Job Summary
The IT Manager is responsible for oversight and management of information technology (IT) functions at Southwest Critical Materials.
- Provides leadership to the Information technology team
- Develop departmental strategy and tactical plans
- Leads the interface with all information technology (IT) consultants, service providers and vendors to support the ERP and other operational systems
- Performs IT risk management
- Ensuring IT strategies and processes support company-wide goals
- Plan, initiate, and manage information technology projects based on technology roadmaps for the business
- Serve as liaison between business and technical aspects of projects
- Builds and manages cybersecurity program
- Collaborate with other departments to develop technological solutions fit for purpose
- Develops and manages the IT budget
- Manage information technology projects or systems activities; ensure adherence to budget, schedule, and scope
- Develop and manage work breakdown structure (WBS) of information technology projects
- Implement Information Technology best practices based on ITIL, COBIT, ISO 27001, NIST etc. frameworks.
- Recommends additions or enhancements to the company’s hardware and software environment to provide the highest cost/benefits efficiency
- Coordinates the architecture and integration of the company’s information technology systems
- Ensures compatibility, interoperability, and integration of in-house and cloud-based computing systems
- Manages the deployment, monitoring, maintenance, development, upgrade, and support of all IT systems, including servers, PC’s operating systems, hardware, software, and peripherals
- Designs server and security audits, system backup procedures, and other recovery processes in accordance with the company’s disaster recovery and business continuity strategies
- Benchmarks, analyzes, reports on, and makes recommendations for the improvement and growth of the IT infrastructure and IT systems
- Develop IT policies and procedures
- Implements and manages IT hardware and software asset management
- Develop and implement an IT disaster recovery and business continuity plan
- A bachelor’s degree (B.A./B.S.) in Computer Science or related field
- Eight (8) to ten (10) years’ related experience in managing enterprise resource planning systems e.g SAP, D365, Oracle, database administration, cloud administration, networking and user support and/or training
- Strong technical knowledge of Microsoft Azure Cloud, Office 365, Windows server and client operating systems
- Proven experience in IT/ OT infrastructure planning and implementation
- Exceptional attention to detail
- Strong analytical and communication skills
- Ability to work under pressure to meet pressing deadlines
- Team player that can demonstrate the ability of experience with a large project team
Join us in shaping the future of our organization's network infrastructure while enhancing your skills in a collaborative environment!
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply