Manager, IT Engineering
About The Position
Hilltop Holdings is looking for an IT Engineering Manager to plan, lead, and manage the application of state‑of‑the-art information processing and engineering techniques to deliver secure, reliable infrastructure solutions across the organization. This role provides hands‑on leadership and strategic oversight for a team of IT Engineers supporting enterprise infrastructure. The IT Engineering Manager plays a critical role in ensuring infrastructure environments are designed, implemented, and maintained with a “Security First” mindset , balancing innovation, resiliency, scalability, and regulatory compliance.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field preferred or equivalent experience.
- 5 + years' experience in information technology management.
- 7+ years of experience in information technology infrastructure hardware and systems.
- Comprehensive understanding of network architecture and client/server technology.
- Strong problem-solving and communication skills required.
- Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail with the ability to analyze work products, systems, and processes at a detailed level.
- Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
- Strong PC skills, including word processing and spreadsheets via Microsoft Office products as well as various business solutions and custom applications, systems, and software.
- Must have the ability to learn and utilize systems and applications continuously.
- Strong time management, organizational, and critical thinking skills.
Nice To Haves
- Software development abilities preferred.
Responsibilities
- Develops, maintains, supports, and optimizes key functional areas, particularly network infrastructure, server infrastructure, data communications, and telecommunications systems
- Plans, implements, and administers the organization’s infrastructure hardware and systems with a security first mindset
- Oversee management of the data centers, production scheduling, communication networks (voice and data), and infrastructure systems operations
- Schedules and directs the maintenance and support of infrastructure hardware and software based on established SLAs
- Provide roadmaps, evaluations and recommendations of emerging technologies including lifecycle management (including datacenter infrastructure and remote locations)
- Partners with other Technology leadership to determine architecture strategies and standards
- Partners with current and future vendors for purchasing, contracts and renewals to ensure best pricing and accurate product selection
- Assess and budget accurately for future purchases and develop deployment plans for new infrastructure
- Assess risks, vulnerabilities and mitigations of existing systems to ensure these systems are highly available, operationally sound, secured and exceed customer expectation
- Manage the quarterly and annual planning, team objectives, individual goals, deliverables, hiring, development plans, and performance reviews
- Review and deliver evidence in support of any internal or external audits
- Act as an escalation point for outages and service requests
- Experience with cloud (Azure, AWS) architecture and solutions
- Perform other duties as assigned
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
