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Florida Department of Financial Services lists this Data Center Manager opportunity in tallahassee, Florida. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
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Overview
Office of Legislative Information Technology Services
Job Title
Information Systems Chief
Working Title
Data Center Team: Data Center Manager
General Summary
The Florida Legislature is seeking an experienced and operationally focused Data Center Manager to support the Office of Legislative Information Technology Services (OLITS) Infrastructure and Operations division. This position serves as a key operational leader responsible for ensuring the stability, reliability, and effectiveness of day-to-day infrastructure operations. Working under the direction of the Deputy Chief Information Officer for Infrastructure and Operations, this role provides oversight across Customer Support, Systems Administration, Networking, and the Data Center Facilities teams to ensure coordinated execution of operational priorities. The Data Center Manager functions as a trusted second in command of operational activities, leading cross-team coordination, managing escalations, and ensuring that services are delivered efficiently and consistently. This position emphasizes operational discipline, risk awareness, and lifecycle planning while enabling executive leadership to focus on strategic initiatives.
Responsibilities
Provide operational oversight across infrastructure teams, including Customer Support, Systems Administration, Networking, and Data Center Facilities
Coordinate day-to-day operations to ensure reliability, performance, and service continuity across all infrastructure services
Serve as the primary escalation point for operational incidents and cross-team issues
Participate in performance evaluations of working managers and assist in aligning team priorities, goals, and workload distribution
Facilitate cross-team collaboration to resolve conflicts, improve processes, and ensure consistent service delivery
Develop, maintain and enforce operational standards, procedures, and runbooks
Coordinate maintenance windows, system changes, and infrastructure cutovers to minimize disruption
Own and manage lifecycle planning activities, including:
Tracking asset age, risk exposure, and refresh timelines
Assist in development of infrastructure lifecycle reinvestment budgets in coordination with leadership
Collaborate on infrastructure design decisions impacting the data center and enterprise systems
Ensure readiness and accuracy of backup, disaster recovery (DR), and continuity of operations (COOP) capabilities and documentation
Support cloud integration initiatives, including hybrid and Azure-based environments
Identify operational risks and implement mitigation strategies to improve system resilience and reliability
Participate in compliance related activities, including alignment with CJIS and NIST frameworks and remediation of audit findings
Provide regular operational status updates and briefing to leadership
Maintain awareness of emerging technologies and operational best practices
Perform other related duties as required
Minimum Qualifications
A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in computer science, management information systems, or engineering and six years of progressively responsible information systems experience, two years of which must have been in a managerial or supervisory capacity. Progressively responsible information systems experience can substitute on a year-for-year basis for the required college education. Any combination of progressively responsible information systems experience and post-secondary training in disciplines as described above totaling ten years.
Preferred Qualifications
Preference will be given to applicants with the following:
Extensive experience in infrastructure operations leadership across multiple technical domains
Experience overseeing and coordinating cross-functional IT teams in an operational environment
Knowledge of backup disaster recovery (DR), and continuity of operations (COOP) planning and execution
Experience supporting hybrid cloud environments, including Microsoft Azure integrations
Experience developing and managing lifecycle refresh and reinvestment planning
Knowledge of operational risk identification and mitigation strategies
Familiarity with CJIS and NIST frameworks
Experience developing operational documentation, runbooks, and standards
Strong understanding of enterprise IT operations, including incident management, change coordination, and service delivery
Skills and abilities
Strong leadership and decision-making skills in operational environments
Ability to remain calm and effective under pressure during incidents and escalations
Strong process-oriented mindset with the ability to improve operational efficiency
Ability to coordinate and align multiple teams toward shared objectives
Ability to analyze complex operational issues and implement practical solutions
Ability to communicate technical operational information clearly and effectively
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships across teams and leadership
Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
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Worksite address
tallahassee, FL, 32318, US
Who can apply
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