Director of IT Infrastructure & Operations — Hybrid Cloud Leader

BrainWorks; Texas; In loco; USD 190.000 - 225.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

BrainWorks seeks a Director of IT Infrastructure & Operations to lead our corporate IT footprint across Windows and Linux servers, private data centers, and cloud infrastructure. You will own WAN operations, security controls, and critical business systems while guiding a team of roughly 10 professionals.

The role reports to the CTO and focuses on modernization, reliability, and scalable operations. The ideal candidate has extensive hands-on experience with hybrid infrastructure, strong

Competenze

• 8+ years of progressive experience in corporate IT infrastructure or related fields.
• 3+ years of experience leading technical teams.
• Strong technical understanding of Windows and Linux server environments, including physical/bare-metal servers, virtualization, and hybrid infrastructure.
• Experience managing on-premises/private data center environments alongside cloud-based infrastructure.
• Strong corporate WAN experience, including multi-location connectivity, private circuits, routing, firewalls, VPNs, and data center connectivity.
• Working knowledge of enterprise IT security infrastructure and related network security controls.
• Experience owning corporate infrastructure operations, technical escalations, reliability, and critical business systems.
• Ability to independently investigate technical challenges, evaluate solutions, and provide credible guidance to engineering teams.
• Demonstrated success modernizing infrastructure, developing technical talent, and improving operational processes.
• Genuine technical curiosity, strong problem-solving instincts, and a willingness to learn and troubleshoot unfamiliar technologies.
• Strong communication and leadership skills, with the ability to engage collaboratively with a highly technical CTO and leadership team.
• Must reside in Texas or be willing to relocate to Texas.

Mansioni

• Lead corporate IT infrastructure and operations, ensuring reliability, performance, security, and scalability.
• Oversee Windows and Linux server environments, including physical/bare-metal infrastructure, virtualization, private data centers, and cloud-based servers.
• Own and improve corporate WAN operations across multiple locations, including private circuits, routing, VPN connectivity, and data center networking.
• Support infrastructure modernization and upcoming data center migration initiatives, balancing operational continuity, risk, and business needs.
• Lead internal IT security infrastructure, including firewalls, VPN concentrators, intrusion detection systems, identity, and access controls.
• Oversee internal IT services, employee endpoints, desktop support, provisioning, and critical business systems, including call center and telephony infrastructure.
• Lead and develop approximately 10 IT professionals, including six systems administrators and desktop/IT support personnel.
• Assess organizational capabilities and recruit additional technical talent, including planned security positions.
• Improve infrastructure reliability, monitoring, documentation, troubleshooting processes, and operational accountability.
• Manage infrastructure vendors, budgets, and technology investments.
• Partner directly with the CTO on infrastructure priorities, modernization, security, and technical decision-making.
• Remain technically engaged, providing architectural guidance, leading complex troubleshooting, and supporting engineers when necessary.

Conoscenze

Leadership

Communication

Problem solving

Technical curiosity

People leadership

Strumenti

Windows Server

Linux Server

Virtualization

Cloud infrastructure

Networking

Security

Descrizione del lavoro

BrainWorks seeks a Director of IT Infrastructure & Operations to lead our corporate IT footprint across Windows and Linux servers, private data centers, and cloud infrastructure. You will own WAN operations, security controls, and critical business systems while guiding a team of roughly 10 professionals.

The role reports to the CTO and focuses on modernization, reliability, and scalable operations. The ideal candidate has extensive hands-on experience with hybrid infrastructure, strong