Lead IT Engineer - Contract-to-Hire | Onsite Bloomington

CTI Consulting

Bloomington (IN)

On-site

USD 90,000 - 120,000

Full time

5 days ago

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Job summary

CTI Staffing is partnering with a well‑established life sciences manufacturing organization to fill a Lead IT Engineer role in Bloomington, IN. This hands‑on technical leadership position sits in a regulated setting and serves as the final escalation point for infrastructure issues, owning release processes and shaping roadmaps for on‑prem and cloud environments.

You will mentor senior engineers, manage patching and security, and participate in 24/7 on‑call rotations.

Qualifications

5+ years in progressive IT infrastructure roles, including 2+ years in a lead or senior capacity.
We are seeking hands‑on expertise with Azure IaaS/PaaS and Microsoft 365.
Experience with ServiceNow or similar ITSM processes including change, release, and CMDB.
Strong firewall/LAN/WAN and wireless networking experience.
Willingness to participate in a 24/7 on‑call rotation.
US citizen able to work onsite in Bloomington, IN.

Responsibilities

Act as the top escalation point for infrastructure incidents, outages, and vendor escalations.
Run major incident response and coordinate resolution across teams.
Own incident, request, change, release, and CMDB processes in ServiceNow.
Oversee patching and maintenance for validated and non‑validated systems with QA and compliance.
Guide firewall, network segmentation, and identity security (SSO, MFA, Zero Trust).
Contribute to infrastructure roadmaps across on‑prem, Azure, and AWS.
Lead BCP and disaster recovery testing and vulnerability remediation.
Mentor senior engineers and work with offshore support teams.