IT Operations Manager

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At Noble, we believe the health of soil, plants, animals, and humans is one and indivisible. We believe in rebuilding healthy soils and helping producers maintain a strong bottom line. Through these two actions, we can transform degraded grazing lands across the United States, benefiting the environment and society as a whole.

SALARY RANGE: $-$

At Noble, we believe the health of soil, plants, animals, and humans is one and indivisible. We believe in rebuilding healthy soils and helping producers maintain a strong bottom line. Through these two actions, we can transform degraded grazing lands across the United States, benefiting the environment and society as a whole.

Our focus is to help farmers and ranchers apply regenerative ranching principles to the nation’s 654 million acres of grazing lands. This monumental undertaking requires thousands of producers across the U.S. to overcome significant barriers and change their current practices to work with nature, not against it.

Our Information Technology team supports the organization’s mission through service, infrastructure, and technologies providing scalability and integration that seamlessly deliver Noble’s educational products to facilitate the regeneration of grazing lands. This work is crucial for us to deliver information necessary for farmers and ranchers to triumph over the barriers and ultimately benefit all of society through their efforts. We live to find new ways to generate usable information so farmers and ranchers can leave their land better at sunset than at sunrise.

So, do you want to join us? We are looking for a IT Operations Manager

As IT Operations Manager, you will be responsible for leading the strategy, governance, and lifecycle management of Noble's cloud and on-premises infrastructure platforms. Serving as a trusted advisor and subject matter expert, providing leadership in infrastructure strategy, guiding technology decisions and continuous improvement initiatives. Overseeing IT governance, risk management, and operational support, in collaboration with IT management, to align technology with organizational goals.

• Bachelor’s degree in IT, MIS, computer science, or related field (or equivalent experience – see education and experience requirements)
• In-depth experience with hybrid infrastructure architecture
• Experience with virtualization, backup, and disaster recovery across cloud and on-premises platforms
• Ability to guide and mentor technical teams and provide architectural direction
• Excellent communication and planning skills

• Leading teams
  • Translating departmental priorities into actionable team goals, establishing clear expectations, performance measures, and accountability for results. Managing assigned resources, budgets, staffing needs, risks, and competing priorities to ensure effective execution of operational and strategic objectives.
  • Making timely and informed decisions within delegated authority, taking ownership of outcomes and ensuring consistent accountability for organizational, operational, and team results.
  • Leading, coaching, and developing employees by providing ongoing guidance, performance feedback, and growth opportunities that support individual and team success.
  • Building collaborative partnerships across departments, proactively engaging stakeholders, communicating effectively, and leading change initiatives to drive successful outcomes.
  • Overseeing infrastructure, architecture and strategy
    • Providing leadership and oversight for infrastructure-related projects, ensuring initiatives are appropriately planned, resourced, executed, and aligned with organizational priorities.
    • Defining and maintaining hybrid infrastructure…