Manager, IT Infrastructure

The Pampered Chef • Addison, IL

248d • $135,000 - $150,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Responsible for overseeing and managing the organization's IT infrastructure, ensuring its reliability, scalability and security. This role involves strategic planning to align IT infrastructure with business objectives, leading and mentoring a team of IT professionals, and managing budgets for infrastructure projects. The manager evaluates current systems, identifies areas for improvement, and oversees the implementation of new technologies and upgrades. Additionally, they ensure that the infrastructure meets performance and security standards, handle vendor relationships, and negotiate contracts for hardware and services.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related discipline or 7 years of experience in the technology field.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in a Sr. Systems/Network role with focus on the Windows, Linux and Networking stacks.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience leading and supporting teams.
• Minimum of 3 years of managing Microsoft 365 tenants and services.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with the implementation of hybrid co-hosted and cloud solutions.
• Knowledge of Linux (RHEL/Amazon Linux) - GFS2/OCFS Clustering.
• Experience with networking technologies such as Cisco/Meraki/Palo Alto/F5 Networks/Brocade.
• Familiarity with AWS/Azure - Infrastructure as Code using Cloud Formation.
• Experience with hardware like Pure Storage, Cisco UCS.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a secure, high-availability, high-performance, scalable infrastructure through design, recommendation, implementation and remediation of network and systems hardware, software, services and processes.
• Possess expert knowledge of key hardware and software systems with the ability to provide hands-on management, support and backup.
• Participate in and lead an incident response team responsible for responding to proactive notification and reactive incidents.
• Provide strategic direction to the Director of Infrastructure on all infrastructure projects.
• Work as a part of the IT management team to provide guidance on infrastructure, risk and compliance process improvements.
• Source and manage relationships with strategic vendors.
• Provide leadership to staff by summarizing performance results and enhancing their knowledge through training.
• Responsible for department's capital and budget process.

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• Company-paid life insurance with additional voluntary coverage options
• Disability insurance
• Additional voluntary benefits
• 401k match
• Flex PTO
• Paid Parental leave
• 30%+ discount on Pampered Chef Products and product giveaways
• FREE onsite fitness center and sports court
• Premium Care.com membership
• Hybrid work environment

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees