Director of Technology

Job Description:

This role combines strategic leadership with daily, hands-on work. The Director will be equally comfortable developing a multiyear technology plan with corresponding budgets, troubleshooting a MacBook, helping a teacher evaluate a learning tool, and ensuring network operation. The successful candidate will bring technical depth, sound judgment, patience, and an understanding of the relationships that make a school community thrive.

Job Responsibilities:

Primary Responsibilites

• Technology leadership and stewardship
• Develop and maintain a practical technology plan that reflects school priorities, the needs of both campuses, and available resources
• Partner with school leadership to establish annual priorities, operating and capital budgets, and sustainable equipment replacement schedules.
• Manage technology purchasing, licensing, vendor relationships, and service agreements; coordinate outside specialists and any assigned technology staff

Daily Support

• Administer and support the school’s Apple environment, including macOS devices, Apple School Manager, and mobile device management.
• Oversee device deployment, software distribution, updates, security settings, repairs, inventory, and retirement.
• Provide approachable, timely technical support to students, faculty, and staff, with a regular presence on both campuses.

Infrastructure and School Systems

• Maintain reliable internet access, Wi-Fi, networks, and cloud services across academic, administrative, and residential spaces.
• Coordinate network improvements and service continuity planning appropriate to two campuses and a mountain setting.
• Manage network devices with a familiarity of Meraki and Unifi systems.

Qualifications:

• Progressively responsible experience in technology support, systems administration, or technology leadership, preferably in an educational setting.
• Strong practical expertise supporting and managing Macs, including centralized device management.
• Working knowledge of networking, Wi-Fi, cloud administration, cybersecurity, identity management, and backup and recovery.
• The ability to manage projects, budgets, vendors, and competing priorities with care and follow-through.
• Clear communication skills and a patient, service-oriented approach to troubleshooting and training.