VIBGYOR Group of Schools Looking for Senior Information Technology Specialist at Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Full Time

Primary Purpose: To Strategically and cost effectively utilize technology in alignment with corporate goals. Excel at strategic planning, building high-performance teams, project handling, and implementing best practice methodologies and continuous improvement programs.

Key Accountabilities/Activities:

Primary responsibility

• Responsible for the management of IT servers, networks, storage
• Define the infrastructure strategy and support initiatives.
• Ensure continuous delivery of IT services through oversight of service level agreements with end users and monitoring
• Guiding project& process Manager in testing & designing of projects.
• Establish technical standards and ensure adherence to them for product development and company operations.
• Responsible for digitizing the entire gamut of school operations. Reduction in cost of operations by leveraging the digital shift.
• Optimizing and managing the technology network in a manner it delivers high efficiency with sufficient resilience and yet managing costs effectively
• Identifying needs and ensuring ideal software solutions are developed in a timely manner to help increase operational efficiency
• Develop and maintain overall framework of IT policies, standards and strategies that will empower business and people to deliver on their commitments to the strategy and budgets
• Ensure efficiency in process / operations across the Centres /Corporate office
• Identify security threats, formulate strategies and methods to mitigate the threats
• As part of business continuity plan, ensure that there is no failure in business operations and appropriate DR plans are in place and regularly tested for readiness for unforeseen and unexpected events which can impact the business continuity.
• GAP Analysis of existing IT Infrastructure & Implemention of suitable solutions
• Cost Negotiations with vender on existing as well as new Services IT services
• Infra Team Management and project delegations
• New Internet Leased Lines along with Cyberoam Implemetation
• In-house development of Lead Management system and Integration with ERP
• In-house implementation of Customer Service Tracker
• Websites revamping/ development and Mobile App for Parents
• GAP analysis and process improvement alongwith revised BPD
• Evaluation of new ERP from various Vendors/Consultancies
• Strategy building and Project management for new ERP rollout
• Implementation of Google Docs for Collaboration / Active Directory for User management and Policies
• Replacement of expensive product software like Adobe / Microsoft

Secondary responsibility

• Developing long term plans to sustain and support the business, anticipating the future trends
• Lead strategic insight and overview of business case justifications and ROI analysis for IT spending and initiatives
• Ensure total quality management through uniform processes and procedures
• Mitigation of Operation Risk
• Demonstrated ability to interpret technology and market trends as a foundation for technology and product roadmaps.

Work Relations:

Internal:

• Reporting to Chairman for all functional as well as admin issues.
• Interfacing with all personnel across the organization, including those based out of CO/ZO as well as other Centers/Schools.

External:

· Interface with External Vendors

Span of Control:

· All team members in the IT & ERP family will be administratively or functionally or in both ways reporting into this position.

Financial decision making:

· Procurement Decision: Applicable

· Reimbursement Decision: Applicable

Qualification:

• B.Tech
• MCA

Experience:

· Minimum 12- 15 years’ experience supervising, managing and building a diverse IT support team.

Expected Competencies:

• Knowledge of Web Technologies like HTML, CSS, DHTML, ASP, JSP, PHP, AJAX, XML, JavaScript, JQuery, MemCached, Mobile SMS and Web Services for data Integration
• Knowledge of Designing , developing and implementing ERP grade business application
• Demonstrated ability to work in a high growth and dynamic business environment. Ability to deal with ambiguity, understand business requirements and translate those into Recruiting efforts
• Strong communication, interpersonal skills – ability to drive consensus in decision making, especially in conflicting situations.
• Applications Development and Implementation under .NET, JAVA and UNIX platforms using IBM DB2, ORACLE, MSSQL, MYSQL databases
• Sharp analytical capabilities, around – data interpretation, analyzing situations and driving actions most suited to achieve high impact outcomes
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Very strong customer service skills
• Effective interpersonal skills
• Leadership skills including, ability to lead & motivate co-workers from all backgrounds.
• Strategically and cost effectively utilize technology in alignment with corporate goals.
• Effective Negotiation skills
• Consistently improve delivery times and service levels while reducing costs.
• Effective time management skills

Adept to work in a fast paced business environment and deliver within tight deadlines

Job Location : Malad (Mumbai)

Designation: AGM/AVP