As Director of IT you will be responsible for overseeing the organization’s IT infrastructure and ensuring that all IT Systems are running properly at all times.

RESPONSIBILITIES MANAGEMENT:

• Prioritize, plan and oversee IT projects and required staffing
• Oversee recruitment, training, retention, and organization of all IT staff based on upcoming projects and budget requirements
• Coach, mentor, motivate, supervise and evaluate team members, and promote positive actions and accountability for their assigned work
• Manage and develop all IT procedures, policies and standards to improve quality and efficiency

STRATEGY & PLANNING:

• Be mindful of and committed to the long term corporate vision and objectives and technological tools that can help achieve them
• Identify areas of potential business development and keep up to date with emerging industry trends and technologies
• Implement IT systems, strategic and operational plans and ensure that current and future IT needs are met
• Oversee the production of pre-planning studies, execution, and finalization of all IT projects according to strict deadlines and within budget? Architecture
• Evaluate, identify and oversee the integration of optimal technology platforms to deliver the company’s services (web application frameworks, email service and communication systems, web application hosting providers, etc…)
• Ensure that technology standards and best practices are maintained across the organization
• Monitor network security and ensure confidentiality, integrity and availability of the company’s data and servers
• Plan enterprise-wide disaster recovery and business continuity plans
• Oversee the deployment process of applications and platforms

CODING

• Participate in the scoping process of new projects
• Review technical designs, wireframes and specification documents to ensure conformance to development standards
• Establish and supervise a quality assurance process, including integration and system testing
• Set forth development methodology and oversee testing, coding conventions and documentation standards
• REQUIRED SKILLS
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Sciences, Computer Engineering, Business with IT background or equivalent experience
• Over 10 years of experience in software development and IT system management
• Over 5 years of experience managing a software development team
• Excellent leadership and communication skills – verbal and written
• Excellent time-management, organizational and prioritization skills
• Exceptional attention to detail
• Experience with web application deployment and frameworks
• Knowledge of software development standards and best practices
• Experience with risk management, data recovery, information security and PCI compliance
• Knowledge of Internet protocols and RFC standards, database management and revision control systems
• Experience with UNIX system administration and web server configuration
• Strong working knowledge of PHP, MySQL, CSS, XHTML, one or more JavaScript frameworks, and AJAX
• Experience in Java, Ruby on Rails, Grails JSON, HTML5/HTML,Flex/Flash or JavaScript an asset
• Experience with iPhone, iPad and Android mobile applications
• Strong interest in the latest trends and innovations in the IT industry