Senior IT Specialist

*** This role is on site in Ludwigsfelde, Germany.***

Senior IT Specialist

Are you ready to be part of a company that's not just talking about the future, but energetically shaping it? Join the Microvast Team (NASDAQ: MVST), a technology innovator that designs, develops and manufactures lithium-ion battery solutions. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Stafford, TX, Microvast is renowned for its cutting-edge cell technology and its vertical integration capabilities which extend from core battery chemistry (cathode, anode, electrolyte, and separator) to battery packs.

By integrating the process from raw material to system assembly, Microvast has developed a family of products covering a broad breadth of market applications. More information can be found on the corporate website:

If you’re ready to be part of a company that’s not just adapting to change, but driving it, Microvast is the place for you. Apply now and electrify your career with a true leader in the global energy transformation.

Job Description

Microvast gmbH is seeking a Senior IT Specialist to run IT on site at Ludwigsfelde, Germany. This is a hands-on role. You'll be the senior technical person on the ground, owning everything from the site network and end-user support to SAP issue resolution and audit evidence for the region.

Key Responsibilities:Regional IT operations

• Handle day-to-day IT for the German site yourself: end-user support, onboarding and offboarding, and hardware setup and lifecycle
• Configure, maintain and troubleshoot the site network: switching, Wi-Fi, firewalls and connectivity back to the global environment
• Support physical access control for the German site, enterprise applications on Microsoft tenancy working with the US and China teams where systems overlap
• Administer Jira Service Management and addressing tickets for Germany to meet agreed service levels
• Maintain license and vendor inventory.

Identity and Microsoft 365

• Administer Entra  Microsoft 365 identities for Germany, in coordination with the US team
• Enforce conditional access, MFA and joiner/mover/leaver controls
• Run periodic user access reviews for German users and fix what they turn up

Business applications

• Act as the regional point of contact for SAP S/4
  
  HANA, working with our SAP Basis, Security and functional resources to resolve local issues after the recent upgrade
• Support the local applications as well as Cloud applications for end users.
• Scope and help deliver technology components for regional projects for the business.

Compliance and audit

• Collect and maintain ITGC evidence for the German entity during the annual SOX audit
• Keep German systems and processes in line with GDPR and data residency requirements
• Work with the Global SOX Compliance Manager on access, change and authorization controls

Reporting and coordination

• Send a weekly status report to the Global Director of IT covering projects, risks, incidents and ops metrics
• Manage local IT vendors, contracts and cost
• Act as the link between German business leaders and the global IT team

• 10+ years of hands-on IT experience, ideally in a manufacturing or industrial setting
• Hands-on experience with enterprise networking: switching, routing, firewalls, VPN and Wi-Fi
• Solid working knowledge of Microsoft 365, Entra  Intune, including conditional access and MFA
• Experience supporting SAP users, even if you're not an SAP specialist
• Working knowledge of GDPR and how it applies to IT systems, access and data handling
• Experience supporting an external audit, ideally SOX ITGC, and producing evidence that holds up
• Comfortable working independently as the only IT person on site
• Professional proficiency in both English and German; you'll use German on site and English with the global team (English speaking proficiency is required)
• Able to work on site full time and handle hardware and infrastructure directly

No people management experience is needed for this role.

• Experience in battery, automotive or industrial manufacturing
• Exposure to SAP S/4
  
  HANA (RISE or private cloud) and how upgrades affect end users
• Azure networking and infrastructure experience
• Jira Service Management or a similar ITSM platform
• Microsoft certifications such as MD-102, SC-300 or AZ-104
• Experience working in a global team across time zones, especially with the US and China

You'll report to the Global Director of Information Technology, based in the US. This is an individual contributor role with no direct reports, based full time on site in…