Manager of Infrastructure

LingaTech; Kittanning (Armstrong County); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

LingaTech seeks a Lead Infrastructure Engineer to drive the management, operation, security, and reliability of IT environments. This hands-on leadership role balances staff leadership with direct technical work to support critical infrastructure.

The role covers Windows Server, Active Directory, M365, Azure, Hyper‑V, networking, firewalls, VPNs, backup, DR, and business continuity while establishing IT standards and proactive maintenance practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage IT staff, providing priorities, technical direction, coaching, and accountability while ensuring effective service delivery.
• Serve as the primary escalation point for critical infrastructure, operational, and cybersecurity issues.
• Oversee the design, administration, security, and reliability of Windows Server, Active Directory, Microsoft 365, Azure, Hyper‑V, networking, firewalls, VPNs, and related infrastructure.
• Maintain the overall health, availability, performance, security, and supportability of the IT environment, including backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity.
• Diagnose and resolve complex infrastructure issues and provide hands‑on technical leadership for critical incidents, upgrades, migrations, and infrastructure projects.
• Establish and enforce IT standards, procedures, documentation, change management, and proactive maintenance practices.
• Identify and manage technology and cybersecurity risks, including access controls, endpoint security, patching, vulnerability remediation, and incident response.
• Lead technology projects and vendor relationships, evaluating solutions based on

Job description

Overview

The Lead Infrastructure Engineer is a hands-on working leadership position responsible for the management, operation, security, reliability, and continued improvement of information technology environments. This position combines IT leadership and personnel management with senior-level infrastructure engineering responsibilities. The Lead Infrastructure Engineer is expected to lead technical staff, establish priorities and standards, communicate with organizational leadership, manage vendors and technology initiatives, and provide direction for the overall IT environment. At the same time, this individual will remain directly involved in the technical work required to operate and support the environment.

This is not a management-only position.

Duties

• Lead and manage IT staff, providing priorities, technical direction, coaching, and accountability while ensuring effective service delivery.
• Serve as the primary escalation point for critical infrastructure, operational, and cybersecurity issues.
• Oversee the design, administration, security, and reliability of Windows Server, Active Directory, Microsoft 365, Azure, Hyper‑V, networking, firewalls, VPNs, and related infrastructure.
• Maintain the overall health, availability, performance, security, and supportability of the IT environment, including backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity.
• Diagnose and resolve complex infrastructure issues and provide hands‑on technical leadership for critical incidents, upgrades, migrations, and infrastructure projects.
• Establish and enforce IT standards, procedures, documentation, change management, and proactive maintenance practices.
• Identify and manage technology and cybersecurity risks, including access controls, endpoint security, patching, vulnerability remediation, and incident response.
• Lead technology projects and vendor relationships, evaluating solutions based on