Hiring: Director of Information Technology Company: Dr. Tavel Optical Group Location: Indianapolis, IN Job Posted Time: 2026-09-14 15:13:05 Employment Type: Remote Target Skills & Keywords : AWS, Azure, HIPAA, Node.js, VPN, Windows Server About the job Required Skills: •Dr. Tavel Family Eye Care | Indianapolis, IN | Reports to General Manager •Dr. Tavel Family Eye Care is Indiana's largest independent eye care provider, with 20+ locations and approximately 325 team members serving patients across the state. We are a growth-oriented, operationally complex business that moves fast and we need an IT leader who moves with us. •This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who genuinely loves both sides of the job: solving hard technical problems and building a team that delivers. You will report directly to the General Manager and sit on our senior leadership team alongside peers who collectively oversee the full operation of the company. •Inherit a capable team of three senior systems administrators and a help desk technician, and you will play a direct role in their continued growth and development. •If you have thrived in environments where direction evolves, priorities shift, and no two weeks look alike, you will feel at home here. If you need everything perfectly defined before you can move, this probably is not your role. •Core IT operations: Entra ID, Microsoft 365, Windows server environment, networking, desktops, backup, and disaster recovery •A serious multi-site network: 29 locations connected via site-to-site VPN over brand new Ubiquiti firewalls, switches, and WAPs infrastructure, with Zscaler for remote access •Organization-wide ticketing and first-line user support across all locations Qualifications: •You are deeply curious. You read widely, think carefully, and are genuinely energized by hard problems. You do not wait for someone to hand you a solution; you go find one. Your communication is clear, direct, and polished, and you can adapt your message for a help desk technician, a department head, or the executive team without losing the thread. •You are a technologist who became a leader, or you have always been both. You do not need to be in the weeds on every ticket, but you can be when it matters. You understand that IT exists to serve the business and you hold yourself and your team accountable to that standard. •You are an active user of AI tools, not as a novelty but as a genuine capability you have woven into how you work. You think carefully about where AI can reduce friction, accelerate resolution, or surface insights, and you know how to bring your team along with you. •When things change and they will, you adapt and help your team do the same. You leave environments more capable than you found them. •10 or more years of progressive IT experience, including meaningful time in a leadership or management role •A genuine track record of developing people, not just managing them •Strong judgment about when to build process and when to just get things done •The ability to work effectively across organizational boundaries, including with technical peers who own adjacent environments •Exceptional written and verbal communication and the presence to operate on a senior leadership team •Demonstrated use of AI tools in your day-to-day work and genuine enthusiasm for deploying them strategically Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!