IT Manager

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Full Time Management Overland Park, KS, US

IT Manager
SUMMARY

The IT Manager is responsible for leading the organization’s information technology operations, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and IT support functions. This position oversees IT resources and service delivery while ensuring the reliability, security, and compliance of systems supporting business, engineering, manufacturing, and program operations. Experience supporting IT operations within a highly regulated, government-contracting, aviation, defense, manufacturing, or other compliance-driven environment is strongly preferred.

• Lead day-to-day IT operations, infrastructure, and technical support activities across the organization.
• Manage and prioritize the workload of IT personnel to ensure timely resolution of technical issues and effective delivery of IT services.
• Oversee the administration, maintenance, and lifecycle management of servers, networks, endpoints, cloud services, telecommunications, and other IT infrastructure.
• Evaluate and recommend new technologies, systems, and infrastructure improvements to enhance security, reliability, scalability, and business performance.
• Establish and maintain processes that maximize system availability, minimize downtime, and ensure rapid response to critical IT incidents.
• Provide technical leadership and escalation support for complex infrastructure, networking, systems, and cybersecurity issues.
• Coordinate IT support for new systems, technology deployments, upgrades, patches, migrations, and infrastructure projects.
• Maintain appropriate redundancy and cross-training within the IT organization to minimize operational risk and single points of failure.

• Lead implementation, maintenance, and continuous improvement of cybersecurity controls and solutions designed to protect company systems, networks, and data.
• Ensure IT systems and processes comply with applicable federal contracting, cybersecurity, and customer-specific requirements.
• Manage IT requirements associated with Microsoft GCC High, NIST SP 800-171, RTCA DO-392A, and other applicable regulatory, contractual, or customer-driven cybersecurity standards.
• Support cybersecurity assessments, audits, gap assessments, remediation activities, and ongoing compliance initiatives.
• Monitor and address vulnerabilities, security risks, system threats, and cybersecurity incidents.
• Establish and maintain appropriate access controls, security policies, system configurations, and data protection practices.
• Ensure IT policies, procedures, configurations, and security documentation remain current and audit-ready.
• Manage software licensing, technology assets, and related compliance requirements.

• Develop, implement, test, and maintain the organization’s IT Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Plans.
• Establish recovery strategies, backup processes, redundancy requirements, and disaster recovery procedures for critical IT systems and infrastructure.
• Coordinate disaster recovery testing and document results, corrective actions, and recovery improvements.
• Maintain multi-site and remote infrastructure capabilities to support business continuity and operational resilience.
• Lead IT response and recovery activities during significant outages, cybersecurity incidents, infrastructure failures, or other business disruptions.

• Support the integration and interoperability of business applications, databases, and IT systems across the organization.
• Provide technical support for data transfers and integrations between SAP, Microsoft applications, and other enterprise systems.
• Partner with Finance, Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, HR, and other business functions to identify technology needs and develop effective IT solutions.
• Support system implementations, upgrades, integrations, and process improvements.
• Identify opportunities to automate manual…