Director, System Engineer and Administration
Job Description
Fast Facts
Pansophic Learning is seeking a Director of System Engineering and Administration to lead IT operations across multiple business verticals, focusing on enhancing processes and implementing innovative tech solutions. The role involves managing critical business applications and fostering vendor partnerships while ensuring security and performance.
Responsibilities: The Director will oversee application management, account automation, Windows engineering support, process documentation, operational procedures, and maintain communication between IT and business partners.
Skills: Candidates should have a Bachelor’s degree, strong organizational and communication skills, and the ability to analyze processes and foster business relationships.
Qualifications: Preferred qualifications include experience working with senior executives, leadership abilities, and ability to adapt to changing environments.
Location: Columbus and Parma, Ohio, United States
Compensation: Not provided by employer. Typical compensation ranges for this position are between $120,000 - $180,000.
About the Opportunity
“We believe that every child should be able to be anything they want in life, regardless of their birthplace and circumstances.” – Ron Packard, CEO & Founder
Pansophic Learning is an education company that strives to provide students and educators exceptional learning solutions that enable them to maximize their success academically and in life, regardless of geographic, financial, or demographic circumstance. These learning solutions include high quality content, technology, teaching and exceptional schools.
The Director System Engineering and Administration is responsible for designing, managing, administering, and monitoring applications integral to our business partners, our products, and the Information Technology (IT) organization. We are looking for a passionate IT Leader with a large spectrum of experience working across multiple business verticals in a rapidly evolving environment. You will have the opportunity to improve everyday business processes, challenge the status quo and propose innovative solutions to modernize our approach in areas covering forecasting, asset management, procurement, and financial reconciliation.
As the Director, Engineering and Administration you will support the following areas:
- Account creation, automation, and support for Google, Windows, and Azure enterprise and education environments
- Support and implementation of Windows engineering items to include Intune, MFA, DLP, Cloud App Security, Defender ATP and Defender Endpoint
- Support for large environments focused on automation and software patching
- Work with platforms such as GoGuardian, Printix, Radius, Exchange, Intune, Jamf, and V2
- Ensure products meet the necessary requirements for security, portability, and performance
- Meet tight business timelines, establish and measure required SLAs
- Create and maintain required documentation
- Develop, deploy, and support processes to support data projects
- Build strategic partnerships with vendors and hold them accountable for delivery
- Operational support, logging, alerting, and establishing tools, standards, and operational procedures
- Work across a multitude of third-party solution providers each fulfilling a portion of the overall service delivery
- Exhibit critical thinking by seeing outcomes and providing direction when there are multiple stakeholders and solutions
- Ensure concise, clear, and regular verbal and written communication between business partners and the IT organization
- Adhere to established standards by the IT organization
About You:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- Highly organized, able to multi-task, with a high attention to detail and ability to prioritize
- Confident, high-energy, self-motivated and a true team player
- Successful individuals will be innovative, persuasive, creative and have a genuine curiosity in their business partner’s business, goal and results oriented, optimistic, smart, value-added mindset, proactive and easily adapts to change
- Exceptional ability to communicate and foster positive business relationships
- Accountability and personal organization are essential
- Demonstrate leadership qualities and abilities
- Ability to establish milestones and ensure execution is on track
- Ability to analyze and optimize existing processes
- Ability to mediate, counsel, and empathize with internal and external teams to ensure expectations are exceeded
- Experience working with senior and executive level business partners
- Patient and active listener
- Ability to pass federal and state criminal background checks (FBI/BCI)
- Ability to think independently and contribute to the overall effort without much direction
Our Benefits:
Life benefits – time & peace of mind
- Paid time off
- Retirement contributions
- Optional Basic Life and AD&D insurance
- Voluntary life insurance (employee, spouse, child)
- Discounted childcare at Early Learning Academies locations
Health benefits – stay well & thrive
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- Voluntary short-term disability insurance
- Voluntary long-term disability insurance
Career benefits – keep growing
- Career advancement opportunities throughout Pansophic Learning and our strong network of 4,000+ instructors and education professionals
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
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Company Information
Location: McLean, VA
Type: Hybrid