GT Independence · 1 day ago
Director of IT Infrastructure
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
8+ years expGT Independence is a national, mission-driven Financial Management Services organization dedicated to helping individuals live independently. The Director of IT Infrastructure will lead the strategic and operational efforts to ensure the company's technology backbone is secure, resilient, and scalable, supporting its growing national presence.
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Responsibilities
Develop and execute GT’s IT infrastructure roadmap aligned with business growth, security needs, and modernization initiatives
Lead teams responsible for systems engineering, cloud infrastructure, networks, endpoints, and IT operations
Establish standards, policies, and best practices for infrastructure, availability, performance, and lifecycle management
Oversee Azure/AWS cloud environments, virtualization, servers, storage, networking, firewalls, VPN, and identity platforms
Ensure availability and performance for GT’s mission‑critical systems supporting payroll, timesheets, enrollment, and customer care
Drive automation, monitoring, and optimization to improve efficiency and reduce risk
Partner with Security and Compliance teams to maintain HIPAA, SOC 2, and state‑specific Medicaid program requirements
Implement strong identity and access controls, patching programs, endpoint security, and data‑protection measures
Maintain disaster recovery, business continuity, backup, and failover strategies across GT’s national footprint
Ensure high uptime, reliability, and service quality across all infrastructure components
Lead incident response, root‑cause analysis, problem management, and post‑incident improvements
Build and optimize monitoring, alerting, SLAs, and capacity planning practices
Manage infrastructure‑related vendors, MSPs, cloud providers, ISPs, and hardware/software procurement
Optimize infrastructure spend while ensuring performance and security requirements are met
Oversee IT asset management, lifecycle planning, and contract renewals
Partner with Engineering, Security, Data, Operations, Customer Support, and Product to ensure infrastructure enables strong system performance
Support organization‑wide projects such as AI/automation, modernization, digitization, and scalability initiatives
Advise executive leadership on infrastructure risks, opportunities, and investments
Qualification
Required
8+ years of progressive IT infrastructure leadership experience
Expertise in cloud platforms (Azure highly preferred), identity systems, virtualization, networking, and enterprise security
Strong experience with monitoring, logging, high‑availability architecture, and disaster recovery design
Proven ability to lead technical teams in fast‑paced environments
Strong understanding of compliance requirements (HIPAA, SOC 2, data privacy)
Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate across technical and non‑technical teams
Preferred
Experience in healthcare, Medicaid programs, government services, or other highly regulated sectors
Background supporting multi‑state operations or distributed technical environments
Certifications such as Azure Solutions Architect, CCNP/CCNA, CISSP, ITIL, or related credentials
Experience with automation, infrastructure‑as‑code, and cloud governance frameworks
Company
GT Independence
GT Independence is a Family-Owned Company.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknownKey Investors
H.I.G. Capital
2025-11-18Private Equity
Leadership Team
John Carmichael
Chief Executive Officer
D. Pearl Barnett
Chief Operating Officer
Recent News
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