Director of IT Infrastructure (Engineering)
Director of IT Infrastructure
Location: Irving, TX (Hybrid)
Job Type: Full-time | Exempt
Position Overview:
The Director of IT Infrastructure is a hands-on technical leader responsible for designing, operating, and continuously improving a hybrid infrastructure spanning an on-premises data center, a colocation facility, and an Azure cloud footprint. This role owns day-to-day infrastructure operations (servers, storage, networking, cloud services, and end-user compute), while driving the long-term strategy for reliability, scalability, performance, security, and cost optimization. Over the next six months, the Director will lead the migration to a new colocation site and establish redundancy for the on-prem environment in the cloud or a secondary colocation.
Essential Functions:
Infrastructure Strategy & Architecture
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Develop and maintain a 3-year roadmap aligned with business goals, emphasizing scalability, redundancy, and security
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Provide architecture leadership for Nutanix, Cisco Meraki, O365/M365
Operations & Reliability
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Own uptime and performance of all infrastructure services, meeting agreed RTO/RPO and SLA targets
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Implement and refine monitoring, alerting, and capacity management processes
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Champion ITIL-aligned change, incident, and problem management practices with root cause analysis
Security Ownership
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Drive the security architecture for LES, set policies, harden platforms, and remediate vulnerabilities
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Manage 3rd-party SOC relationships
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Perform independent vulnerability assessments as needed
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Ensure patching, configuration baselines, and privileged access are tightly managed
Project Leadership
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Plan and execute the upcoming data center migration (colo to colo) on time and on budget
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Lead future cloud migration/DR initiatives, produce risk analyses, and deliver decision packets to leadership
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Define additional infrastructure improvement projects and oversee execution
Vendor & Budget Management
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Manage contracts and performance of colo, cloud, network, telecom, and hardware vendors
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Negotiate renewals and new services
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Track infrastructure OPEX/CAPEX and identify cost savings opportunities
Team Development & Culture
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Build a high-performing team that values change control, documentation, risk awareness, and continuous improvement
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Mentor engineers and create career paths and training plans
Required Education and Experience:
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10+ years in infrastructure engineering/operations, including 5+ years in a leadership role
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Demonstrated success administering Nutanix, Cisco Meraki networking, Microsoft O365/M365, and managing data center environments
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Proven experience owning or co-owning an enterprise security program (patching, hardening, SIEM/SOC collaboration)
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Strong knowledge of data center relocations, hybrid cloud architecture, disaster recovery/business continuity planning (DR/BCP), and ITIL processes
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Excellent communication and leadership skills
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Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field (or equivalent experience)
Preferred Qualifications:
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Experience in environmental services or other 24×7 operational industries
Working Environment:
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General office conditions with periods of sitting
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Occasional light lifting or bending
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Hybrid work schedule required at the Irving, TX corporate office
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Must be able to perform the job with or without reasonable accommodations
Note: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employees may be assigned additional responsibilities as required. This document does not constitute an employment contract. Liquid Environmental Solutions maintains an “at will” employment relationship with all team members.
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