Manager, IT Infrastructure

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Location: 46401 Commerce Center Drive, Plymouth, MI 48170

Salary: $193,149 per year

Isuzu North America Corporation (INAC) seeks a Manager, IT Infrastructure (Individual Contributor) to plan and coordinate enterprise management personnel and oversee all other Management Information Systems (MIS) Infrastructure related activities in support of Isuzu’s business. Develop strong working relationship with all Isuzu companies, understanding their function, business, environments, and needs. Monitor and audit Isuzu’s expenses and budgets. Work closely with MIS executives on strategic planning activities for future Isuzu business.

• Responsible for the design, implementation, and operations of enterprise core system platforms hosting applications in both on-premises facilities and on-cloud infrastructure.
• Review external vendors to ensure standards, processes, and procedures are executed to deliver systems to specifications.
• Work alongside architects, information security, and operational teams to deliver infrastructure services to the organization.
• Responsible for the development and fulfillment of strategic direction to modernize the IT infrastructure.
• Support IT management in the development and fulfillment of an engineering strategy, based on the current and future overall strategic and business objectives of the organization. Evaluate the existing configuration of hardware, systems and technologies, in the context of business operations to identify any gaps in capacity or capabilities.
• Evaluate new technologies with a view to their integration into the organization.
• Share knowledge and expertise with other functional areas of the IT organization and with the client community in an advisory capacity.
• Lead IT projects and programs that are high impact/high value to the organization.
• Act as a communication channel for ongoing program management status and issues and setting business expectations.
• Interact at high levels with clients and decision-makers both internally and externally.
• Work with Plan, Build and Production teams to ensure successful project delivery.
• Improve productivity and quality within project lifecycle and project governance.
• Focus on planning and execution of large-scale projects and programs.

• Ensure effectiveness, availability, and security of enterprise servers, including hardware, virtualization, operating systems, software, and backups.
• Provision and administer server environments using best practices for enterprise customers across multiple on-premises and on-cloud offerings.
• Conduct research and remain current with the latest server and system technologies and solutions.
• Benchmark, analyze, report on, and make recommendations for the improvement and growth of the IT infrastructure regarding server systems.
• Develop solutions by understanding and studying systems flows, data usage, and work processes.
• Ensure effectiveness, availability, and security of enterprise network, including hardware, Firewalls, circuits, LAN, Wi-Fi, and VPN.
• Provision and administer network solutions and configurations using best practices for enterprise customers across multiple on premises and on-cloud sites.
• Conduct research and remain current with the latest network and system technologies and solutions.
• Benchmark, analyze, reports on, and make recommendations for the improvement and growth of the IT infrastructure regarding network systems.
• Develop solutions by understanding and studying systems flows, data usage, and work processes.

• Review the development, implementation, and testing of business continuity and disaster recovery plans.
• Serve as subject matter expert for disaster recovery and business continuity strategy and planning.
• Develop and review disaster recovery, crisis management, or business continuity plans.
• Develop recovery plans for physical locations with critical assets, such as data centers.
• Coordinate continuity efforts after a disruption event.
• Develop emergency management plans for recovery decision making, communications, and the…