Systems & Network Manager

Colonial Group, Inc.

Position Title: Systems & Network Manager

Req #: 1728

Location: Savannah, GA, USA

Job Function: Information Technology

Pay Type: Salary

Colonial Group, Inc. is a multigenerational, family-owned parent company overseeing a diverse portfolio of subsidiaries. Through our strategic infrastructure, logistics expertise, and a broad range of products and services, we create significant value for our customers while driving innovation and operational excellence.

Responsible for the day-to-day operation, reliability, and security of enterprise systems and network infrastructure, including compute, storage, virtualization, backup and data protection, identity and directory infrastructure, network, and voice. Leads the systems and network engineering team, executes the infrastructure roadmap set by the Director, IT Infrastructure, and serves as the primary technical escalation point for Tier 3 infrastructure matters. Delivers assigned infrastructure projects, including acquisition integration and datacenter consolidation work, on time and within approved scope.

• Manages and directs the systems and network engineering staff to ensure efficient, reliable operation of compute, storage, virtualization, network, voice, and datacenter resources in support of business needs
• Provides Tier 3 technical leadership and escalation for infrastructure incidents and problems, coordinates on-call coverage, and ensures timely restoration and root cause resolution
• Executes the infrastructure roadmap and standards set by the Director, IT Infrastructure, and contributes operational and technical input to roadmap, capacity, and lifecycle planning
• Operates and maintains virtualized and physical compute systems, storage and storage area networks (SAN, iSCSI, DAS, cluster), and hosted and private cloud environments
• Administers and maintains enterprise network and voice infrastructure, including routing, switching, wireless, WAN and carrier circuits, firewalls in coordination with IT Security, and telephony platforms
• Operates identity and directory infrastructure (Active Directory, Entra d identity, and related services) in coordination with IT Security on access governance
• Performs and verifies backup, recovery, and data protection operations; executes disaster recovery tests and maintains recovery documentation to the objectives set by the Director
• Implements and operates secure configurations for datacenters, virtualization platforms, and storage in partnership with IT Security, and remediates assigned vulnerability and audit findings within required time frames
• Monitors capacity, performance, and availability; maintains monitoring and alerting; and recommends near-term capacity actions and lifecycle replacements
• Delivers assigned medium to large infrastructure projects, including acquisition integration and datacenter consolidation work, managing schedule, technical scope, and stakeholder communication
• Follows and enforces infrastructure change management, ensuring changes are planned, tested, approved, communicated, and reversible, and that systems remain current with supported versions, patches, and firmware
• Manages day-to-day performance of hosting, carrier, and infrastructure vendors and escalates contract or relationship issues to the Director
• Provides inputs to capital and operating budget planning for assigned areas, including hardware and software renewals and lifecycle replacements
• Maintains technical documentation, runbooks, configuration baselines, and asset records for assigned infrastructure
• Supports IT Governance and IT General Controls objectives, including producing evidence and…