scalability of all infrastructure services through robust monitoring, capacity planning, lifecycle management, and vendor support agreements.
- Establishes and matures IT service management (ITSM) practices aligned with ITIL frameworks, including incident management, problem management, change management, configuration management, and release management processes.
- Monitors infrastructure performance metrics, incident trends, outage reports, and service delivery outcomes.
Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity
- Leads disaster recovery (DR) and business continuity planning (BCP) for all infrastructure services, including development, documentation, regular testing, and alignment with college-wide continuity plans.
- Leads major incident response for infrastructure outages, ensuring timely escalation, stakeholder communication, root-cause analysis, and implementation of corrective actions.
Security, Compliance & Risk Management
- Partners closely with the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) to ensure infrastructure architecture, configurations, and operational practices align with the college's information security policies, standards, and applicable regulations.
Team Leadership & Professional Development
- Provides direct supervision, performance management, and professional development for the Infrastructure Team.
- Develop and implement succession planning and staff development pathways to build team depth and ensure operational continuity across all infrastructure domains.
- Ensures infrastructure teams operate with a strong customer-service mindset, fostering collaborative relationships with other ITS teams, college departments, and all stakeholders.
Budget, Procurement & Vendor Management
- Determines fiscal requirements, prepares annual and multi-year budget projections for the infrastructure domain, and monitors, verifies, and reconciles expenditures against budgeted funds.
- Builds and manages strategic relationships with technology vendors, contractors, and consortium partners; leads contract negotiations for infrastructure-related hardware maintenance, software licensing, and service agreements.
Minimum Expectations & Requirements Education:Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, or a closely related field - OR an equivalent combination of education and professional experience sufficient to perform the essential duties of this position.
Experience:Minimum of 8 years of progressive experience in enterprise IT infrastructure, with at least 3 years in IT management or supervisory role overseeing teams of technical professionals.
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:- Demonstrated knowledge of a wide range of infrastructure technologies and cloud services.
- Demonstrated ability to develop and communicate IT infrastructure strategy, architecture, and roadmaps to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Working knowledge of IT service management (ITSM) frameworks, including incident, change, and problem management.
- Proven ability to manage departmental budgets, vendor relationships, and multi-year capital planning for technology infrastructure.
- Demonstrated commitment to customer service, team development, and cross-departmental collaboration.
- Regular, reliable attendance and the ability to respond to after-hours infrastructure incidents when required.
Preferred Skills & Abilities Education:Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, or a closely related field.
Experience:Higher education administrative experience, preferably in a community college environment.
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:- Experience with Microsoft Enterprise Platforms (Azure, Entra, 365) and hybrid cloud architecture.
- Relevant industry certifications such as: CCNA, CCNP, or CCIE (Cisco); Azure Solutions Architect; AWS Solutions Architect; CISSP; PMP; or equivalent.
- Demonstrated experience with disaster recovery planning, testing, and execution.
Essential Functions To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements and competencies listed represent the required knowledge, skill, and ability. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
Physical DemandsThe 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 essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee must frequently use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms. In addition, the employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.
Work EnvironmentThe work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.
Yavapai College offers its full-time employees a comprehensive benefit package:
HEALTH/LIFE BENEFITS- Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance: College's partial payment of premiums toward medical with pharmacy and/or dental plan options picked by employees for themselves (and eligible dependents)
- Flexible Spending Accounts: Pre-tax pay deductions to use for eligible medical or dependent daycare costs
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Counseling and referral services for employees and their immediate families for depression, stress, family/marital conflict, and alcohol/drug issues
- Vision: Provides an amount per plan year for eligible expenses such as vision exams, lenses, frames, prescription sunglasses, and contact lenses
- Life Insurance: The College provides Basic Life Insurance coverage at twice of the employee's annual salary. Dependents have automatic coverage of $2,000/spouse and $1,000/per child if enrolled in medical plan.
- Voluntary Individual And Family Term Life Insurance: Additional term life insurance coverage available for employee, spouse and children.
- Other Insurance Coverage: Short Term and Long Term Disability (replacement income insurance), and Workers' Compensation (compensation, medical expenses and death benefits for on-the-job injuries or occupational diseases)
RETIREMENT BENEFITS- Retirement Benefits: Arizona State Retirement System or Optional Retirement Plan, and Social Security (which provides a basic retirement annuity based on age and years of contribution)
- Tax Deferred Annuities: Employees' contributions to designated tax-deferred annuities
- Unemployment Compensation: Employees who are laid off or terminated may receive benefits in covered wages meet requirements
LEAVE BENEFITS- Vacation : 15 days of Vacation leave annually. NOTE: For employees who work an amount of contractual days, there will be no earned vacation.
- Sick Leave: 12 days sick leave annually. NOTE: Employees working less than full time or an amount of contractual days will receive a proration of sick leave.
- Personal Leave: Use of up to three personal leave days per year which are charged against accumulated sick leave to take care of items of personal business
- Other Leave: Bereavement leave, Civic Duty Leave (Jury duty, active military duty, military training), and Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
- Holidays: 29 days during the year as paid holidays for full-time employees which include Independence Day, Labor Day, Veteran's Day, 3 days at Thanksgiving, 10 days at Winter/year-end break, Martin Luther King Day, Spring Break, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, and Fall Break.
OTHER BENEFITS- Breaking Bread: 32 meal swipes for use at the Prescott Campus Eatery. All Other Campuses and Sites receive a $140 credit each semester (fall and spring) to be used at the Open Market on campus/center
- Spanish Interpreter Incentive Program: Employees interested in additional compensation for their Spanish speaking skills agree to assist YC by attending two recruiting events and being available for Spanish Interpretation needs as they arise. Compensation is added to the employee's regular pay at the rate of $175 per month. Employees that are interested in participating let your HR Business Partner know, so they can schedule you for the ACTFL language proficiency test at the YC testing center.
- Direct Deposit: Paychecks deposited directly into the employee's bank account(s)
- Tuition Waiver: Eligible Full-time Faculty and Staff, their legally married spouse, and eligible dependents may enroll in a partial or full program of coursework without payment of tuition, exceptions may be lab fees and market-based additional fees
- Sabbatical: Faculty, professional, and administrative staff may apply for compensated leave of up to a year after six years of continuous service
- Professional Development Opportunities
- Additional Benefits and Services: Local community discounts to faculty and staff, computer loan program, mail and notary service.
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