Sr IT Infrastructure Lead - Temp

The Sr IT Infrastructure Lead T oversees the IT infrastructure operations support for Penumbra business applications. This includes implementation and operations management and support of a hybrid infrastructure environment spanning on-premises data centers, private and public cloud services. This person will also define and develop technical architecture, designs, and standards; provide level three engineering support for complex and recurring issues; provides technical vision and thought leadership regarding long term deployments of infrastructure and cloud technologies.
Specific Duties & Responsibilities
• Establish objectives and assignments to identify and remediate issues with High Availability and resiliency. *• Lead operational health of enterprise infrastructure across cloud (Azure), on-premises, and hybrid environments, including monitoring, alerting, and capacity management. * • Lead major incident response, root cause analysis (RCA), and post-mortem processes; drive blameless culture and preventive actions to reduce recurrence. *• Maintain and execute a forward-looking 3-year infrastructure roadmap that supports current technologies and prepares for emerging trends and upgrades. *• Collaborate closely with business and application teams to align infrastructure capabilities with upcoming initiatives, ensuring timely and reliable operational support. *• Establish and continuously refine operational policies, standards, and procedures for infrastructure services to ensure compliance and efficiency. *• Oversee and coordinate vulnerability management and patching cycles across systems, networks, and applications to maintain operational integrity and minimize risk. *• Monitor and optimize enterprise operations platforms, forecast capacity needs, and identify cost-reduction and system consolidation opportunities. *• Implement enterprise-wide monitoring solutions to proactively detect, diagnose, and resolve performance and capacity issues, minimizing Mean Time to Repair (MTTR). *• Ensure the operational security and resilience of the infrastructure stack, including Network, Office 365, Windows, SQL, and cloud platforms. *• Develop and maintain tools to support IT Operations in incident detection, triage, and resolution. Drive automation of routine tasks and ensure operational tooling remains effective. *• Empower the operations team to lead outage response and recovery, own incident resolution processes, and ensure thorough root cause analysis and remediation. *• Optimize IT tools and operational solutions to drive cost-effectiveness, scalability, and reliability across services. Lead infrastructure project planning and execution, proactively tracking milestones, addressing risks, and ensuring delivery within scope and budget. *• Define and enforce governance frameworks for infrastructure programs, maintain alignment with corporate standards, and ensure seamless integration across systems.• Oversee the operational rollout of new products and services, coordinating resource allocation across internal and external stakeholders for seamless delivery.• Manage change communications and operational outcomes with a focus on minimizing disruption and enhancing user experience.Deliver concise and actionable program-level reports to senior leadership, highlighting operational performance, risks, and key deliverables.• Adhere to the Company’s Quality Management System (QMS) as well as domestic and global quality system regulations, standards, and procedures. * • Understand relevant security, privacy, and compliance principles and adhere to the regulations, standards, and procedures that are applicable to the Company. *• Ensure other members of the department follow the QMS, regulations, standards, and procedures. * • Perform other work-related duties as assigned. *Indicates an essential function of the role
Required QualificationsMinimum education and experience• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field with 10+ years’ experience or equivalent combination of education and experience
Preferred qualifications• 10+ years’ experience managing IT infrastructure, security, or network environments is preferred• Proven experience in building and leading a global infrastructure environment.• Demonstrated ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects, problems, and issues.• Excellent organizational and problem-solving skills. Ability to effectively deal with ambiguity and assignments that require strategic thinking with minimal direction.• Strong program/project management skills; PMP certification a plus.• Strong hands-on experience in deploying and managing highly available and reliable WIFI, LAN, WAN, VPN and Network security technology solutions.• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Server Stack, Linux, Azure, Office 365, and VMware. • Experience in managing cloud infrastructure and security with an Architect level certification is a PLUS. Regular testing of H