IT Infrastructure Manager
Multiple U.S. Locations Available: Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Tennessee
Travel: Up to 20% domestic travel
Comp: $110,000-140,000
About the Opportunity
Our client is a leading national beverage manufacturing organization with multiple production facilities across the United States. The company operates complex, uptime-critical environments and is investing in technology, infrastructure, and operational excellence to support continued growth.
They are seeking an experienced IT Infrastructure Manager to lead enterprise infrastructure operations while managing a team of technical professionals. This role combines strategic leadership, technical ownership, and hands-on problem-solving across network, server, cloud, and end-user technologies.
This is an excellent opportunity for a leader who enjoys building scalable infrastructure, mentoring technical teams, and driving modernization initiatives in a multi-site enterprise environment.
Why Consider This Opportunity?
- Leadership role with both strategic and technical impact
- Large-scale multi-site enterprise environment
- Modern hybrid cloud and Microsoft technology stack
- Opportunity to influence infrastructure roadmap and modernization efforts
- Strong visibility to executive leadership
- Stable organization with continued investment in technology and operations
What You'll Do
- Lead the strategy, administration, and continuous improvement of enterprise infrastructure environments.
- Manage and mentor a team of systems and network engineers/administrators.
- Oversee networking technologies including switching, wireless, and network access control solutions.
- Ensure reliability, performance, and security of on-premises and cloud infrastructure platforms.
- Maintain and enhance Microsoft 365, Azure, virtualization, and Windows Server environments.
- Develop and test disaster recovery, business continuity, and backup strategies.
- Partner with cybersecurity, applications, and business teams to deliver secure and reliable services.
- Manage infrastructure lifecycle planning, standards, and technology roadmaps.
- Own infrastructure vendor relationships, licensing, and service contracts.
- Create and maintain technical documentation, standards, and network diagrams.
- Lead infrastructure projects, upgrades, migrations, and modernization initiatives.
- Provide hands-on support and technical leadership during critical incidents and major projects.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field, or equivalent professional experience.
- 5+ years of progressive IT infrastructure experience.
- 2+ years of leadership experience managing or leading technical teams.
- Strong experience supporting enterprise networking environments.
- Experience with:
- Microsoft Azure
- Microsoft 365
- VMware and/or Hyper-V
- Windows Server
- Active Directory
- DNS and DHCP
- Enterprise backup and recovery solutions
- Experience supporting hybrid cloud environments.
- Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving abilities.
- Excellent communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience supporting multi-site organizations or manufacturing environments preferred.
- Familiarity with ITIL or similar operational frameworks.
Preferred Experience
- HP Aruba networking technologies
- ClearPass or other network access control platforms
- Infrastructure monitoring and automation tools
- Manufacturing, distribution, or production-driven environments
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