End-to-End Plant IT Manager — Hands-On Leader

Symphony Search; Elgin (IL); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Symphony Search is seeking an IT Manager to build and run a manufacturing IT environment end to end. You will lead a two-person team of Systems Analyst and Network Administrators in South Elgin, IL and Genoa, IL, with hands-on leadership and active involvement in daily operations.

You will own budgets, select vendors, modernize infrastructure, manage ERP/AS400, security, backups, and data reporting, and partner on company-wide AI initiatives.

Qualifications

• 7+ years IT/infrastructure experience with 2+ years leading teams or projects.
• Bachelor's degree or relevant certifications in IT.
• Manufacturing/industrial IT experience and on-site availability.
• Hands-on networking, firewall, backup, DR, and security posture ownership.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop two Systems Analyst / Network Admins; set priorities.
• Oversee infrastructure, servers, networking, security, and DR.
• Manage ERP/IBM i (AS/400) health, patches, access, and vendor relations.
• Own data reporting with SQL Server, Power BI, and Microsoft Fabric.
• Own IT budget, capex requests, and vendor negotiations; engage AI initiatives.

Skills

Team leadership

IT strategy

Manufacturing IT

Networking & security

Budget & vendor mgmt

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/Computer Science

Tools

Fortinet

SQL Server

Power BI

Microsoft Fabric

Entra ID

Job description

Symphony Search is seeking an IT Manager to build and run a manufacturing IT environment end to end. You will lead a two-person team of Systems Analyst and Network Administrators in South Elgin, IL and Genoa, IL, with hands-on leadership and active involvement in daily operations.

You will own budgets, select vendors, modernize infrastructure, manage ERP/AS400, security, backups, and data reporting, and partner on company-wide AI initiatives.