IT Systems Manager (Enterprise Infrastructure)

Leprino Foods; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 122,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and bonus program

Life, medical/dental/vision coverage

401(k) and profit-sharing plan

Paid holidays and time off

Job summary

Leprino Foods in Denver seeks an IT Systems Manager (Enterprise Infrastructure) to lead the infrastructure teams and technology platforms supporting our enterprise, manufacturing, and European facilities. You will guide modernization, drive reliability, and coordinate internal engineers with MSPs.

The role emphasizes people leadership, VMware upgrades, Windows/Linux stewardship, and disaster recovery within a global, manufacturing-focused environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT/CS/IS or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years IT infrastructure, systems engineering, or enterprise ops.
• 2+ years supervising technical teams and coordinating external providers.
• Experience with enterprise virtualization, Windows/Linux servers, and data centers.
• Willingness to travel to manufacturing facilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead infrastructure engineers and manage MSPs, vendors, and IT partners.
• Oversee compute, storage, virtualization, backup, and recovery for corporate and manufacturing ops.
• Guide architecture, standards, and modernization for data centers and hybrid-cloud.
• Drive VMware upgrades and migrations, ensuring continuity.
• Maintain Windows and Linux environments and ERP/integration infra.
• Coordinate incident response, root-cause analysis, and remediation.
• Develop disaster recovery and business continuity tests and plans.
• Monitor capacity, patching, and lifecycle management.
• Evaluate public clouds, containers, automation, and AI monitoring.
• Manage budgets, contracts, and technology investments.

Skills

Infrastructure leadership

Team supervision

VMware modernization

Windows/Linux servers

Storage & backup

Hybrid-cloud & data centers

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS/IS

Tools

VMware

Pure Storage

NetApp

Rubrik

Job description

Within our Corporate IT team in Denver, Leprino is seeking an IT Systems Manager (Enterprise Infrastructure) to lead the infrastructure teams and technology platforms supporting our enterprise and manufacturing operations. This role combines technical expertise with people leadership, overseeing critical systems across our U.S. and European facilities. You'll guide infrastructure modernization, strengthen system reliability, and coordinate internal engineers and external technology partners to maintain secure, resilient operations. Your work will support approximately 1,800 servers and the technology services essential to our business and manufacturing network.

At Leprino, starting compensation for this role typically ranges between $122,000 and $140,000. This position has an annual target bonus of 12%.

What You'll Do:

• Lead, mentor, and develop infrastructure engineers while coordinating managed service providers, vendors, and internal IT partners.
• Oversee enterprise compute, storage, virtualization, backup, and recovery infrastructure supporting corporate and manufacturing operations.
• Guide infrastructure architecture, technology standards, and modernization plans across data centers, plant environments, and hybrid-cloud platforms.
• Lead VMware modernization, including upgrades to version 8 and planning for version 9, coordinating migrations, readiness, and operational continuity.
• Maintain Windows and Linux environments, enterprise storage platforms, and infrastructure supporting ERP systems, industrial automation, and critical business applications.
• Coordinate incident response, root-cause investigations, infrastructure maintenance, and corrective actions to minimize interruptions and strengthen system resilience.
• Develop and test disaster recovery strategies, backup procedures, and business continuity capabilities to restore critical services.
• Establish practices for infrastructure monitoring, capacity planning, patching, vulnerability remediation, and technology lifecycle management.
• Evaluate public-cloud services, container technologies, automation, and AI-enabled monitoring to improve infrastructure reliability and operational efficiency.
• Partner with cybersecurity, networking, applications, and plant IT teams to coordinate changes, strengthen security, and support manufacturing technology.
• Develop infrastructure investment plans, forecast hardware and licensing requirements, and oversee budgets, vendor contracts, and technology lifecycle expenditures.
• Communicate infrastructure performance, modernization progress, service risks, and investment priorities to IT leadership and business partners.

You Have At Least (Required Qualifications):

• A bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• Eight years of professional experience in IT infrastructure, systems engineering, or enterprise infrastructure operations.
• Two years of experience supervising or leading technical teams, including coordinating engineering resources and external service providers.
• Experience supporting enterprise virtualization, Windows/Linux server environments, storage infrastructure, backup and recovery, and data center operations.
• Experience coordinating infrastructure projects, system upgrades, or technology migrations.
• Availability for occasional travel to manufacturing facilities.

We Hope You Also Have (Preferred Qualifications):

• Experience supporting large-scale VMware environments, including infrastructure upgrades, architecture planning, and enterprise virtualization modernization.
• Experience with enterprise storage and backup technologies such as Pure Storage, NetApp, Fibre Channel SAN, or Rubrik.
• Experience supporting infrastructure in manufacturing environments, including systems connected to ERP platforms, industrial automation, and geographically distributed facilities.
• Experience with public-cloud platforms, container technologies, disaster recovery testing, infrastructure automation, or cloud financial management.

At Leprino, we believe in equal employment opportunity and make employment decisions based on each individual's unique talents, experience, skills, and knowledge; we do not discriminate on the basis of any personal characteristics. We know we are better together and are committed to creating an inclusive and supportive culture in which all employees can thrive.

Offering You In Return:

A chance to be part of a global team of individuals passionate about producing and delivering high-quality products that help feed and nourish families around the world. Leprino could not be where it is today without our incredible employees. That is why we share in our success together by rewarding you for your hard work. Hiring great people who are in it for the long run is our goal. Through competitive salaries and bonuses, life, medical/dental/vision coverage, voluntary benefits, employee assistance programs, wellness incentives, tuition assistance, vacation, ten paid holidays, sick time, paid parental leave, annual merit increases, as well as the LFC Profit-Sharing & 401(k) plan. Your impact will be noticed and rewarded, as you seek to further our company, our customers, and one another.

Our Story:

Leprino's history dates back to the 1950s, when Jim Leprino first started making small batches of mozzarella for local markets and eateries in the Little Italy neighborhood of Denver. We've grown a bit since then. Today, Leprino is the world's largest manufacturer of mozzarella and lactose, and a leading producer of whey protein. Still owned by the Leprino family, our sights are set to be the "World's Best Dairy Food and Ingredient Company." From a small corner grocery store we have grown to over 5,500 employees throughout the globe. Will you join us on our journey?

Learn more at

Leprino.com