Adaptec Solutions is a top-ten, North American integration partner engineering diverse material handling and automation solutions with lifecycle service support for manufacturing, distribution, and warehousing companies.

Job Summary:

The Director of Information Technology will manage and direct the company’s information technology (IT) operations, ensuring the department provides efficient and effective technical support service.

The department is currently a department of 1. The new leader will be tasked with developing the department to better serve our growing business needs.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Leads development and implementation processes for the organization’s IT systems and department.
• Develops and implements business continuity protocols to minimize disruption to business operations in the event of emergency situations or data loss.
• Establishes efficiency and efficacy standards, providing recommendations for improvement of IT infrastructure.
• Analyzes IT infrastructure and systems performance to assess operating costs, productivity levels, upgrade requirements, and other metrics and needs.
• Oversees security of systems, networks, and enterprise information.
• Facilitates IT security audits or investigations.
• Develops and maintains relationships with external IT vendors and service providers.
• Coordinates multisite IT systems via enterprise resource planning (ERP).
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Required Hard Skills/Abilities:

• Geographically distant, multi-site integration, management and support.
• Operating systems administration and support:
  • Windows Server, Windows, MacOS, Linux, iOS, Android
• Device hardware administration and support:
  • servers, laptops, desktops, & mobile devices
• Networking administration and support:
  • Security appliances (SonicWall, Fortinet, Cisco, Sophos, etc)
  • Sired and wireless hardware (switches, access points, etc),
  • Virtual Private Networking,
  • Enterprise network architecture
• Remote Monitoring and Management
• Windows server functions:
  • Active Directory, File Sharing, Group Policies, User Management, etc
• Windows Terminal Server
• Microsoft Virtualization (Hypervisor) and virtual machine management
• Cybersecurity: software, hardware, best practices, monitoring, prevention and response
• Microsoft 365 administration and management, including but not limited to:
  • Users, Microsoft Office applications, Teams and Teams Voice
• Azure Cloud administration and management, including but not limited to:
  • Entra, virtualization, storage, SQL, etc.
• Microsoft Intune

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Hires and trains IT staff.
• Schedules, organizes, and assigns projects to members of the IT team.
• Conducts performance evaluations that are timely and constructive.
• Handles discipline and termination of employees as needed and in accordance with company policy.

Required Foundational Skills/Abilities:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent analytical and management skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Through understanding of IT and practical applications to support the company’s goals.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science required; master’s degree or MBA preferred.
• At least ten years of experience managing an IT department.

Physical Requirements:

• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times.

In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the wage range for this role is $110,000- 145,000. The rate range provided is a general guideline. When extending an offer, Adaptec Solutions considers factors including, but not limited to experience and geographic location. Adaptec Solutions also offers a variety of benefits including generous paid time off (PTO), 11 paid company holidays including your birthday, health, dental and vision insurance, HSA/FSA accounts, 401(k) match, short-term/long term disability coverage and basic life/AD&D insurance and education assistance.

Adaptec Solutions provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Please note that this position is not eligible for visa sponsorship; candidates must have valid work authorization to be considered.