Safran USA IT Director

Safran - Irving, TX

Full-time - Senior

Irving, TX

10,001+ employees

Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

About the position

The IT Director at Safran USA is responsible for managing the development and maintenance of a comprehensive enterprise technology infrastructure. This role ensures efficient operations and high-quality service delivery that supports the strategic and tactical IT operations of Safran Group in the US. The IT Director will oversee IT security, manage budgets, and coordinate IT-related topics across various Safran USA entities, while promoting best practices and ensuring compliance with corporate policies.

Responsibilities

• Manage the development of a solid and comprehensive enterprise technology infrastructure.
• Maintain an efficient and effective operation environment.
• Deliver high quality and timely services that support the strategic and tactical IT operations of Safran Group in the US.
• Direct the development and delivery of technologies to improve business continuity.
• Oversee IT security planning and operations, ensuring cybersecurity rules and policies are followed.
• Create business strategies and objectives, proposing methods for implementation.
• Analyze IT/IS needs for functional business operations to determine project scope and priorities.
• Oversee computer systems, networks, security, hardware, software, and applications.
• Align business operations to utilize information technologies for improved processes and efficiencies.
• Enforce Safran Group IT policies and services in Safran activities.
• Promote the adoption of best practices among IT teams.
• Provide required specific Group IT services via SUSA, focusing on quality of service, cybersecurity, and budgets.
• Manage and control Safran USA IT budgets and resource allocation.
• Manage plans for systems development and operations, hardware & software purchases, budget & staffing.
• Coordinate any IT-related topics for Safran USA entities.
• Support IT for Safran Shared Services in Queretaro, Mexico.
• Lead day-to-day service desk support to various Safran entities.
• Direct Safran USA IT Managers and their respective teams.
• Develop, implement, and monitor management information systems policies and controls.
• Provide support in the selection, procurement, and maintenance of software and hardware.
• Contribute to identifying and implementing cost reduction and efficiency improvement projects.
• Ensure KPIs are followed and targets are met.
• Develop, maintain, and test disaster recovery plans.
• Lead the migration of Safran USA to AWS Cloud.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree (M.A.) or equivalent and five to seven years of related experience and/or training.
• Ability to manage and administrate Infrastructure Architecture, Network security, firewall, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Server and Desktop Virtualization, router, network switches, VLANs, VPN tunneling, and MPLS networks and telephony systems.
• Vendor management to maintain key IT partners relationships.
• AWS Cloud experience.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining ownership and commitment.