Position Type: Administration/Director
Date Posted: 10/28/2026
Location: Administration - Information Technology/Services
ROCKFORD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT #205Job Description Job Title: Director of IT Infrastructure and Security Job Code: Department: Technology ServicesSupervisor: Executive Director of TechnologyDate: 10/27/2026FLSA Status: ExemptGrade: 03PURPOSE OF THE POSITION: Leads the team responsible for reliable, resilient district infrastructure and security, and establishes and administers strategies and procedures for assigned infrastructure, information security and disaster recovery programs in accordance with organizational information security standards while evaluating information risk, planning improvements and promoting information security awareness within the organization.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: Network Administrators, Network Engineers, Systems Administrators, Systems Engineers, Telecommunications Administrator, Network Services Specialist, User Security Administrator, Network Security Engineer, Network Security Administrators.
Compensation Range: $91,528-$128,140
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. In addition to the requirements listed below, regular attendance is an essential function of this position.
- Ensures that all actions are in concert with the Board policies as well as the mission statement, beliefs, objectives and parameters found in the Board's strategic plan.
- Participates in job training and professional growth opportunities in order to enhance ability to perform the essential functions of the job.
- Performs other related duties as assigned for the purpose of ensuring an efficient and effective work environment.
- Responsible for leading the team in the implementation and maintenance of assigned district servers, networks, telecommunications, disaster recovery and security services in collaboration with the Executive Director of Technology.
- Provides hands-on technical leadership for complex troubleshooting, major incidents and escalations as needed.
- Monitors and provides input to the District Technology Plan, including multiyear strategy, lifecycle and capacity planning for assigned services; ensures implementation follows the plan and reports progress, service reliability and risk-reduction outcomes.
- Monitors and maintains secure and appropriately filtered internet access for the district.
- Prepares and plans the assigned section of the technology budget, forecasts renewal and lifecycle needs, tracks assigned spending, and participates in overall technology budget planning.
- Participates in E-Rate roadmap and planning by providing infrastructure needs, priorities, technical specifications and cost estimates in coordination with the district's E-Rate lead.
- Oversees protected system backups, monitors and remediates backup failures, and validates recovery against agreed recovery time and data-loss objectives through restoration and disaster recovery tests.
- Oversee the development, integration and support of the District's networking infrastructure.
- Coordinates projects or services with outside computer support organizations and vendors.
- Manages and audits updates, security protocols and policies, and the identity lifecycle, user access and privileged access for assigned district systems, in coordination with relevant system owners.
- Conducts annual independent penetration tests, network audits, and identity security reviews in conjunction with third-party experts; oversees ongoing risk-based vulnerability assessment, remediation and closure validation with relevant system owners.
- Monitors, develops, and maintains IT security pertaining to perimeter and internal preventive and detective controls, disaster recovery, Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, and cloud services, in coordination with relevant system owners; supports security awareness training.
- Provides direction and assistance in the maintenance of the District's endpoint protection, detection and response capabilities.
- Oversees timely monitoring, triage and escalation of data from the District's Security Information and Event Management platform (SIEM), Zero Trust platforms, and threat logs through assigned staff and service providers.
- Develops and implements information security and disaster recovery programs in accordance with organizational information security standards.
- Provides, maintains, and updates documentation for system processes and technical specifications.
- Develops, publishes and maintains an IT Incident Response Plan that defines 24/7/365 coverage and escalation responsibilities, exercises, communications, recovery and post-incident improvement.
QUALIFICATIONS:- Bachelor of Applied Science degree or equivalent; at least five years of directly related experience and/or formal training in IT security prevention and response planning; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Relevant professional certifications in infrastructure, cloud administration or cybersecurity preferred.
- Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) Certification preferred.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES: - Ability to demonstrate qualities aligned to our core values of Character, Communication, Collaboration and Continuous Improvement.
- Experience with virtualization, storage, networking, identity and access management, single sign-on, disaster recovery, and IT security required. Experience with Nutanix and hyperconverged infrastructure, Veeam backup and recovery, Splunk for security information and event management (SIEM), and SQL database infrastructure.
- Knowledge of E-Rate (specifically Category 2), evidence-based funding, and education-related grants is preferred.
- Experience deploying and integrating multifactor authentication, identity federation, secure directory services, and secure data transmission required.
- Knowledge and understanding of state and federal student data privacy laws including but not limited to FERPA, COPPA, CIPA, and ISSRA highly recommended.
- Must have a strong understanding of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) 2.0. Ability to lead and mentor a multidisciplinary infrastructure and security team required.
- Must be able to lead and direct a team, meet deadlines, and promote a culture that is centric to the District values.
WORK CALENDAR:12 Months
A comprehensive benefits package is offered, including:- Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
- Voluntary life insurance
- Paid Sick and Personal time
- Paid holidays
- Paid vacation
- Membership in the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) or Teachers' Retirement System (TRS)
- Optional 403(b) plan
- Employee assistance program (EAP)
WORKING CONDITIONS: Moderate in-district travel as well as intermittent-in-state and out-of-state travel. Intermittent prolonged and irregular hours of work.
OTHER: This job description describes duties and responsibilities which are representative of the nature and level of work assigned to the position. The identified duties and responsibilities are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific duties does not exclude them from the position.
The job description does not constitute an employment agreement between the school district and employee and is subject to change by the school district as the needs of the school district and requirements of the job change.
Physical Aspects of the Position 1.
Climbing - Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding ramps, poles and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized.
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Balancing - Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing or crouching on narrow, slippery or erratically moving surfaces.
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Stooping - Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist.
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Kneeling - Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.
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Crouching - Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.
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Crawling - Moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet.
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Reaching - Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
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Standing - Particularly for sustained periods of time.
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Walking - Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances.
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Pushing - using upper extremities to press against something with steady force order to thrust forward, downward or outward.
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Pulling - Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.
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Lifting - Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and required the substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles.
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Finger use - Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with the fingers rather than the whole hand or arm as in handling.
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Grasping - Applying pressure to an object with the fingers or palm.
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Talking - Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of spoken word. Those activities in which you must convey detailed or spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly or quickly
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Hearing - Perceiving the nature of sounds. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make fine discriminations in sounds such as when making fine adjustments on machinery.
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Repetitive Motions - Substantial movements (motions) of the wrist, hands, and/or fingers.
The Physical Requirements of the Position 1.
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Sedentary Work - Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary Work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.
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Light Work - Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. If the use of arm and/or leg controls requires exertion of force greater than that for sedentary work and the worker sits most of the time, the job is rated for Light Work.
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Medium Work - Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
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Heavy Work - Exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
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Very Heavy Work Exerting in excess of 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or in excess of 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or in excess of 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
The visual acuity requirements including color, depth perception and field of vision 1.
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Machine Operations - inspection, close assembly, clerical, administration. This is a minimum standard for use with those whose work deals largely with preparing and analyzing data and figures, accounting, transcription, computer terminal, extensive reading, or visual inspection.
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Mechanics - Skilled tradespeople - This is a minimum standard for use with those whose work deals with machines such as power tools, lathes and drills.
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Mobile Equipment - This is a minimum standard for use with those who operate cars, trucks, forklifts, cranes, and high equipment.
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Other - This is a minimum standard basis on the criteria of accuracy and neatness of work for janitors, sweepers, etc.
The Conditions the Worker will be subject to in this position 1.
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The worker is subject to inside environment conditions.
