BL Harbert International LLC

IT Manager

BL Harbert International LLC • $90K — $120K *
Birmingham, AL 35242In-Person
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years in IT operations with 2+ years in a leadership role
  • Hands-on experience with AWS and Azure infrastructure for 3+ years
  • Strong troubleshooting and communication skills
  • Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation)
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Security Clearance

Responsibilities

  • Lead and mentor a small team of IT support representatives
  • Oversee onboarding/offboarding processes and secure access management
  • Manage Microsoft 365 and optimize micro-data center operations
  • Design and manage AWS/Azure cloud infrastructure including VPC and routing
  • Implement IAM and encryption best practices
  • Monitor systems through CloudWatch and Azure Monitor
  • Communicate effectively with various teams to build trust

Benefits

  • BCBS medical and dental coverage
  • Group insurance options
  • 401K plan
  • Paid holidays and vacation
  • Flexible working hours to accommodate business needs
Full Job Description
IT Manager to support the International Operations Group in Birmingham, Alabama. Candidate will lead day-to-day IT operations for U.S. offices for the international construction group, manage a small team of support representatives, and design/manage cloud infrastructure (Azure/AWS) and hybrid connectivity. Candidate must possess strong technical skills with exceptional communication and relationship-building.

Responsibilities

Technical and Management

  • Lead and mentor 3-4 IT support reps across multiple offices

  • Oversee onboarding/offboarding; ensure timely, secure access

  • Manage Microsoft 365, Dell/Apple endpoints; optimize Birmingham micro-data center

  • Administer Freshservice, AD Manager, Azure Entra, Intune, Meraki; align with global IT

  • Design, deploy, and manage AWS/Azure infrastructure; implement VPCs/VNets, subnets, routing, Security Groups/NSGs, ALB/NLB/Azure LB, VPNs, ExpressRoute/Direct Connect, Transit Gateway/VNet peering

  • Configure and maintain DNS (Route 53/Azure DNS), including private DNS

  • Implement IAM/RBAC with least privilege; encryption via KMS/Azure Key Vault

  • Enforce governance guardrails (AWS Control Tower/SCPs, Azure Policy); support NIST/CIS/SOC 2 compliance

  • Deploy/maintain EC2/Azure VMs, RDS/Azure SQL/managed databases, S3/Blob storage

  • Monitor via CloudWatch/Azure Monitor/Log Analytics; support DR/HA designs

  • Partner closely with operations, field teams, and leadership; communicate plainly and build trust

  • Have a thorough understanding of Power Platform and SharePoint


Project Management & Delivery

  • Lead and manage complex IT and cloud-infrastructure projects using structured project management methodologies

  • Develop and maintain project plans, timelines, budgets, resource allocations, and risk registers

  • Coordinate cross-functional workstreams (IT, Operations, Security, Field/Construction teams, vendors) to ensure alignment and on time delivery

  • Facilitate project meetings, provide status reporting, and manage stakeholder and executive communication

  • Identify cross-team dependencies, issues, and risks; drive mitigation strategies and corrective action plans

  • Ensure all projects adhere to internal governance, documentation standards, and change control procedures

  • Manage project related vendor relationships, SOWs, and performance expectations Improve project execution consistency by standardizing templates, workflows, and delivery processes


Requirements

  • US Citizen
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Security Clearance
  • 5+ years IT operations with 2+ years in leadership/mentorship

  • 3+ years hands-on AWS/Azure infrastructure experience; strong cloud networking

  • Production support experience; hybrid identity (AD + Entra ID)

  • Infrastructure as Code experience (Terraform/CloudFormation/ARM/Bicep)

  • Strong troubleshooting, documentation, and communication skills


Preferences

  • AWS Solutions Architect (Associate/Professional), Azure Administrator (AZ-104), or Azure Solutions Architect (AZ-305)

  • Experience in regulated/compliance-driven environments

  • EKS/AKS; Defender for Cloud, GuardDuty; Azure DevOps/GitHub Actions

  • Degree in CS/IS is a plus (equivalent experience considered)


Behavioral Attributes

  • Exceptional relationship-building; low-ego, high-ownership

  • Calm, steady communicator under pressure; proactive and transparent

  • Matrix-friendly collaborator; plain-English translator of technical concepts

  • Curious, mentor-oriented, and trusted for reliability


Physical Demands

To perform the duties of this job, the employee must:

  • Have the ability to repetitively use hands to grasp, reach above and below with arms, and work overhead
  • Have the ability to stoop, bend, walk, kneel, crouch and crawl
  • Have the ability to lift, carry and/or move up to 25 lbs. of weight in the form of paper, boxes, files, etc.
  • Have the ability to sit for extended periods with occasional standing required
  • Possess the manual dexterity to operate office equipment, filing, and perform specialized skills
  • Possess a high degree of concentration necessary in a busy office environment


Work Environment

To perform the duties of this job, the employee

  • Must be able to work in an office environment
  • Must have flexibility with hours in order to better accommodate business needs


B.L. Harbert International, LLC offers an excellent benefits package including a competitive US base salary, BCBS medical and dental, group insurance, 401K plan and paid holidays and vacation.

About BL Harbert International LLC

B.L. Harbert International, LLC, is a construction company based in Birmingham, Alabama, that was founded in 2000 by Billy L. Harbert, as a division of Harbert Corporation. B.L. Harbert has two main operating divisions, the U.S. Division and the International Division. The U.S. Division is further divided into the following divisions: commercial, healthcare, federal, and civil/industrial. They undertake the preconstruction, general construction, construction management, and design-build services of office buildings, condominiums, institutional buildings, healthcare facilities, churches, industrial facilities, water and wastewater treatment plants. BL Harbert employed over 8,000 people around the world as of 2021. Much of the firm's business is in the form of federal government contracts for embassy construction projects abroad, the largest of these in cumulative contract value being U.S. Embassy Beirut, U.S. Embassy New Delhi, U.S. Consulate Erbil, and Guatemala City. In 2019 the company was ranked the 90th largest contractor in the country by Engineering News-Record. They are also one of the top 100 contractors for the US government. The company has additional U.S. offices in: Atlanta, Charleston, Houston, Huntsville, Oxford, Nashville and Washington D.C. The company has international offices in: London, Dubai, and Istanbul.
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