IT Systems Manager (Enterprise Infrastructure)

Leprino•Denver, CO

17h•Onsite

About The Position

Leprino is seeking an IT Systems Manager to lead the infrastructure teams and technology platforms that support its enterprise and manufacturing operations. The role oversees critical systems across U.S. and European facilities, guiding infrastructure modernization, improving system reliability, and coordinating internal engineers and external technology partners to maintain secure, resilient operations. The infrastructure supports approximately 1,800 servers and technology services essential to the business and manufacturing network. The position leads teams responsible for enterprise compute, storage, virtualization, backup, and recovery; guides infrastructure architecture and standards; and oversees modernization across data centers, plant environments, and hybrid-cloud platforms. It also coordinates incident response, disaster recovery, infrastructure maintenance, security-related remediation, technology lifecycle management, and investment planning. The role partners with cybersecurity, networking, applications, and plant IT teams and communicates infrastructure performance, risks, and priorities to IT leadership and business partners. The position is part of Leprino’s Corporate IT team in Denver and requires occasional travel to manufacturing facilities. Starting compensation typically ranges from $122,000 to $140,000, with an annual target bonus of 12%.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
Eight years of professional experience in IT infrastructure, systems engineering, or enterprise infrastructure operations.
Two years of experience supervising or leading technical teams, including coordinating engineering resources and external service providers.
Experience supporting enterprise virtualization, Windows/Linux server environments, storage infrastructure, backup and recovery, and data center operations.
Experience coordinating infrastructure projects, system upgrades, or technology migrations.
Availability for occasional travel to manufacturing facilities.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting large-scale VMware environments, including infrastructure upgrades, architecture planning, and enterprise virtualization modernization.
Experience with enterprise storage and backup technologies such as Pure Storage, NetApp, Fibre Channel SAN, or Rubrik.
Experience supporting infrastructure in manufacturing environments, including systems connected to ERP platforms, industrial automation, and geographically distributed facilities.
Experience with public-cloud platforms, container technologies, disaster recovery testing, infrastructure automation, or cloud financial management.

Responsibilities

Lead, mentor, and develop infrastructure engineers while coordinating managed service providers, vendors, and internal IT partners.
Oversee enterprise compute, storage, virtualization, backup, and recovery infrastructure supporting corporate and manufacturing operations.
Guide infrastructure architecture, technology standards, and modernization plans across data centers, plant environments, and hybrid-cloud platforms.
Lead VMware modernization, including upgrades to version 8 and planning for version 9, coordinating migrations, readiness, and operational continuity.
Maintain Windows and Linux environments, enterprise storage platforms, and infrastructure supporting ERP systems, industrial automation, and critical business applications.
Coordinate incident response, root-cause investigations, infrastructure maintenance, and corrective actions to minimize interruptions and strengthen system resilience.
Develop and test disaster recovery strategies, backup procedures, and business continuity capabilities to restore critical services.
Establish practices for infrastructure monitoring, capacity planning, patching, vulnerability remediation, and technology lifecycle management.
Evaluate public-cloud services, container technologies, automation, and AI-enabled monitoring to improve infrastructure reliability and operational efficiency.
Partner with cybersecurity, networking, applications, and plant IT teams to coordinate changes, strengthen security, and support manufacturing technology.
Develop infrastructure investment plans, forecast hardware and licensing requirements, and oversee budgets, vendor contracts, and technology lifecycle expenditures.
Communicate infrastructure performance, modernization progress, service risks, and investment priorities to IT leadership and business partners.