Head of IT Infrastructure – Manufacturing & OT

Slate Auto; Warsaw (IN); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Benefits package

Professional growth opportunities

Training & certification support

Job summary

Slate Auto is seeking an experienced Manager of IT Infrastructure to guide Systems and Network Engineering at our Warsaw plant. You will own the infrastructure roadmap, oversee server, network, cloud, and OT/ICS initiatives, and drive automation and security while partnering with production teams.

We value hands-on leadership, mentoring of engineers, and the ability to align IT strategies with manufacturing operations. Join a growing automotive tech environment with strong growth potential.

Qualifications

• Hands-on roots in infrastructure with leadership experience.
• Experience in mixed IT/OT environments is preferred.
• Ability to mentor engineers and translate complex concepts for stakeholders.
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Lead Systems and Network Engineering teams at the Warsaw plant.
• Own infrastructure roadmap across server, network, cloud, and OT/ICS.
• Drive automation, monitoring, and IaC adoption; ensure reliability and security.
• Manage incident response, on-call rotations, and post-incident reviews.
• Partner with operations and business to align IT with production goals.

Skills

Team leadership

Linux server admin

Windows server admin

Cloud infrastructure

Networking

Automation & IaC

OT/ICS familiarity

Project management

Technical communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT/CS

Tools

Proxmox

VMware

Hyper-V

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS (EC2/RDS/VPC)

Ansible/Terraform

Zabbix/Prometheus/Grafana

Job description

Slate Auto is seeking an experienced Manager of IT Infrastructure to guide Systems and Network Engineering at our Warsaw plant. You will own the infrastructure roadmap, oversee server, network, cloud, and OT/ICS initiatives, and drive automation and security while partnering with production teams.

We value hands-on leadership, mentoring of engineers, and the ability to align IT strategies with manufacturing operations. Join a growing automotive tech environment with strong growth potential.