IT Manager

Crane Aerospace and Electronics has an exciting opportunity for an IT Manager.

This is an on-site role and can be located either at the Lynnwood, WA location or the Burbank, CA location.

Crane Aerospace & Electronics supplies critical systems and components to the aerospace and defense markets. You’ll find Crane Aerospace & Electronics in some of the toughest environments: from engines to landing gear; from satellites to medical implants and from missiles to unmanned aerial systems (UAS).

Lynnwood

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This facility delivers industry-leading aerospace & defense power and fluid solutions. Our products are rugged enough to fly 5 billion miles from Earth on NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft and innovative enough to be featured on Eviation’s Alice all-electric aircraft. You’ll join a group of aerospace professionals committed to engineering excellence and work in a community tucked between the idyllic Puget Sound and Cascade Mountains.

Burbank

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Every 1.2 seconds, product built at our Crane Aerospace & Electronics Burbank facility is stopping aircraft – delivering passengers and military personnel safely to their destination. Home to our Landing & Cabin Systems team, Crane A&E’s brake control systems and premium cabin actuation solutions are flying on tens of thousands of aircraft throughout the world. You’ll join a business with a long track record of engineering excellence, set in the wonderful town of Burbank filled with great community atmosphere, schools, weather and no shortage of entertainment.

The IT Manager (Compute) is responsible for leading a team of IT professionals supporting Crane Aerospace & Electronics’ worldwide data center infrastructure, including all aspects of managing data center power, cooling, fire suppression, security, rack hardware, server hardware, virtual infrastructure, data center networking, storage, storage area networking,
* NIX and Windows operating systems, build standards, monitoring, alerting and automation. Responsibilities will also include managing Infrastructure as a Service, such as Azure and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, as Crane has adopted a cloud‑first approach.

• Responsible for architecture, planning and implementation of all data center technologies
• Manage the monitoring, alerting and automation infrastructure for critical business systems and infrastructure
• Ensure uptime of critical business systems and infrastructure through monitoring and timely remediation of critical infrastructure issues
• Preserve data assets by implementing disaster recovery and back‑up procedures
• Recommend and create information technology strategies, policies, and procedures by evaluating organization goals and outcomes, identifying problems, evaluating trends and anticipating requirements
• Accomplish financial objectives by forecasting investment requirements, supporting the annual budget planning process, scheduling expenditures, analyzing variances, and initiating corrective action
• Maintain quality service by establishing and enforcing organization standards
• Ensure adherence to all regulatory compliance processes and requirements, including but not limited to Sarbanes‑Oxley, DFARS, ITAR and like regulations
• Ensure the timely installation of
  * NIX and Microsoft Windows patches on all servers
• Accomplish information technology staff results by communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring and appraising job results, coaching, counseling and disciplining employees, and initiating, coordinating and enforcing systems, policies and procedures
• Maintain staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees, maintaining a safe and secure work environment and developing personal growth opportunities
• Maintain organization's effectiveness and efficiency by defining, delivering, and supporting strategic plans for implementing infrastructure technologies
• Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks, benchmarking state‑of‑the‑art practices, and participating in professional societies
• Participate in the strategic planning…