IT Manager II

Salary: $115,000.00 - $130,000.00 Annually
Location : Richland County, SC
Job Type: FTE - Full-Time
Job Number: 26-136
Agency: State Law Enforcement Division (SLED)
Division: Information Technology & Security
Opening Date: 11/06/2026
Closing Date: 11/18/2026 11:59 PM Eastern
Residency Requirement: No
Class Code:: AM56
Position Number::
Normal Work Schedule:: Other
Pay Grade: TEC08
Hiring Range - Min.: $115,000.00
Hiring Range - Max.: $130,000.00
Normal Work Schedule (Other):: Monday - Friday (8:30 - 5:00) with varied hours based on situational response and subject to periodic on-call duty.
Veteran Preference Statement: South Carolina is making our Veterans a priority for employment in state agencies and institutions.

Job Responsibilities
General Responsibility
Manage the operation, maintenance, and optimization of SLED's IT infrastructure, including physical and virtual servers, virtual hosts, storage, and network. Manage a team of system and network engineers. Recommend, develop, configure, install, monitor, and support the agency's infrastructure. Provide technical support and guidance to system and network engineers and mentors the team to provide the best solutions for SLED's infrastructure. Manage vendor relationships, including contract negotiation, performance monitoring, and issue resolution. Assist in overseeing the physical security, integrity, and safety of the data center, server, storage, and network environments. Establish cost-effective cloud solutions.

Specific Duties

• Provide day-to-day management of the server and network teams, including engineers and the agency's server, virtual host, storage, and network hardware, software, and security solutions. Provide technical guidance to team members.
• Oversee hardware and software upgrades to SLED's servers, virtualization hosts, storage, and network, and the installation of new and enhanced products. Maintain and monitor SLED's infrastructure. Implement automation of manual processes. Provide recommendations to the IT Director on opportunities to optimize the performance, reliability, and cost effectiveness of SLED's infrastructure, including servers, virtualization, storage, and network.
• Foster a collaborative and positive work environment that encourages innovation and professional growth. Coordinate team activities, prioritize tasks, and ensure that deadlines are met.
• Coordinate with vendors and other IT staff to recommend, develop quotes for, evaluate, and install technologies for SLED's infrastructure, including network, storage, backup, virtualization, cloud, hardware, and software platforms.
• Coordinate required security reviews and audits of server, storage, and network infrastructure. Manage disaster recovery.

Minimum and Additional Requirements

• A bachelor's degree in communications, business administration, information technology, mathematics, statistics, management information science or a related field and a minimum of seven (7) years' experience in IT virtual/physical Windows Server Environment. Relevant experience may substitute for the bachelor's degree on a year-for- year basis.
• Knowledge of server and network infrastructure, including Windows Server, VMware virtualization, virtual hosts, enterprise storage, routing, switching, firewalls, and cloud platforms such as Azure.
• Ability to lead, manage, and mentor server and network infrastructure teams.
• Ability to design and maintain secure scalable environments while enforcing policies and security measures.
• Ability to manage vendor relationships, including contract negotiation, performance monitoring, and issue resolution.
• Must be able to communicate effectively and align IT operations with organizational goals and compliance requirements.
• Must pass a national fingerprint and background check.
• Employee may be required to travel, and this will include overnight travel.
• This role supports 24/7 infrastructure and the employee will on call.

Additional Comments
SLED offers an exceptional benefits package for FTE positions that includes:

• Health, Dental, Vision, Long Term Disability, and Life Insurance for Employee, Spouse, and Children
• 15 days annual (vacation) leave per year
• 15 days sick leave per year
• 13 paid holidays
• Paid Parental Leave
• State Retirement Plan and Deferred Compensation Programs

Supplemental questions are considered part of the official application. Any misrepresentation of yourself may be grounds for disqualification.

Conditional selection based on candidate education, training, experience, oral interviews and clearance of background investigation.
Benefits for State Employees
The state of South Carolina offers eligible employees generous benefits, including health and dental insurance; retirement and savings plan options; and paid vacation and sick leave. Plus, work-life balance programs such as telecommuting and flexible work schedules are available to employees of some state agencies.

Insurance Benefits
Eligible employees may enroll in health insurance, which includes prescription coverage and wellness benefits. Other available insurance benefits include dental, vision, term life insurance, long term disability and flexible spending accounts for health and child care expenses.

Retirement Benefits
State employees are also offered retirement plan options, including defined benefit and defined contribution plans. Additionally, eligible employees may elect to participate in the South Carolina Deferred Compensation Program, which is a voluntary, supplemental retirement savings plan offering 401(k) and 457 plan options.

Workplace Benefits
State employees may also be eligible for other benefits, including tuition assistance; holiday, annual and sick leave; and discounts on purchases, travel and more.

Note: The benefits above are available to most state employees, with the exception of those in temporary positions. Employees in temporary grant and time-limited positions may be eligible for all, some or none of these benefits as benefits are associated with each position type. For these positions, contact the hiring agency to determine what benefits may be available.
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What is your highest level of education?

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Associate's Degree
• Bachelor's Degree
• Master's Degree
• Doctorate Degree

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If you have a degree, what was your major area of study?
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Do you have a minimum of seven (7) years of experience in computer system administration and modification in either an on-premises, cloud-based, or hybrid environment? (ex. IT virtual/physical Windows Server Environment)

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Please briefly describe relevant experience for this role.
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Please list any relevant certifications for this role.
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Do you understand that this position supports 24/7 IT infrastructure which requires a periodic on-call status?

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If offered the position, are you willing to accept a salary offer between $115,000 and $130,000?

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Have you ever used/experimented with any illegal drugs? If yes, provide name of drug and last date used.
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Have you ever purchased or sold any illegal drugs? If yes, provide name of drug and date of action.
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As a condition of employment, I understand that all sworn and non-sworn employees, including contract and temporary employees will be subject to random drug testing.

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As part of the application process, are you willing to submit to a background investigation to include: a criminal history check, driving record, history of drug use, employer and personal reference checks?

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• No

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I understand that these supplemental questions are an official part of this application. Any attempt to misrepresent myself may be grounds for disqualification.

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I have read each question carefully and affirm or attest that all questions answered are true and correct?

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Will you need reasonable accommodations to participate in the selection procedures (e.g., interview, written tests, or job demonstrations)?If yes, contact the human resources office of the S.C. Law Enforcement Division.

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