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Concordia Group · 1 month ago

IT Manager

Carol Stream, IL

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$125K/yr - $125K/yr

Concordia Group is a rapidly growing engineering and telecom infrastructure construction firm. They are seeking an experienced hands-on IT Manager to lead IT initiatives, mentor junior employees, and oversee the administration of IT policies and systems.

Civil EngineeringConsultingTelecommunicationsWireless

Comp. & Benefits

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Act as the technical lead/PM for our migration to Microsoft D365/Salesforce. You will oversee the administration and strategic usage of Microsoft Dynamics 365 (D365) and Salesforce Cloud, ensuring data integrity and user adoption

Create, document, and enforce comprehensive IT policies (Acceptable Use, BYOD, Incident Response) and Cybersecurity Policies (NIST alignment) to protect company assets and ensure compliance

Responsible for forecasting, creating annual capital (CAPEX) and operational (OPEX) budgets, and tracking ROI on technology investments

Manage all third-party relationships, including ISPs, hardware suppliers, and software vendors

Team Leadership: Mentor the support team, handle escalations, and foster a culture of technical curiosity

Design and manage a high-availability network utilizing Cisco Data Center and Enterprise routing platforms

Manage a multi-hypervisor environment; you will maintain legacy Proxmox clusters while architecting and building Windows Hyper-V Failover Cluster and/or VMware vSphere environments

Oversee the physical health, firmware updates, and warranty management of our Dell and HPE servers

Architect high-availability file services using DFS and manage Hybrid Identity (AD + Entra ID)

Manage Enterprise SANs (IBM) and ZFS storage arrays to ensure RPO/RTO goals are met

Experience administering or managing integrations for Salesforce Cloud and Microsoft Dynamics 365

Expert-level administration of the M365 ecosystem (Intune, Teams, Exchange Online)

Lifecycle management of Dell PowerEdge and HPE ProLiant servers

Proficiency with iDRAC (Dell) and iLO (HPE) for remote console access, BIOS updates, and hardware monitoring

Experience with RAID controller configuration, drive replacements, and memory upgrades

Cisco Nexus series (Leaf/Spine architecture, NX-OS command set, Fiber connectivity)

Cisco ASR routers for high-throughput edge routing and Catalyst switches

Experience designing Hyper-V Failover Clusters (Cluster Shared Volumes, Live Migration)

Management of VMware vSphere and Proxmox VE clusters

Implementation and management of Distributed File System (DFS)

Strong experience with Windows Server, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, and Group Policy (GPO)

Management of Enterprise SAN arrays (IBM FlashSystem)

Advanced file system management using ZFS (Datasets, Snapshots, Replication)

PfSense firewall administration (Traffic Shaping, HA Proxy, OpenVPN)

Enterprise Wireless AP Management

Veeam Backup & Replication for virtualized workloads

Qualification

Microsoft Dynamics 365Salesforce CloudCisco NetworkingWindows Server AdministrationEnterprise SAN ManagementM365 EcosystemVirtualization ManagementCybersecurity PoliciesTechnical CuriosityBackup ManagementRemote Console AccessRAID ConfigurationFile System ManagementFirewall AdministrationTeam Leadership

Required

Hands-on experience leading IT initiatives and mentoring junior employees