Salary: $171,703.00 - $207,051.00 Annually
Location : Long Beach
Job Type: Full-Time
Job Number: LB - ISBM 06-2025
Department: City of Long Beach
Opening Date: 06/13/2025
Closing Date: 7/20/2025 11:59 PM Pacific

About the Position
City of Long Beach, CA

Infrastructure Services Bureau Manager
The Infrastructure Services Bureau Manager (ISBM) is a senior leader within the City's Technology & Innovation Department (TI), reporting to the Deputy Director and overseeing one of five TI bureaus. Leading a team of approximately 48 staff across three divisions, the ISBM is responsible for managing the City's core IT infrastructure-networks, cloud and on-prem systems, data centers, security access, mainframe computing, and public safety communications.
This role blends strategy and operations, driving digital transformation while ensuring reliable service delivery. The ISBM works closely with City leadership and external partners, champions innovation and equity, and builds a culture of service excellence, continuous improvement, and collaboration.

Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate is a strategic thinker with vision, energy, and a passion for public service, bringing a deep commitment to service delivery, digital inclusion, and continuous learning. They are an experienced IT leader with a strong track record managing infrastructure in large, complex environments, spanning on-premise and cloud platforms. Their technical expertise includes networks, servers, storage, data protection, and disaster recovery, with desirable experience in camera and radio systems, and optional familiarity with data center and mainframe computing.
The candidate should be a collaborative communicator, skilled in building strong relationships with executives, stakeholders, peer bureaus, and front-line teams. With a people-first leadership style, they effectively manage onsite and remote teams and bring bonus experience leading unionized workforces.
This candidate is an innovator who leverages industry best practices and emerging technologies to solve real-world challenges and modernize infrastructure. They approach projects with a customer service mindset and a strong sense of accountability, consistently delivering results that align with organizational goals.
With demonstrated success in project management and budget oversight, they ensure that infrastructure initiatives are strategically planned, well-executed, and responsive to both current and future business needs.
Minimum Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in information technology, computer science, engineering, public administration, or a related field.
• 5 years of progressively responsible full-time experience in information technology, overseeing staff, budgets, and strategic initiatives.
• Three (3) years of the required experience must have been gained in a supervisory capacity

Desirable Qualifications: Experience in both public and private sector environments is preferred, especially with large-scale IT infrastructure projects.
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