Hybrid IT Infrastructure & Operations Director

Fellowes Brands; Itasca (IL); Hybrid; USD 190,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Fellowes Brands in Itasca, IL is seeking a Director of IT Infrastructure & Operations to lead IT Operations and Infrastructure teams, define future strategy, manage vendor relationships, and drive security, compliance and disaster recovery across the global IT landscape.

You will shape the team’s ways of working, coordinate with internal stakeholders and third-party vendors, and ensure robust, cost-effective architectures that support a multinational business environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in information technology, Computer Science or related field.
• Master’s degree in technology or business (preferred).
• Minimum 10 years related experience comprised of both management experience and hands-on technical experience in IT functions listed.
• Experience leading infrastructure delivery teams including scope, scheduling, budgeting and project planning.
• Experience working with third party vendors, negotiating contracts and oversight of vendor resources.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership in planning and directing multiple IT departments and managers overseeing IT functions.
• Develop/Refine the team’s ways of working processes for work planning, resource allocation, prioritization and communications.
• Act as front-line contact ensuring issue resolution and communications across the organization.
• Verify, modify and design architectures of new and existing infrastructures for robustness and cost efficiency.
• Implement structured security policies, monitoring, backup/recovery, and DR plans within the environment.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic planning

Communication skills

Vendor management

Problem-solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in information technology, Computer Science or related field

Master’s degree in technology or business (preferred)

Tools

Cisco WAN/LAN

Pure Storage SAN

Citrix/Xen

Azure / Office 365

Cloud technologies

Disaster recovery

Job description

Fellowes Brands in Itasca, IL is seeking a Director of IT Infrastructure & Operations to lead IT Operations and Infrastructure teams, define future strategy, manage vendor relationships, and drive security, compliance and disaster recovery across the global IT landscape.

You will shape the team’s ways of working, coordinate with internal stakeholders and third-party vendors, and ensure robust, cost-effective architectures that support a multinational business environment.