Director of IT Infrastructure & Global Operations

RAPA SE; Selb; Remote; USD 81,272 - 104,493; Full time

Job summary

RAPA SE is seeking an experienced professional for technical management in their IT department located in Selb, Germany. The role involves overseeing the IT infrastructure, ensuring smooth operations, and leading a team while maintaining compliance with standards.

The ideal candidate will have a degree in computer science, extensive professional experience, and excellent communication skills in both German and English. Travel is also a requirement. Join us for a role that offers creativity and a family-like company culture.

Qualifications

• Degree in computer science or comparable IT training with professional experience.
• Several years of professional experience and ideally initial management experience.
• Very good knowledge of German and English.

Responsibilities

• Technical and disciplinary management of employees in the IT infrastructure department.
• Responsibility for the trouble-free operation and security of IT systems.
• Develop and maintain standards for operations.

Skills

Technical management

Communication skills

Teamwork

Resilience

Education

Degree in computer science or comparable IT training

Tools

Active Directory

File Services

NUTANIX/NDB

Job description

Business division: RAPA Group Entry level: Experienced professionals Field of work: IT & Digitization Location: Selb, Germany

New technologies, new products and new locations - all of this presents our IT department with a variety of challenges. If you enjoy a varied role in a dynamic environment where you can make a difference and help shape things, we would be delighted to welcome you.

• Technical and disciplinary management of employees in the IT infrastructure department (data centers/server/storage/LAN/WAN/security)
• Responsibility for the trouble-free operation and security of IT systems, including planning, evaluation and implementation of new IT systems
• Maintaining, operating and monitoring the assigned responsibilities/services, especially Active Directory (AD), File Services (DFS), Datacenter Operations & Database Services (NUTANIX/NDB)
• Development of standards and ensuring the standard-compliant operation of the transferred responsibilities/services
• Project work in a local and international environment

Your profile

• Degree in computer science or comparable IT training with professional experience
• Several years of professional experience and ideally initial management experience
• Strategic and structured way of working
• High level of communication skills and assertiveness
• Initiative, ability to work in a team and resilience
• Very good knowledge of German and English and willingness to travel

Work at RAPA

RAPA is a recognized development partner and supplier for the automotive industry, as well as numerous customers in the healthcare and industrial sectors. The product portfolio includes valves and system solutions for hydraulic and pneumatic applications. Behind our success today are almost 1000 employees worldwide in Germany, the USA and China. The company philosophy of a medium-sized family business is at the heart of all our activities - and has been for over 100 years.

We offer responsible and challenging tasks with scope for creativity and action, as well as flat hierarchies and short communication channels. As a family-run company, we value teamwork and collegiality. Fair pay is a matter of course for us.

Are you interested? Then please apply with your detailed application documents, preferably via our online form or by e-mail to karriere(at)rapa.com. We look forward to hearing from you!

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