Manager IT Infrastructure

Manager, IT Infrastructure

Company: MITER Brands
Locations: Gratz, PA | Harrisburg, PA | Venice, FL
Work Model: Onsite (primary location) with travel
Travel: ~8–12 trips per year to key sites
Compensation: $104K–$130K base, plus 10% target annual bonus

About the Role

MITER Brands is seeking a hands‑on Manager, IT Infrastructure to lead and unify infrastructure operations across a multi‑site manufacturing enterprise. This role sits at the center of on‑prem infrastructure ownership—servers, storage, virtualization, networking, data centers, and security—and plays a critical part in standardizing how infrastructure is designed, operated, and supported across the organization.

This is a working manager role. You’ll lead a distributed team of engineers and administrators while remaining deeply technical—designing, troubleshooting, and improving infrastructure in a hybrid environment that includes on‑prem data centers, hosted providers, and public cloud integrations.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and support the IT Infrastructure team (6 direct reports) across multiple data centers and locations
• Own lifecycle management for data center infrastructure including servers, storage, hypervisors, networking, power, and cooling
• Drive standardization of:
  • Operating system configuration
  • Server patch management
  • Infrastructure build and deployment practices
• Design, implement, and support hyper‑converged infrastructure, with an emphasis on Nutanix (VMware to Nutanix migration in progress)
• Maintain and evolve enterprise services including:
  • Active Directory and Microsoft Server services
  • Linux server environments
  • Storage and virtualization platforms
• Ensure infrastructure availability, performance, scalability, and security
• Support security audits and compliance initiatives for infrastructure systems
• Manage infrastructure projects end‑to‑end: planning, prioritization, execution, and delivery
• Oversee vendor relationships, contracts, renewals, and capital purchasing (>$2.5M spend)
• Coach and develop infrastructure team members, aligning skills with core initiatives
• Take full ownership of production systems, including monitoring, documentation, and knowledge sharing (ServiceNow)

Required Qualifications

• Strong hands‑on experience in enterprise on‑prem infrastructure
• Deep knowledge of:
  • Microsoft Active Directory & Windows Server
  • Storage, virtualization, and hypervisors (Nutanix highly preferred)
  • Networking fundamentals and performance troubleshooting
  • Data center operations (power, cooling, physical infrastructure)
• Experience managing lifecycle planning, capacity planning, and infrastructure scaling
• Proven ability to lead engineers while remaining technically involved
• Experience supporting audits, security initiatives, and infrastructure compliance
• Vendor management and procurement experience
• Manufacturing or multi‑site enterprise experience strongly preferred

What Sets This Role Apart

• ~60% hands‑on technical work
• High ownership over infrastructure strategy and execution
• Opportunity to unify infrastructure practices across ~20 manufacturing facilities and 4 data centers
• Strong influence without heavy executive presentation requirements
• Clear mandate to modernize and standardize infrastructure

Ready to Lead and Build?

If you’re an infrastructure leader who enjoys staying technical, driving standards, and taking full ownership of production systems in a complex enterprise environment, we’d love to connect.

Apply today or reach out directly to learn more about how this role can be your next step in building scalable, resilient infrastructure at MITER Brands.