IT Infrastructure Leader: Cloud, Security & Multi-Site Ops

48forty Solutions, LLC; Houston, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Pay

Holiday Pay

Daily Pay

401(k) Retirement Plan

Medical, Dental, Vision insurance

Job summary

48forty Solutions, LLC in Houston, TX is seeking an Infrastructure Leader to own the technology foundation across plants, relogistics sites and the corporate organization. You will lead cloud operations, cyber security, telephony, and the endpoint fleet while ensuring production continuity and standardized practices.

This hands-on leadership role requires building a high-performing team, defining a multi-year technology roadmap, and partnering with Finance and Operations to deliver on budget and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, computer science, engineering or a related field, or equivalent demonstrated experience.
• Ten or more years of progressive information technology infrastructure experience, including five or more years leading people.
• Demonstrated ownership of a multi-site network across at least twenty locations, including manufacturing, warehouse or distribution facilities.
• Hands-on depth in Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365 at an architecture and operations level, not solely governance.
• Experience owning an operating budget and delivering to plan.
• Experience selecting, contracting and managing managed service providers.

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop and hold accountable a team, including a cloud operations manager and a senior cyber security manager.
• Own hiring, performance management, coaching, succession planning and skills development for the function.
• Set and enforce infrastructure standards, architecture and the multi-year technology roadmap.
• Serve as a member of the IT leadership team, contributing to enterprise technology strategy and representing infrastructure to Finance, Operations and executive leadership.
• Establish operational rhythm: change management, incident and problem management, and capacity planning.
• Own the Microsoft Azure estate: subscription and landing zone design, identity through Microsoft Entra ID, governance, tagging, cost management and commitment optimization.
• Own hybrid Windows Server, virtualization, storage, backup and the disaster recovery program.
• Define resilience by site tier, including recovery time and recovery point objectives, and prove them through exercises that include a plant floor.

Skills

Leadership and team development

IT strategy and governance

Change management

Incident and problem management

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in information technology, computer science, engineering or related field

Tools

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft Entra ID

Microsoft 365

ITIL framework

Job description

48forty Solutions, LLC in Houston, TX is seeking an Infrastructure Leader to own the technology foundation across plants, relogistics sites and the corporate organization. You will lead cloud operations, cyber security, telephony, and the endpoint fleet while ensuring production continuity and standardized practices.

This hands-on leadership role requires building a high-performing team, defining a multi-year technology roadmap, and partnering with Finance and Operations to deliver on budget and