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Job Summary:
Slate Auto is dedicated to building safe and reliable vehicles while focusing on reindustrialization in the USA. They are seeking an experienced Manager of IT Infrastructure to lead their Systems and Network Engineering teams at the Warsaw manufacturing plant, responsible for the strategy and execution of their infrastructure across various environments.
Responsibilities:
• Directly manage and develop a team of Systems Engineers and Network Engineers, providing clear direction, coaching, and career growth opportunities.
• Set team priorities, manage workload distribution, and ensure consistent, high-quality delivery across infrastructure disciplines.
• Foster a culture of accountability, documentation, and continuous improvement within the team.
• Conduct regular 1:1s, performance reviews, and goal-setting aligned with departmental objectives.
• Own the overall infrastructure roadmap for the Warsaw plant, covering server, network, cloud, and OT/ICS environments.
• Lead planning and execution of infrastructure projects including new deployments, upgrades, migrations, and capacity expansion.
• Ensure infrastructure reliability, security, and scalability to meet the demands of a growing manufacturing operation.
• Drive adoption of automation, monitoring, and infrastructure-as-code practices across the team.
• Establish and maintain operational standards, runbooks, and change management processes.
• Serve as the escalation point for critical infrastructure incidents; lead post-incident reviews and drive resolution of systemic issues.
• Oversee on-call rotations and after-hours maintenance coverage to ensure 24/7 operational readiness.
• Partner with plant operations to minimize downtime and ensure IT/OT systems support production continuity.
• Manage relationships with infrastructure vendors, service providers, and managed service partners.
• Collaborate with IT leadership, plant management, and engineering teams to align infrastructure initiatives with business priorities.
• Support budgeting, procurement, and asset lifecycle management for infrastructure hardware and software.
Qualifications:
Required:
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field required. Advanced degree a plus.
• 8–12 years of progressive experience in IT infrastructure, with at least 3 years in a people management role.
• Proven track record leading infrastructure teams in complex, multi-site or manufacturing environments.
• Hands-on background in systems engineering (Linux/Windows server administration) and/or network engineering.
• Strong working knowledge of Linux server administration (RHEL/Rocky), virtualization platforms (Proxmox, VMware, or Hyper-V), and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Solid understanding of enterprise networking: routing, switching, VLANs, firewalling, VPNs, and network segmentation.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure, particularly AWS (EC2, RDS, VPC, IAM, security groups).
• Familiarity with infrastructure automation and monitoring tools (Ansible, Terraform, Zabbix, Prometheus/Grafana).
• Working knowledge of OT/ICS environments and industrial networking concepts is a strong plus.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, motivate, and develop high-performing technical teams.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to prioritize and execute in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent communication skills — able to translate technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders.
• Data-driven decision-maker with strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and capable of building structure in a high-growth, greenfield environment.
Preferred:
• Experience managing infrastructure in mixed IT/OT environments is strongly preferred.
• ITIL Foundation or equivalent service management certification.
• AWS Solutions Architect, Certified SysOps Administrator, or equivalent cloud certification.
• RHCSA/RHCE, CCNA/CCNP, or other relevant infrastructure certifications.
Company:
Slate Auto is an electric vehicle company developing customizable modular electric pickup trucks. Founded in 2022, the company is headquartered in Troy, USA, with a team of 201-500 employees. The company is currently Growth Stage.