Infrastructure Manager | Hands-On Technical Leader
Listed on 2026-02-28
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IT/Tech
Systems Engineer, IT Project Manager, Cloud Computing, Systems Administrator
Infrastructure Manager | Hands-On Technical Leader
Location:
Cincinnati, OH (5 days onsite)
Own the Environment. Lead the Team. Drive Modernization.
A highly stable, growth-oriented Cincinnati organization is seeking a hands-on Infrastructure Manager to step into a critical leadership role as part of a planned transition. This is not a purely strategic position. This is for a technical leader who still enjoys rolling up their sleeves.
You will inherit a capable, tenured team and take full ownership of a complex enterprise infrastructure environment spanning VMware, Windows Server, VDI, storage, networking, and core business systems. Your voice will carry weight. Your technical expertise will shape direction. Your impact will be visible across the business.
This is an ideal opportunity for someone who thrives in fast-paced environments, enjoys being the escalation point, and wants to modernize while maintaining operational excellence.
What You Will Own:- Lead day-to-day infrastructure operations while ensuring projects meet timelines and expectations
- Serve as the technical escalation point and hands-on contributor across servers, virtualization, storage, networking, and core systems
- Guide and mentor a team of four specialists across systems, network, telecom, and iSeries
- Design and implement IT processes, standards, and best practices
- Drive infrastructure architecture decisions, integrations, and performance optimization
- Oversee business continuity planning and disaster recovery testing
- Manage infrastructure procurement and vendor relationships
- Conduct performance reviews and support team development
- Maintain documentation standards and ensure operational accuracy
- Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend adoption strategies
- 5+ years of combined technical and leadership experience
- Strong background in Microsoft Windows Server environments
- 3+ years of VMware vSphere administration
- Experience with VMware Horizon VDI
- Storage area network experience
- Microsoft Exchange administration
- Experience working within ITIL-based service environments
- Proven success leading a technical infrastructure or support team
- Comfortable participating in on-call and pager rotation
- Net App or Hitachi SANs
- Power Shell scripting
- Experience supporting a mixed Windows and Linux environment
- Data center operations background
- Highly stable, recession-resistant organization
- Long-term growth opportunity within a well-established enterprise
- Strong modernization focus and investment in technology
- Tenured, collaborative team environment
- Planned leadership transition with knowledge overlap
- Salary range: 125K to 135K DOE
- Company-provided iPad
- Strong benefits package
- Reports to the Director of Infrastructure
- Leads a team of four: iSeries Admin, System Admin, Network Engineer, Telecom Manager
- Hands-on leadership position
- Early schedule preferred: 7 AM to 4 PM EST
- Fully onsite in Cincinnati
If you are a technically strong, hands on infrastructure leader who enjoys staying close to the technology, values stability, and wants true ownership of an enterprise environment, this is a high visibility opportunity worth exploring.
This is a high priority search with interviews moving quickly with the Director of Infrastructure and CIO. If you are ready to lead from the front, drive modernization, and build long term career growth in Cincinnati, apply immediately.
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