Director-Information Technology
Job in
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, 60290, USA
Listed on 2026-07-23
Listing for:
S&C Electric Company
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-07-23
Job specializations:
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IT/Tech
Cloud Computing: Infrastructure & Operations, Systems Engineer, IT Infrastructure
Job Description & How to Apply Below
As an S&C Electric team member, you’ll work on projects that have real-world impact. You’ll help transform the grid for resilient and reliable power worldwide. S&C has more than a 100-year history of innovation and has been 100% employee-owned since 2012. Join S&C to make an impact on tomorrow’s energy challenges and become an employee-owner!
Hours- 8:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon‑Fri) – On‑Site with Flexibility
Estimated annual base salary range: $187,341 – $. Individual pay is determined by performance, knowledge, job‑related skills and experience, and relevant education or training. Eligible for S&C’s annual incentive plan (AIP).
Director, Information Technology Infrastructure & Service DeliveryThe Director is responsible for strategy, architecture, operations, and continuous improvement of all enterprise IT infrastructure and related service delivery. This role leads a blended on‑premise, cloud, and hybrid environment, ensuring high availability, security, scalability, and cost efficiency.
Key Responsibilities- Infrastructure Strategy & Architecture
- Define and execute the roadmap aligned to business and manufacturing objectives.
- Architect, govern, and optimize hybrid IT environments, including on‑premises data centers, private cloud platforms, and public cloud services (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS).
- Establish reference architectures and standards for compute, storage, networking, cloud platforms, and endpoint technologies.
- Lead technology lifecycle planning—refresh, modernization, decommissioning.
- Support mergers, acquisitions, plant expansions, and technology integrations.
- Data Center & On Premises Infrastructure
- Oversee enterprise data center operations (server platforms, storage systems, backup, and recovery platforms).
- Maintain high availability and failover architectures.
- Ensure resiliency of on‑prem infrastructure supporting MES, ERP, OT integrations, and engineering systems.
- Manage virtualization platforms and oversee capacity planning, performance management, and optimization.
- Cloud & Platform Services
- Lead cloud adoption and optimization—public cloud (Azure, AWS, GCP) and private/hybrid environments.
- Govern cloud landing zones, identity integration, networking, security, and cost management (Fin Ops).
- Oversee migration of workloads from on‑prem to cloud while maintaining uptime.
- Ensure cloud platforms support ERP, business applications, analytics, data platforms, IoT, and smart manufacturing initiatives.
- Network & Connectivity
- Own enterprise network architecture—including LAN/WAN, plant and industrial networks, SD‑WAN, and wireless.
- Ensure secure and reliable connectivity across manufacturing plants, warehouses, distribution centers, engineering sites, corporate offices, and remote/hybrid workforce.
- Partner with OT teams to secure IT/OT segmentation and integration.
- End User Computing & Collaboration
- Oversee end‑user platforms—desktops, laptops, mobile devices, virtual desktops, remote access solutions, and shop floor devices.
- Support manufacturing‑specific endpoints (kiosks, HMIs, rugged devices).
- Govern collaboration platforms and productivity tools (email, messaging, file services, conferencing).
- Drive automation and standardization to improve user experience.
- Service Delivery & IT Operations
- Lead enterprise IT service management using ITIL practices—incident, problem, change, request management, service catalog, SLAs, asset and configuration management.
- Provide 24×7 operational support for manufacturing environments.
- Own major incident management and root‑cause analysis.
- Continuously improve service quality, responsiveness, and customer satisfaction.
- Measure and report service performance using KPIs and operational metrics.
- Cybersecurity, Risk & Compliance
- Partner with Information Security to embed security into infrastructure design and operations.
- Ensure environments meet cybersecurity, regulatory, and compliance requirements relevant to manufacturing.
- Support Functions
- Identity and access management, network security, endpoint protection, backup, disaster recovery, ransomware resilience.
- Participate in business continuity and disaster recovery planning and testing.
- Reduce operational risk across IT platforms supporting…
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