Information Technology Director jobs in New Jersey

Description

Job Purpose

The Technical Director, Information Technology provides technical and process leadership to support teams, maintains information technology infrastructure, researches and implements strategic technological solutions. The Director, Information Technology builds and maintains a robust infrastructure with scalability, high availability, and security in mind. This role is accountable for vendor management, architecture and engineering, including the design, implementation, and troubleshooting of server, network, storage, and software, and WAN/LAN across the enterprise (on-premise, cloud, co-lo). 

This position functions as a technical services escalation contact for IT Support and is accountable for administration, capacity planning, implementing new technology, maintaining existing systems, and IT security. Additionally, participates as a technical resource when needed for major projects. Ensure infrastructure security at all technological tiers and provide guidance and recommendations as needed. Leads in implementing security focused solutions and ensuring compliance for end users and systems as it relates security in accordance with HIPAA and HITECH standards.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Maintains organization's effectiveness and efficiency by defining, delivering, and supporting strategic plans for implementing information technologies. 
• Directs technological research by studying organization goals, strategies, practices, and user projects. 
• Completes projects by coordinating resources and timetables with user departments and data center. 
• Preserves assets by implementing disaster recovery and back-up procedures and information security and control structures. 
• Recommends information technology strategies and procedures by evaluating organization outcomes; identifying problems; evaluating trends; anticipating requirements and accounting for compliance needs and security best practices.
• Lead teams to assess, isolate, and remediate system issues and deploy new technology as needed
• Consistently demonstrate understanding of security standards in daily administration and solutions and as set forth in the Information Security and HIPAA policies.
• Work to ensure regulatory compliance (HIPAA, etc.) in all aspects of data utilization and information access.
• Stay abreast of new and emerging security threats and mitigation approaches for your respective area and perform periodic security reviews of your assigned areas
• Ensure all proposed changes follow the Change Management policy and procedure for production changes
• Limit viewing of PHI to the absolute minimum as necessary to perform assigned duties for your respective team
• Report any security or HIPAA violations or concerns for your team to the HIPAA Officers in a timely fashion
• Use, protect and disclose patients’ protected health information (PHI) only in accordance with Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) standards

Requirements

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or at least 5 years of progressive IT experience
• Strong knowledge of VMware, SAN Storage, Microsoft Operating Systems, Cisco Network Switches, Brocade Fiber Switches, EMC Data Domain
• Familiar with encryption strategies and protocols for data at rest and in transit
• Prior experience working in a highly sensitive environment housing ePHI and bound to HIPAA and HITECH regulations
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Proficient in computer hardware, software and network service, installation and administration
• Excellent critical thinking, troubleshooting and problem solving skill. 
• Must be self-motivated, flexible, and be able to function well under stressful working condition with minimal supervision.

Working Conditions

• Ability to work a flexible schedule, weekends, and/or on-call as needed
• Occasional travel to other company locations required
• Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to move around the work area; Sit; perform manual tasks; operate tools and other office equipment such as computer, computer peripherals and telephones; extend arms; kneel; talk and hear.
• Mental Demands: The employee must be able to follow directions, collaborate with others, and handle stress.
• Work Environment: The noise level in the work environment is usually minimal.

Med-Metrix will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), political affiliation, military service, veteran status, other non-merit based factors, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.