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Information Technology Staffing Policy

Title: Information Technology Staffing Policy
Approved by: Office of the President
Date approved by President or Board of Trustees: January 11, 2019
Effective date: January 11, 2019
Responsible Official: UTech Security and Policy
Responsible University Office: UTech Security and Policy
Revision History: 2
Related legislation and University policies: Acceptable Use of Information Technology (AUP), Restricted Information
Review Period: 3 Years
Date of Last Review: July 26, 2024
Relates to: Faculty, Staff

Summary

This document describes the directive for hiring of information technology personnel at ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½.

Purpose

In 2016, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ published "[Re] Imagining IT, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½â€™s Information Technology Strategic Plan" where an overall strategy for a centralized IT organization was laid out. The university then created a single IT organization, named University Technology (or [U]Tech for short) and began to combine organizational personnel to operate as a single organization within the university. These guidelines and definitions were developed by a cross-organizational committee tasked with addressing personnel issues.

  1. IT Personnel shall be hired and/or managed as part of the University Technology organization. This includes contractors and vendors supporting IT initiatives impacting IT infrastructure.
  2. University staff who are assigned with over 75% of their effort in management or support of information technology resources are considered IT Personnel.
  3. University staff working in IT roles with salaries funded by one or two closely associated research contracts/grants may be exempt from this policy.

Definitions

IT Personnel: persons who perform IT work. Examples of IT work include:

  • Support of desktop/personal/individual devices
  • Support of technology in classrooms, computer labs, shared printing stations, conference rooms, event spaces, etc.
  • Support of technical infrastructure including servers, storage, networking, A/V, etc.
  • Training and supporting users of technology
  • Application, database, and web software development
  • Support of classroom or academic technology
  • Information security
  • IT Management, Administration, and Financial Planning
  • Business Systems Analysis, and IT Project Management
  • Building Systems -Architectural, mechanical and control systems along with their respective subsystems, equipment, and components that connect with a network internet protocol address to a server-based or cloud-based service