Job DescriptionHilltop Holdings is looking for an IT Engineering Manager to plan, lead, and manage the application of state-of-the-art information processing and engineering techniques to deliver secure, reliable infrastructure solutions across the organization. This role provides hands-on leadership and strategic oversight for a team of IT Engineers supporting enterprise infrastructure.
The IT Engineering Manager plays a critical role in ensuring infrastructure environments are designed, implemented, and maintained with a
"Security First" mindset, balancing innovation, resiliency, scalability, and regulatory compliance.
Responsibilities- Develops, maintains, supports, and optimizes key functional areas, particularly network infrastructure, server infrastructure, data communications, and telecommunications systems
- Plans, implements, and administers the organization's infrastructure hardware and systems with a security first mindset
- Oversee management of the data centers, production scheduling, communication networks (voice and data), and infrastructure systems operations
- Schedules and directs the maintenance and support of infrastructure hardware and software based on established SLAs
- Provide roadmaps, evaluations and recommendations of emerging technologies including lifecycle management (including datacenter infrastructure and remote locations)
- Partners with other Technology leadership to determine architecture strategies and standards
- Partners with current and future vendors for purchasing, contracts and renewals to ensure best pricing and accurate product selection
- Assess and budget accurately for future purchases and develop deployment plans for new infrastructure
- Assess risks, vulnerabilities and mitigations of existing systems to ensure these systems are highly available, operationally sound, secured and exceed customer expectation
- Manage the quarterly and annual planning, team objectives, individual goals, deliverables, hiring, development plans, and performance reviews
- Review and deliver evidence in support of any internal or external audits
- Act as an escalation point for outages and service requests
- Experience with cloud (Azure, AWS) architecture and solutions
- Perform other duties as assigned
Qualifications- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field preferred or equivalent experience.
- 5 + years' experience in information technology management.
- 7+ years of experience in information technology infrastructure hardware and systems.
- Comprehensive understanding of network architecture and client/server technology.
- Software development abilities preferred.
- Strong problem-solving and communication skills required.
- Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail with the ability to analyze work products, systems, and processes at a detailed level.
- Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
- Strong PC skills, including word processing and spreadsheets via Microsoft Office products as well as various business solutions and custom applications, systems, and software. Must have the ability to learn and utilize systems and applications continuously.
- Strong time management, organizational, and critical thinking skills.
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals in, or assigned to, the above position and are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required and may be changed at the discretion of the Company
