Insight Global · 8 hours ago
Information Technology Infrastructure Operations Manager
Houston, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$145K/yr - $160K/yr
8+ years expInsight Global is assisting a client in identifying a hands-on Infrastructure Operations Manager to lead a highly technical team responsible for the full lifecycle of compute, storage, backup, and disaster recovery operations. This role is ideal for candidates who thrive in an in-house, data center-focused environment and are passionate about operational excellence, technical innovation, and continuous improvement.
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Responsibilities
Lead a team of 4 onshore and 2 offshore engineers in day-to-day operations, solutioning, design, and execution of infrastructure projects
Oversee all aspects of compute, storage, backup, and disaster recovery, with 80% of workloads on-premises
Direct responsibility for provisioning, racking, and swapping hardware in data centers
Maintain and optimize a 100% virtualized VMware environment (latest version required)
Manage Dell hardware for compute, storage, and backup
Ensure operational excellence: 60-65% daily operations (ServiceNow requests, incident/change management), 20-25% operational enhancements, 10% innovation
Own the run and operations of the environment, with some involvement in design and engineering
Support quarterly data center visits
Comfortable with on-call escalation and incident response
Qualification
Required
8-10 years of hands-on system engineering experience
Proven experience with VMware (latest version, large-scale virtualized environments)
Strong in Linux support and system engineering
Deep expertise in computer storage, backup, and disaster recovery
SCCM experience for vulnerability and risk management (patching, maintenance)
Demonstrated ability to optimize operational processes and drive enhancements
Comfortable with hands-on technical work, including hardware provisioning and troubleshooting
Experience or desire to lead small, technical teams (not focused on broad management)
Strong communication and organizational skills
Preferred
Experience with ServiceNow or similar ITSM platforms
Exposure to quarterly data center operations and travel
Ability to identify and implement operational improvements and innovations
Company
Insight Global
Insight Global provides top talent and staffing solutions that help job seekers find careers in healthcare, finance, IT, and government.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
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unknown2010-07-01Acquired
Leadership Team
Jared Streppa
President Of Company’s Technology Division
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