[Hiring] IT Director @SmartTech Contracting LLC

Role Description

The IT Director owns Smart Tech Contracting’s information technology function as the company scales from a small specialty contractor into a midsize, technology-driven organization. This role sets IT strategy, builds the internal team, owns the platforms and policies, and steadily brings in-house the capability the managed service provider (MSP) delivers today. IT serves every STC department, office, and field team.

Success is measured by how much faster STC staff can move safely:

• Taking a prototype from a laptop to a supported service in days rather than weeks.
• Securely connecting an SPI-approved AI tool to Microsoft 365 and business systems.
• Standing up an environment in hours instead of weeks.
• Answering a hyperscale client’s security questionnaire with confidence.

This is a dedicated leadership role. The IT Director leads the function through its leads and is accountable for their performance, owns the annual IT plan, headcount, and budget cycle, and develops, modifies, and executes company policies that affect immediate operations and have company-wide effect.

This role is NOT responsible for AI strategy or AI tool selection. The IT Director reports to the President and works closely with various stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience building or scaling an internal IT function through rapid growth.
• Expert knowledge of Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365.
• Strong knowledge of DevOps, CI/CD, and modern application hosting.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise AI tooling and agent deployment.
• Strong knowledge of security frameworks and client assurance.
• Skilled in writing practical, risk-based policy.
• Skilled in IT budgeting and cloud cost management.
• Skilled in recruiting, coaching, and growing technical leads and teams.
• Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical audiences.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in information systems, computer science, engineering, or related discipline OR four additional years of hands-on IT experience.
• Minimum ten years of IT experience, including five to seven years of leadership experience.
• Must have supported software developers or builders.
• Experience in construction, specialty contracting, or another distributed field-based business is strongly preferred.
• Experience leading SOC 2 readiness or responding to enterprise client security reviews is preferred.

Benefits

• Choice of comprehensive medical plans.
• Dental and vision plans.
• 401k with company match and self-directed brokerage account option.
• PTO including additional paid time off during the last week of the year.
• Company paid life insurance coverage for employees and their eligible dependents.
• Short and long-term disability, AD&D coverage.
• Professional development opportunities, tuition reimbursement, and professional licensing assistance.
• Paid parental leave after one year of employment.