Administrator - Chief Technology Officer

This posting is to transition a current contractor to a new role so there is an incumbent, however, MSDH is required to interview additional candidates so please feel free to submit candidates to this posting.

• Advising agency executive leadership on overall strategy for technology to ensure business goals are met.
• Advising agency executive leadership on management of budgets related to the use of technology.
• Development of long-term technological strategies to support business operations.
• Serve as a liaison between business areas, IT operations, and software/applications developers.
• Serve as a single point of contact for the agency executive team for all technical matters.
• Assist business areas with identifying business cases and creating solutions based on those business use cases.
• Develop agency strategy for vendor relations and management.
• Develop strategy for improving user experience and boost satisfaction.
• Provide the minimum required skills and/or experience the contractor must possess to qualify for this position. These requirements will be transferred to the Score Sheet and candidates without these requirements reflected on their resume will NOT be presented to the manager for consideration.
• Experience overseeing all day-to-day aspects (planning, organizing, budgeting, etc.) of multi-faceted data management and/or modernization projects
• Ability to effectively communicate with coworkers involved in the collection, management and development of agency data resources in order to advance the agency's data modernization goals
• Experience working under data and IT security national standards applicable to the management and security of protected health information
• Provide any skills/experience that would be helpful for the candidate to possess but not required. Examples: Previous supervisory experience, WebLogic experience helpful, etc.