IT Manager- Infrastructure Engineering

About the position

Crane Aerospace & Electronics has an exciting opportunity for an IT Manager - Infrastructure Engineering at our Lynnwood, WA location. The IT Manager for Infrastructure Engineering is responsible for supporting Crane Aerospace & Electronics' world-wide data endpoint management. In addition, this role plans and designs the organization's systems infrastructure, including the implementation and design of hardware and software. This position analyzes, develops, modifies, tests, and maintains the system while also verifying and validating systems, and meets internal and external requirements. Areas of responsibility include Active Directory, Office 365, Exchange, Citrix, and Purview, SailPoint, Active Roles, Privilege Access Management & Print Services. This position will support Windows operating systems, mobile devices, configuration standards, operating system patching, monitoring, alerting and automation.

Responsibilities

• Manages a team of individual contributors responsible for the day-to-day operation of critical business services, both internal and external
• Responsible for ensuring uptime of critical business systems and infrastructure through monitoring and timely remediation of critical infrastructure issues
• Preserves data assets by supporting disaster recovery and back-up procedures
• Supports information technology strategies, policies, and procedures
• Identifies issues, evaluates trends, and anticipates requirements
• Ensures adherence to all regulatory compliance processes and requirements, including but not limited to Sarbanes-Oxley, DFARS, ITAR, CMMC and like regulations
• Responsible for supporting the monitoring, alerting and automation infrastructure for critical business systems and infrastructure
• Maintains organization's effectiveness and efficiency by defining, delivering, and supporting strategic plans for implementing infrastructure technologies
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; benchmarking state-of-the-art practices; participating in professional societies
• Any other task assigned by supervisor or management

Requirements

• Minimum 3 years of experience as a Manager in a medium to high volume environment
• Experience in managing an enterprise a variety of Microsoft focused solutions
• Experience administering Enterprise Messaging Systems, Active Directory on-premise and Azure
• Experience with Citrix, Office 365 and Quest tools such as ActiveRoles, Change Auditor or Enterprise Reporter
• Current knowledge of hardware technologies, operating systems, network configurations and protocols
• Knowledge and understanding of Email, Office 365, Troubleshooting and Powershell
• Understanding of Role Based Access Control and Least Privilege
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Ability to complete job requirements within time constraints
• Ability to train new employees to support systems as required
• Ability to work effectively in an individual or team environment
• Must be self-motivated and directed
• BS degree in computer-oriented technical discipline or equivalent experience

Benefits

• Health care, dental, vision, life and disability insurance starting the first day of the month
• 15 days of paid time off that start accruing your first day at Crane and 12 paid holidays per year
• 401k plan with company match
• Education Reimbursement eligible after 90 days of employment
• Flexible work schedule with the option of up to 2 days/week of work-from-home