Director of IT Services

Jackson, MS, US • Posted 4 hours ago • Updated 4 hours ago
Contract Corp To Corp
Contract W2
On-site
$DOE
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Skills

  • DNS
  • S3
  • IAM
  • CloudWatch
  • VPC
  • Load Balancing
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • including the ability to translate technical issues into business-level communications for executive audiences. Required
  • Experience with progressive information technology
  • including significant experience managing enterprise IT operations and infrastructure. Required. 10 + yrs.
  • Experience in leadership or management
  • including direct supervision of technical teams
  • managers
  • engineers
  • and support personnel. Required. 8+ yrs.
  • with specific experience in Amazon Web Services (AWS) including EC2
  • and Landing Zone architectures. Required. 2 + yrs.
  • Strong understanding of enterprise networking
  • including LAN/WAN
  • wireless infrastructure
  • and telecommunications. Required. 2 + yrs.
  • Experience with enterprise monitoring and observability platforms. Required. 2 + yrs.
  • Strong understanding of cybersecurity principles
  • compliance frameworks
  • and IT governance in a regulated environment. Required. 2 + yrs.

Summary

Role: Director of IT Services
Work Location: Jackson, MS
Work Mode: Onsite
Director of IT Services, leadership or mgmt., direct supervision, manage cloud environments, AWS, enterprise IT operations & infrastructure, enterprise networking LAN/WAN, DNS
100% Onsite ONLY, no remote candidates.

The State of Mississippi Division of Medicaid (DOM) administers the state's Medicaid program, providing healthcare coverage to eligible Mississippians. DOM's Office of Information Technology Management supports the agency's mission through enterprise technology services spanning cloud infrastructure, networking, service desk operations, cybersecurity, application integration, and vendor management.

DOM is undergoing a significant technology modernization effort that includes migration of enterprise workloads to cloud platforms, implementation of federal interoperability mandates, adoption of cloud-native services, and restructuring of IT service delivery operations. These concurrent transformation initiatives require sustained, senior level technical leadership to ensure continuity of operations, effective vendor coordination, and successful execution of modernization objectives.

The purpose of this Statement of Work (SOW) is to procure staff augmentation services for one (1) Director of IT Services to provide executive-level leadership and operational oversight for DOM's enterprise IT Infrastructure Management (ITIM) and Delivery Services functions. The contractor shall serve as a key member of DOM's IT leadership team, reporting to the Chief Information Officer (CIO) and/or Chief Technology Officer (CTO), and shall be responsible for the day-to-day management of infrastructure operations, cloud services, vendor relationships, service desk operations, and technology modernization initiatives.

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  • Dice Id: 10477050
  • Position Id: 2026-57704
  • Posted 4 hours ago
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