IT Infrastructure Manager

IT Infrastructure Manager
Salary: $110,000-$150,000 + Annual Bonus
Benefits: 401k Match, 3 Weeks PTO + Paid Personal Time, Tuition Reimbursement, Paid Training & Certification Opportunities, Gym Membership/Reimbursement, etc.
Location Requirements: Onsite

Job Overview:

The IT Infrastructure Manager will lead a global IT infrastructure and end-user support organization across multiple international locations. This role is responsible for the reliability, availability, security, maintenance, and strategic direction of enterprise infrastructure, while driving operational excellence across help desk services, networking, virtualization, cloud technologies, cybersecurity, and systems administration. The ideal candidate is a collaborative leader with a growth mindset who can develop high-performing teams, improve service delivery, and support the organization's ongoing technology transformation initiatives.

Responsibilities of the IT Infrastructure Manager:

• Lead, mentor, and develop Infrastructure and End-User Support teams, establishing service standards, escalation paths, priorities, and performance expectations across multiple locations.
• Oversee enterprise infrastructure operations including servers, virtualization platforms, storage, networking, cloud services, backup solutions, and disaster recovery environments.
• Drive continuous improvement of help desk operations through service desk oversight, SLA management, reporting, root cause analysis, and performance monitoring.
• Manage infrastructure availability, security, lifecycle planning, capacity management, maintenance, troubleshooting, and optimization efforts.
• Lead incident and problem management processes, including communications, escalation management, corrective action planning, recovery testing, and prevention strategies.
• Support and oversee networking technologies including firewalls, routing, switching, wireless networks, VPNs, and enterprise security solutions.
• Guide virtualization and cloud initiatives utilizing technologies such as VMware, Hyper-V, Microsoft Azure, and other cloud-hosted platforms.
• Plan and execute infrastructure projects including platform upgrades, migrations, technology standardization efforts, and support for new facilities or business initiatives.
• Develop and maintain system architecture documentation, infrastructure standards, asset inventories, support procedures, and disaster recovery plans.
• Manage vendor relationships, software and hardware procurement, licensing, contract renewals, budgeting activities, and service provider performance.
• Collaborate with business leaders and IT stakeholders to align technology priorities with operational objectives and strategic growth initiatives.
• Participate in global IT planning, infrastructure roadmaps, cybersecurity initiatives, technology standards development, and policy creation.

Preferred Experience of the IT Infrastructure Manager:

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field; equivalent experience will be considered.
• Experience leading IT infrastructure and end-user support teams in a multi-site environment. Manufacturing industry experience strongly preferred.
• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft 365, Active Directory, Microsoft Entra , and Microsoft Azure administration.
• Experience supporting server virtualization platforms including VMware and Hyper-V.
• Strong understanding of enterprise networking technologies including routing, switching, wireless infrastructure, VPNs, firewalls, and network troubleshooting.
• Experience with cybersecurity frameworks, security best practices, risk management, and compliance-driven environments. Exposure to TISAX, ISO 27001, or similar frameworks is highly desirable.
• Experience managing backup, recovery, storage, endpoint support, and IT service management environments.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional technology projects, establish operational priorities, and communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong customer service orientation with proven success building responsive, service-focused support organizations.

Bonus Experience of the IT Infrastructure Manager:

• Citrix administration and support experience.
• Experience supporting international operations and globally distributed infrastructure environments.
• Experience implementing service desk best practices, KPI reporting, SLA…