IT Leader: Secure, Scalable Infra & Team Enablement

Foster Lawson; City of Yonkers (NY); Sur place; USD 120 000 - 180 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Foster Lawson in Yonkers, NY seeks an experienced IT Manager to lead a small IT team and oversee the company’s technology infrastructure and operations. You will coordinate with stakeholders, manage vendors, and ensure security, reliability, and efficiency of systems in a fast-paced environment.

The role requires hands-on expertise with Meraki, M365, and Azure, plus strong budgeting, governance, and project leadership capabilities. Occasional travel to NY/NJ/CT sites is expected.

Qualifications

• 15–20 years of progressive IT experience in a corporate or similarly structured organisation.
• Experience managing a small team with training and performance oversight.
• Experience with budgeting, capital planning and IT cost management.
• Strong vendor management skills, including reviewing and negotiating PO and terms with legal guidance.
• Hands on with Meraki networking hardware and management tools.
• Proficient in Microsoft 365 administration.
• Experience with Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure.
• Knowledge of security tools, protocols and best practices.
• Solid networking fundamentals (routing, switching, firewalls, wireless).
• Excellent communication skills for non-technical stakeholders.

Responsabilités

• Lead and supervise a small internal IT team, including help desk staff and technical support personnel.
• Oversee management, configuration, and optimization of networks, systems, and security tools (Meraki, M365, Azure).
• Implement and manage security protocols and best practices to safeguard systems and data.
• Oversee help desk operations and ensure timely support for end-users.
• Manage IT budgeting, forecasting, and cost control including lifecycle management for hardware, software, and systems.
• Manage technology vendors including procurement, service providers, SaaS, and equipment suppliers.
• Review and negotiate purchase orders and vendor terms in coordination with Legal.
• Coordinate strategic technical initiatives with outside IT consultant.
• Oversee onboarding/offboarding processes with security-compliant deactivation.
• Lead or support IT projects: upgrades, migrations, security enhancements.
• Maintain documentation of systems, procedures, licences, configurations, and DR processes.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to identify IT improvements in efficiency and security.
• Occasional travel to project sites within NY, NJ, CT.

Connaissances

IT leadership

budgeting

vendor management

security

networking

Azure

Meraki

Microsoft 365

communication

problem solving

Outils

Meraki

Microsoft 365

Microsoft Azure

Description du poste

Foster Lawson in Yonkers, NY seeks an experienced IT Manager to lead a small IT team and oversee the company’s technology infrastructure and operations. You will coordinate with stakeholders, manage vendors, and ensure security, reliability, and efficiency of systems in a fast-paced environment.

The role requires hands-on expertise with Meraki, M365, and Azure, plus strong budgeting, governance, and project leadership capabilities. Occasional travel to NY/NJ/CT sites is expected.