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Its scope includes servers, virtual machines, switches, networks, structured cabling, wireless access points, uninterruptible power supplies, time clocks, cameras, physical security systems, backups, recovery capabilities, and related infrastructure supporting offices, manufacturing plants, warehouses, and other company locations.\nThe Role:\nPlan and implement infrastructure for new plants, warehouses, offices, and other sites, as well as expansions, renovations, and technology modifications at existing locations.\nDevelop site infrastructure designs, bills of materials, estimates, implementation plans, technical standards, schedules, testing procedures, and turnover documentation.\nCoordinate infrastructure requirements and delivery with construction teams, facilities, operations, Cybersecurity, Service Desk, Business Systems, vendors, contractors, and local site contacts.\nDesign, configure, install, test, document, and support servers, virtual machines, switches, networks, structured cabling, wireless access points, and related connectivity.\nPlan and deploy uninterruptible power supplies, time clocks, cameras, physical security systems, and other site technology components.\nAssess existing sites, identify infrastructure gaps and lifecycle risks, and recommend practical upgrades that improve reliability, security, capacity, standardization, and supportability.\nDefine equipment placement, rack layouts, power and UPS requirements, cabling paths, wireless coverage, network segmentation, addressing, and connectivity needs for each site.\nConfigure monitoring, alerting, backups, and recovery capabilities; verify successful backups and test recovery procedures for deployed infrastructure.\nApply cybersecurity, patching, configuration, privileged-access, logging, segmentation, licensing, and lifecycle standards to all site implementations.\nManage assigned project tasks, dependencies, risks, costs, vendors, procurement activities, and implementation milestones; communicate status, issues, and recovery plans promptly.\nPerform site-readiness reviews, installation oversight, validation testing, cutovers, and post-implementation support to ensure infrastructure is operational before business use.\nMaintain accurate diagrams, inventories, configurations, procedures, support documentation, warranties, and lifecycle records for deployed systems.\nTroubleshoot complex infrastructure issues, lead root-cause analysis within assigned work, implement corrective actions, and transfer knowledge to support teams.\nParticipate in a shared, rotating on-call schedule to respond to infrastructure incidents and support business-critical operations outside normal working hours.\nSkills and Experience:\nAssociate or bachelor’s degree in information technology, computer science, engineering, or a related field, or at least seven years of progressively responsible experience across infrastructure, systems administration, network engineering, or IT operations in a multi-site environment.\nDemonstrated experience planning and implementing infrastructure for new sites, expansions, renovations, and significant modifications to existing facilities.\nHands-on experience with enterprise servers, virtualization, switches, wired and wireless networks, structured cabling, access points, UPS systems, printers, monitoring, backups, and recovery. 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