Los Angeles Times · 1 day ago
Senior IT Infrastructure Engineer
El Segundo, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$160K/yr - $170K/yr
5+ years expLos Angeles Times is seeking a Senior IT Infrastructure Engineer responsible for designing, building, deploying, and maintaining core IT infrastructure that supports business-critical applications. The role involves optimizing technologies, troubleshooting infrastructure problems, and collaborating with various teams to ensure operational excellence.
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Responsibilities
Manage and oversee day-to-day core Infrastructure services, including Change and Release Management, ensuring operational excellence and continuous tools support
Provide leadership and direction to Managed Service Providers (MSPs), internal staff, and third-party vendors, enforcing performance standards and aligning services with organizational strategic priorities
Oversee the technical design, deployment, and operation of key enterprise technologies, including Juniper switches, Cato Networks, Google Business Workspace, Active Directory, DNS/DHCP, Office Wireless Network and Infrastructure, ManageEngine Endpoint Manager, Google/Azure SSO, Cloud HA, DR strategy and additional enterprise tools and platforms as assigned
Utilize hands-on expertise to design and implement robust cloud services across multi-cloud environments (Azure, AWS, and GCP)
Develop and implement technical standards, procedures, and best practices across enterprise systems, cloud technologies, network infrastructure, and security to mitigate risk and ensure compliance
Serve as a technical leader, providing guidance to project teams on technology deployment, identifying innovations to improve business productivity, and rapidly adopting new technologies to meet evolving business needs
Collaborate closely with Information Security, Enterprise Architecture, DevOps, IT Operations, Product & Program Management, Data Science & Analytics, Digital Engineering teams, and business stakeholders to coordinate technology implementations and streamline processes
Lead the implementation, support, and oversight of critical vendor partnerships for network infrastructure and security solutions including performance evaluation, contract oversight, and service-level compliance
Other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or Project Management and 5+ years of progressive experience as a senior infrastructure engineer OR 10+ years of progressive experience as a senior infrastructure engineer
Strong technical proficiency in Enterprise Operating Systems (Microsoft Windows Server and major Linux distributions), Directory Services (such as Microsoft Active Directory), Single Sign-On (SSO), Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), Google Business Workspace, and Microsoft 365 Suite proficiency
Hands-on experience designing, deploying, and managing services in public and hybrid cloud environments (Azure, AWS, and/or GCP)
Working knowledge of virtualization (VMware or KVM) and containerization technologies (Kubernetes and Docker). Working knowledge of Kubernetes cluster design, operation, and sizing
Strong knowledge of infrastructure and network systems, including SD-WAN, VPN, Wi-Fi, Voice technologies (VoIP, SIP, call managers), enterprise storage, Juniper switches, and Palo Alto firewalls
Proven experience managing endpoints using ManageEngine Endpoint Central and Jamf Pro or Kandji
Demonstrated experience working with outsourced on/offshore infrastructure teams and managing complex vendor relationships (minimum 3 years of vendor relationship management)
Strong written, verbal communication, and presentation skills, including effective persuasion, negotiation, and conflict resolution abilities
Proven ability to quickly adopt new technologies and products to meet business requirements
Preferred
Advanced or current Juniper and cloud certifications (Azure, GCP, AWS) strongly preferred
PMP certification
Knowledge and integration of enterprise SaaS solutions
Experience working with key technology vendors such as OpenNMS, Aruba, Juniper, Slack, Synology, ManageEngine, Zabbix, Zoom, and Veeam
Company
Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is the largest metropolitan daily newspaper in the country, with a daily readership of 1.2 million and 2.1 million on Sunday, more than 32 million unique latimes.com visitors monthly and a combined print and online local weekly audience of 4.4 million.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$0.25MKey Investors
Meta Journalism Project
2023-02-27Grant· $0.25M
2000-06-01Acquired
Leadership Team
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EVP, Business Development
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