IT Infrastructure and Security Manager

Chelten House Products; Swedesboro (NJ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Medical, vision, and dental insurance

Paid time off and holidays

Annual performance-based bonus

Company-wide perks and events

Life insurance and 401k

Refer-a-Friend program

Training and advancement opportunities

Job summary

Chelten House Products, Inc. in Swedesboro, NJ, is seeking an IT Infrastructure and Security Manager to lead our information technology infrastructure, production systems, applications, and cloud IaaS security.

This role evolves into a department leadership position with people management and ownership of the IT roadmap. You will partner with Operations, Quality, Finance, and senior leadership to ensure reliable, secure, scalable, and cost-effective technology solutions that minimize business

Qualifications

• Degree in Information Technology or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 3–5+ years of systems, network, and infrastructure experience.
• Experience administering or managing cloud IaaS environments such as Microsoft Azure, AWS, or similar platforms, including networking, compute, storage, security, and cost governance.
• Experience working with Managed Detection and Response (MDR), security monitoring, incident response, vulnerability management, or related cybersecurity operations vendors.
• Experience supporting a 24x7 manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated leadership capability and readiness to lead an IT function.
• Relevant infrastructure and security certifications for Azure, AWS, CISM, CISSP preferred

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop the IT team, including direct supervision of system administrators and support technicians.
• Assign, prioritize, and oversee day-to-day and project-based work for the full IT team.
• Schedule team coverage for after-hours, weekend, and planned downtime work.
• Resolve team conflicts and provide clear direction, coaching, and performance feedback.
• Serve as the primary escalation point for complex technical and operational issues.
• Own the design, stability, security, and evolution of the company’s on-premises infrastructure, network, systems, and cloud IaaS environments.
• Evaluate, select, and implement technology platforms and vendors aligned with business needs.
• Lead major infrastructure and cloud initiatives including server virtualization, network upgrades, bandwidth expansion, cloud IaaS deployment and governance, hybrid connectivity, and failover strategies.
• Manage cloud IaaS operations, including compute, storage, networking, identity integration, backup, monitoring, access controls, cost visibility, and vendor coordination.
• Plan, communicate, and execute system downtimes with near-zero business disruption
• Own cybersecurity strategy, policies, controls, and vendor relationships, including MDR providers.
• Lead implementation and oversight of monitoring, MDR alert triage, incident response, backups, disaster recovery, and security escalation processes.
• Partner with MDR and security vendors to review alerts, coordinate investigations, validate remediation steps, and continuously improve threat detection and response capabilities.
• Ensure protection of data integrity, confidentiality, and availability

Job description

Position:IT Infrastructure and Security Manager

Location: 200 Progress Court

Swedesboro, NJ

Remote Status: On-Site

Job Id:1540

# of Openings:1

Who We Are:

• Chelten House Products, Inc. is a fourth-generation, family-owned food industry manufacturer with facilities in Swedesboro, New Jersey. We are widely recognized for our commitment to creating the finest-tasting pasta sauces, salad dressings, salsas, ketchup, and other sauces and blends.

What We Have:

• Competitive pay
• Benefits such as medical, vision, and dental 1st of the month after hire date
• Paid time off and paid holidays
• Annual performance-based bonus and annual performance review for potential merit increase
• Company-wide perks and employee appreciation events
• Supplemental benefits, including life insurance and 401k contributions
• Incentive-based Refer-a-Friend Program
• Team training sessions and advancement opportunities

What We Need:

• The Manager of IT Infrastructure and Security is responsible for the leadership, strategy, and day-to-day management of Chelten House Products’ information technology infrastructure, production systems, applications, cloud IaaS platforms, and security environment. This role has evolved from a primarily technical systems role into a full departmental leadership position with direct people management responsibility, ownership of the IT roadmap, and accountability for business-critical technology decisions that support manufacturing, security, cloud infrastructure, and corporate operations. The role partners closely with Operations, Quality, Finance, and senior leadership to ensure reliable, secure, scalable, and cost-effective technology solutions with minimal disruption to the business.

What You Will Do:

• Lead, mentor, and develop the IT team, including direct supervision of system administrators and support technicians.
• Assign, prioritize, and oversee day-to-day and project-based work for the full IT team.
• Schedule team coverage for after-hours, weekend, and planned downtime work.
• Resolve team conflicts and provide clear direction, coaching, and performance feedback.
• Serve as the primary escalation point for complex technical and operational issues.
• Technology Strategy, Cloud IaaS & Infrastructure Ownership
• Own the design, stability, security, and evolution of the company’s on-premises infrastructure, network, systems, and cloud IaaS environments.
• Evaluate, select, and implement technology platforms and vendors aligned with business needs.
• Lead major infrastructure and cloud initiatives including server virtualization, network upgrades, bandwidth expansion, cloud IaaS deployment and governance, hybrid connectivity, and failover strategies.
• Manage cloud IaaS operations, including compute, storage, networking, identity integration, backup, monitoring, access controls, cost visibility, and vendor coordination.
• Plan, communicate, and execute system downtimes with near-zero business disruption
• Own cybersecurity strategy, policies, controls, and vendor relationships, including Managed Detection and Response (MDR) providers.
• Lead implementation and oversight of monitoring, MDR alert triage, incident response, backups, disaster recovery, and security escalation processes.
• Partner with MDR and security vendors to review alerts, coordinate investigations, validate remediation steps, and continuously improve threat detection and response capabilities.
• Ensure protection of data integrity, confidentiality, and availability

What You Will Bring:

• Degree in Information Technology or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 3–5+ years of systems, network, and infrastructure experience.
• Experience administering or managing cloud IaaS environments such as Microsoft Azure, AWS, or similar platforms, including networking, compute, storage, security, and cost governance.
• Experience working with Managed Detection and Response (MDR), security monitoring, incident response, vulnerability management, or related cybersecurity operations vendors.
• Experience supporting a 24x7 manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated leadership capability and readiness to lead an IT function.
• Relevant infrastructure and security certifications for Azure, AWS, CISM, CISSP preferred