Senior Infrastructure & Technology Manager

Jahnel Group’s mission is to provide the absolute best environment for software creators to pursue their passion by connecting them with great clients doing meaningful work.
This is a full time position with one of our closest clients.

Our client is seeking a Senior Infrastructure & Technology Manager to lead and optimize their full infrastructure ecosystem, from AWS cloud governance and cost management to job site connectivity and end-user technology, across a fast-growing national EPC organization. This role requires a strategic, hands‑on leader who can strengthen security, scalability, and operational reliability while directly supporting both corporate offices and remote construction sites.

• Own AWS architecture, governance, cost optimization, and security; manage on‑prem infrastructure, HA/DR, and capacity planning.

• Lead SDWAN/Cloud
  
  WAN and network infrastructure; ensure reliable job site connectivity; manage firewalls, VPNs, and performance optimization.

• Define device strategy and lifecycle management; deliver seamless office/field experience; oversee endpoint security.

• Standardize site deployments; support field connectivity and systems access; resolve critical site issues while balancing cost and capability.

• Operationalize security tooling; enforce infrastructure security controls; coordinate incident response and compliance efforts.

• 10+ years in infrastructure/operations with progressive responsibility
• Breadth across infrastructure domains - You've managed cloud, network, servers, storage, and end‑user compute at different points in your career
• AWS at scale - Multi‑account governance, Fin Ops, security (Solutions Architect Professional or equivalent experience)
• Networking depth - SDWAN, routing/switching, firewalls, VPN (CCNP or equivalent experience)
• Remote/branch office expertise - Supporting users in challenging environments with limited connectivity
• Vendor management - Negotiated enterprise agreements, managed MSPs, evaluated solutions objectively
• Budget management - Built and managed $1M+ infrastructure budgets
• Team leadership - Led technical teams, mentored engineers, built culture of operational excellence
• Construction/field operations experience strongly preferred - Understand job site realities, construction workflows, field user needs

• Experience in construction, energy, utilities, or field‑service industries
• VMware, Hyper‑V, or modern virtualization platforms
• Infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Cloud Formation, Ansible)
• ITSM tooling (Service Now, Jira Service Management)
• M365 administration and optimization
• ITIL or similar operational framework certification
• Security certifications (CISSP, CISM, AWS Security Specialty)
• Project management for large infrastructure initiatives

• Glastonbury, Connecticut
• Hybrid

• Quarterly job site visits (2-3 sites per quarter) to understand field needs and build relationships
• Annual AWS re:
  
  Invent or similar conference for professional development
• Occasional vendor meetings or partner facility tours
• Estimate 15-20% travel, concentrated in certain months