VP, IT Operations

Career Opportunities: VP, IT Operations (73603)

Requisition
73603
-Posted
- Corporate (Corp)
- North Carolina

- Charlotte

Building the people that build the world.

With platforms in HVAC and Detection and Measurement, SPX Technologies builds innovative solutions that enable a safer, more efficient, sustainable world. Through our RiSE talent development framework, we Reach, Identify, Strengthen, and Engage our employees to support them in their continued development. We’re a global company of problem solvers, collaborators, and innovators, and our businesses build solutions that impact the world.

SPX is a diverse team of unique individuals who all make an impact. As the VP, IT Operations, you will lead the strategy, modernization, and operational excellence of the enterprise technology infrastructure and service delivery organization.

This role is responsible for all core infrastructure and operations functions including Data Center Operations, Servers, Storage, Network, End User Computing, Voice, Mobile, and Enterprise Service Delivery (internal technical support and outsourced 24x7 helpdesk). You will ensure high availability, resiliency, scalability, and cost-effectiveness across all environments while evolving the organization toward a modern, hybrid, cloud-smart architecture.

You will assess the current infrastructure footprint and operating model, define a forward‑looking strategy aligned to business growth and M&A activity, and build the capabilities required to support a scalable, secure, and resilient enterprise platform. This role requires a transformational leader who can modernize legacy environments, elevate team performance, and ensure infrastructure and service operations enable—not constrain—SPX’s strategic objectives.

While each day brings new opportunities at SPX, your core responsibilities will be:

• Develop and execute a multi‑year infrastructure and data center modernization roadmap aligned to business strategy and growth objectives.
• Assess current on‑premise environments and define a scalable hybrid architecture incorporating IaaS and PaaS where appropriate.
• Lead evaluation and modernization of legacy platforms, including end‑of‑life compute, storage, and voice/PBX systems.
• Define the future‑state data center strategy (on‑prem, colocation, cloud, or hybrid), including lifecycle management, resiliency standards, and cost optimization.
• Establish infrastructure standards that enable rapid and repeatable integration of acquired entities.
• Drive improvements in uptime, performance, automation, monitoring, and operational maturity.
• Establish and monitor KPIs related to availability, service performance, incident trends, capacity utilization, and cost transparency.
• Partner closely with Information Security to ensure secure‑by‑design architecture and operational resilience.

• Provide executive oversight of enterprise network architecture including LAN/WAN, SD‑WAN, wireless, remote access, and cloud connectivity.
• Ensure high availability and performance across data center and cloud environments.
• Lead disaster recovery and business continuity strategy, including failover design, testing, and continuous improvement.
• Establish modern monitoring and observability practices across infrastructure platforms.
• Ensure compliance with corporate policies, internal controls, and regulatory requirements.
• Drive simplification, standardization, and automation across infrastructure and network platforms.

• Oversee enterprise Service Delivery, including internal Technical Support Specialists and outsourced 24x7 helpdesk operations.
• Establish clear…