Oklahoma State Government

Oklahoma State Government

Senior Director of Infrastructure and Operations

Oklahoma County · Director · Part-time

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About the role

  • The ideal candidate blends deep technical credibility with strong people leadership, using data-driven operational discipline to keep environments healthy and proactive workforce practices to keep the team healthy.
  • Salary is based on education and experience.
  • This is an on-site position located in Oklahoma City, OK.

Responsibilities

  • Lead incident, problem, and change management practices to reduce unplanned downtime and prevent recurring issues.
  • Own vendor and managed service provider relationships supporting infrastructure operations, balancing outsourced support with internal capability.
  • Lead and develop managers and engineers across server, cloud, and network teams, building clear career paths, succession plans, and cross-training to reduce single points of failure.
  • Set clear performance expectations and provide regular coaching, feedback, and recognition to build a high-performing, motivated organization.
  • Support the Information Services Division.

Requirements

  • Advanced degree or relevant certifications (e.g., ITIL, PMP, cloud provider certifications).
  • Experience leading infrastructure modernization or cloud migration initiatives at scale.

Compensation

  • Generous leave including 15 days of vacation, 15 days of sick leave and 11 paid holidays annually.

Benefits

  • Generous leave including 15 days of vacation, 15 days of sick leave and 11 paid holidays annually.
  • A comprehensive Benefit Package with a generous benefit allowance to offset the cost of insurance premiums for employees and their eligible dependents.
  • The Senior Director of Infrastructure & Operations leads the organization's server, cloud, and network engineering teams and owns the overall health of both the technology environment and the team that runs it.
  • Environmental Health & Operational Reliability
  • Own end-to-end health of server, cloud, and network infrastructure, including availability, capacity, performance, and disaster recovery posture.
  • Establish and monitor key operational health indicators (uptime, MTTR/MTTD, incident volume and severity, patch compliance, capacity headroom) and drive continuous improvement against them.
  • Champion observability and monitoring maturity (metrics, logging, alerting, automated health checks) across on-prem and cloud environments.
  • Team Health & Organizational Leadership
  • Monitor team health indicators such as on-call burden, workload distribution, engagement, and retention, and act early to address burnout or attrition risk.
  • Establish healthy on-call and escalation practices that protect team well-being while maintaining strong incident response coverage.

Company info

  • We are a highly qualified workforce committed to serve those who serve Oklahomans and make government run in the most efficient, innovative manner possible.

Equal opportunity

  • Employment
  • The State of Oklahoma is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of genetic information, race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, or disability.
  • Current active State of Oklahoma employees must apply for open positions internally through the Workday Jobs Hub.
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