City of Fort Worth
  • Sr. IT Solutions Manager

  • City of Fort Worth, TX
  • Fort Worth, Texas United States View Map

Job Description

Pay Range: $138,972 - $157,099 annual compensation

Job Posting Closing on: Monday, November 2, 2026

Work Location/Hours: Onsite - Fort Worth Water Department/ Monday through Friday and must be able to work after hours, weekends, and holidays as needed.

Benefits for this position include: 11 Paid Holidays, Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, Pension Plan, Professional Development Opportunities. Find out More!

The City of Fort Worth is one of the fastest-growing large cities in the U.S. Our employees serve the needs of over 1,000,000 residents, promoting our values of exceptional customer experience, mutual respect, embracing our diversity, continuous improvement, ethical behavior, and accountability.

The Fort Worth Water Department is seeking a forward-thinking Sr. Water IT Solutions Manager to lead its Water IT Section and provide strategic direction for the technology that supports critical utility operations.

The Sr. Water IT Solutions Manager oversees 38 authorized positions and 10 contractors. This position manages an approximately $14 million budget, including administering over 100 technology contracts. This position oversees the maintenance, security, and resilience of critical IT and operational technology (OT) infrastructure, supports technology services for approximately 1,058 employees, and sustains the technologies that are essential to serving 1.4 million water customers, including customer billing, metering, SCADA, asset management, GIS mapping, networks, servers, security systems, and utility data.

The ideal candidate will be a strategic technology leader focused on cybersecurity, operational continuity, infrastructure reliability, application sustainability, and technology modernization, ensuring Fort Worth Water's critical systems remain secure, resilient, and prepared for future needs.

Minimum Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, MIS, Business, or related technical field
  • Six (6) years of experience in information systems/design administration, computer systems analysis or computer programming
  • Three (3) years in a supervisory or administrative role
  • Valid driver's license

Preferred Qualifications:
  • Experience protecting critical/sensitive environments
  • Knowledge of regulatory requirements of the water sector
  • Strong budget management capabilities
  • Experience with IT procurement, purchasing, contract and agreement negotiation, vendor management, and contract administration
  • OT/IT network administration and security framework experience
  • Experience with the administration of critical SAAS applications
  • Proven ability to manage projects, contracts, teams, and internal/external partnerships
  • Strategic mindset with the ability to anticipate organizational needs and emerging technology trends

The Sr. Water IT Solutions Manager - job responsibilities include:
  • Lead people and technology initiatives by developing staff, setting priorities, managing performance, and leading complex technology projects, contracts, and specialized systems
  • Shape technology strategy and service delivery by helping establish goals, policies, and strategies that align information systems with organizational and operational needs
  • Design and improve technology solutions by analyzing business requirements, developing system enhancements and customizations, and identifying opportunities to improve functionality, reliability, and user experience
  • Manage technology resources and investments by supporting budget development, forecasting resource needs, monitoring expenditures, and ensuring projects and services remain aligned with organizational priorities
  • Lead system implementation and integration by coordinating system changes, data migration, security configuration, testing, documentation, and successful deployment across technology platforms
  • Manage and negotiate technology contracts by coordinating with vendors and internal stakeholders, evaluating contract terms and services, negotiating agreements and renewals, and ensuring technology investments deliver value and meet organizational requirements
  • Drive continuous improvement and performance by evaluating system performance, resolving complex issues, and partnering with teams to increase efficiency, reliability, and quality of service
  • Build strong partnerships - act as a trusted liaison between departments, city staff, and outside agencies to ensure seamless communication and effective technology solutions
  • Partner with the City's IT Solutions Department and key stakeholders to align technology strategies, priorities, and initiatives with organizational goals and objectives

Why Join Us

At Fort Worth Water, you'll do more than manage IT - you'll play a key role in protecting one of our city's most vital resources. You'll lead meaningful projects, work with cutting-edge technology, and help ensure that every drop of water in Fort Worth is delivered safely, efficiently, and sustainably.

Apply now and be part of something bigger - Fort Worth's future.

Working Conditions and Physical Demands

Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically require touching, talking, hearing, seeing, grasping, standing, walking and repetitive motions.

Sedentary Work - Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, a negligible amount of force frequently, and/or or constantly having to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.

Conditions of Employment

The City of Fort Worth is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is the policy and practice of the City to recruit, hire, train and promote a diverse workforce without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, or another non-merit factor.

The City of Fort Worth is committed to full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions.

Candidates who do not meet the Education requirement, may be considered if they have more relevant work experience than the position requires. Those selected for employment will be required to pass Pre-Employment checks depending on the position requirements. Those could include, but are not limited to: criminal background check, drug screen, education verification, etc. criminal convictions will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Employees are paid by direct deposit only.

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Closing Date/Time: Monday, November 2, 2026
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The Community

The City of Cowboys & Culture is known for its Texas hospitality. The stunning and sprawling City of
Fort Worth is one of the fastest-growing cities in the U.S. And it’s no wonder — With great neighborhoods, scenic terrain and a rich history of arts and culture, paired with world-class opportunities for business and education, it’s not only fun to visit Fort Worth, it’s even more rewarding to call it home.

Fort Worth truly offers all the benefits and amenities of a bustling metropolitan city, while keeping the small- town charm that keeps it unpretentious and charismatic in all the right ways. Designated as one of America’s “Most Livable Communities” by the Partners for Livable Communities, the city truly offers a melting pot of culture, commerce, community and yes, cowboys.

There are over a dozen remarkable districts full of treasured history among modern luxuries and unique places to have fun, making it the No. 1 tourist destination in Texas and welcoming more than 9.4 million visitors annually.

Being one of the fastest-growing among large cities in the country, Fort Worth has received multiple accolades, including number one downtown (Livability), and the second-best City in the nation for job seekers (Forbes). Our employees serve the needs of over 900,000 residents representing culturally diverse communities.

Exciting Growth & Future Development

One of the most fascinating aspects of the City of Fort Worth is its almost unprecedented growth over the past several years. Both in terms of population and industry, and as the 12th largest city in the United States, Fort Worth is truly booming — which presents both challenges and opportunities to truly develop this city in the right way. Every 30 minutes a new person moves to Fort Worth, so we’re looking for candidates who can embrace an evergrowing and changing environment and improve on it with solutions that work for the entire community of Fort Worth.

Mission

We are working together to build a strong community that others can look to as a pillar of unity and excellence. Through grassroots efforts within the community, and large scale construction and transportation plans that continue to add the infra- structure a growing city like Fort Worth needs, we’ll provide the public services our community requires to continually cultivate the unique city we call home.

Vision

Fort Worth’s vision is to be the most livable and best managed city in the country. We’ll do this by taking care of our citizens, implementing the highest quality standards in our schools, continually improving the neighborhoods we thrive in and the facets of the city that make our town so unique.

Benefits That Are Well Worth It

The City of Fort Worth continues to be dedicated to its employees’ well-being by providing competitive health benefits, a well-rounded wellness program and a Zero Accident Philosophy® workplace. All regular full-time employees and those employees who work 30–39 hours per week are eligible for all City of Fort Worth Benefits. Part-time employees who work 20–29 hours per week are eligible for dental, basic life insurance, supplemental life insurance, flexible spending accounts, 457 Deferred Compensation plan and other voluntary benefits.

Medical Program

The City offers two plan options through Meritain Health, an Aetna company.

The Health Center Plan – Offers employees and their family’s

primary health care services that are 100% completely free and unlimited. Employees can visit any one of the three City of Fort Worth Employee Health Centers and receive guaranteed same or next day appointments for sick visits. Also, services are available at any one of the five satellite locations that serves employees across the city.

The Consumer Choice Plan – Is offered to employees at no cost or low monthly premiums to cover eligible dependents and provides the financial benefits of a Health Savings Account (HSA).

• Preventative services are covered at 100% on both plans.
• Prescription Drug coverage including mail order pharmacy are also included.

Vacation

Eligible for 3 weeks of vacation: After successful completion of probationary period (usually
6 months), employees may take time off for rest, relaxation, vacation, illness, religious observances, and personal business.

Holidays

Available on the first day of employment, the city provides employees with paid holidays, including two personal holidays.

Wellness Program

The city’s Healthy Challenge Wellness Program rewards all full-time, benefit-eligible employees on the city’s health insurance. The Healthy Challenge Program utilizes a points system. Participants may earn points throughout the year (Jan. 1-Dec. 15) for completing specific program activities and participants can redeem points at the end of the year for a cash reward. By participating, individuals can earn $150, $200 or $250 by accumulating program points.

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