Infrastructure Director

This is a 6-month contract to hire for a Hands-on Infrastructure Lead to support the following environment: Cisco, Firewalls, 400 Vms, Load Balancing, Citrix.

Key Skills: Cisco, Palo Alto, VMware, Citrix, Meraki, Aruba, AD, PowerShell, SCCM, SQL.

Job Summary: The Infrastructure Lead reports directly to the CTO and will play a crucial role in ensuring the availability, stability, security, and optimal performance of Client's IT infrastructure.

Responsibilities:

• Proven experience in infrastructure management, project management, systems administration, and security analysis.
• Strong knowledge of networking protocols pertaining to switching, routing, and perimeter device management including security framework utilizing best practices.
• Knowledge of Azure cloud environments and virtualization technologies.
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and documentation skills.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Requirements:

• 10 or more years of experience in IT. Healthcare preferred but not required.
• Three or more years of leadership responsibilities, including strategy, budgeting, and staffing.
• Desired certification in related field but not required.

Essential Functions of the Job:

• Exceptional leadership skills, with the ability to design, implement, and maintain the company's IT infrastructure, ensuring scalability and reliability.
• Effective influencing and negotiation skills in complex environments where resources required for success may not be in direct control of this role.
• Consolidating operations capabilities in large, complex enterprise organizations to deliver improved efficiency, while balancing customer preferences for agility.
• Self-starter who self-assesses and solicits feedback from others to improve their performance.
• Maximizing effectiveness of nearshore/offshore resource models.
• Manage projects and collaborate with other organizational teams in order to deploy and manage servers, networks, and related hardware/software components.
• Monitor infrastructure performance, troubleshoot issues, and implement necessary improvements.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date documentation related to infrastructure configurations, security measures, and incident response procedures.
• Conduct regular security assessments to identify vulnerabilities in systems, networks, and applications.
• Develop and implement security policies, procedures, and best practices.
• Investigate and respond to security incidents, performing root cause analysis and implementing corrective actions.
• Work closely with IT and cross-functional teams to ensure the alignment of security measures with business objectives.
• Communicate security-related concepts and requirements to non-technical stakeholders in a clear and understandable manner.
• Implement and maintain firewalls, intrusion detection/prevention systems, and other network security measures.
• Troubleshoot and resolve network issues, collaborating with vendors and internal teams.
• Administer Citrix environments to provide secure and efficient access to applications and desktops.
• Monitor Citrix infrastructure performance, optimize configurations, and troubleshoot issues.
• Administer and manage Hypervisor Infrastructure performance, optimize configurations, and troubleshoot issues.
• Manage and administer email infrastructure (ex: Google Workspace, O365) to support collaboration and productivity.
• Configure and maintain SCCM infrastructure for efficient software deployment and updates.
• Monitor SCCM environment for compliance and troubleshoot issues as needed.
• Automate frequently requested tasks and provide self-service capability.