IT Infrastructure Manager

RaceTrac • Atlanta, GA

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About The Position

The IT Infrastructure Manager s is responsible for the reliable, secure, and cost-effective operation of the organization’s data center, cloud platforms, and network infrastructure. This role leads day-to-day infrastructure operations while partnering closely with architecture, security, and application teams to ensure high availability, scalability, and performance across on-prem and cloud environments. This leader balances operational excellence with continuous improvement, ensuring infrastructure supports business growth, resilience, and evolving technology strategies.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field (or equivalent experience)
• 5-7 years of progressive experience in infrastructure or data center operations
• 3+ years of people management or technical team leadership experience
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, and/or GCP)
• Strong understanding of network infrastructure, virtualization, and enterprise data center technologies.
• Experience managing hybrid cloud environments at scale
• Familiarity with infrastructure automation and IaC tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible)

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of ITIL or other service management framework

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day operations of data center environments, including servers, storage, virtualization, cloud platforms, and network infrastructure
• Ensure high availability, performance, capacity, and reliability of all infrastructure services
• Lead incident response, root cause analysis, and corrective action planning for infrastructure outages
• Establish and maintain operational runbooks, monitoring standards, and escalation procedures
• Manage hybrid and cloud infrastructure (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP), including capacity planning, cost optimization, and performance tuning
• Oversee network architecture and operations, including LAN/WAN, firewalls, load balancers, VPNs, and connectivity to cloud providers
• Partner with architecture teams to support cloud migration, modernization, and infrastructure automation initiatives
• Ensure infrastructure aligns with security, compliance, and regulatory requirements
• Support disaster recovery, business continuity, and enterprise resiliency planning and testing
• Partner with cybersecurity teams to remediate vulnerabilities and implement security controls
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of infrastructure and operations engineers
• Set performance expectations, provide feedback, and support career development
• Manage relationships with infrastructure vendors, service providers, and colocation partners
• Oversee contracts, SLAs, and vendor performance
• Manage infrastructure budgets, forecasting, and cost controls
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, reduce technical debt, and optimize spend
• Provide infrastructure insights and recommendations to senior IT and business leaders
• Designs, executes, and documents project plans for various network infrastructure projects.
• Administers aspects of Microsoft Active Directory, especially effective use of security groups and group policy objects to support desired outcomes for various projects and support requests.
• Installs, supports, and maintains hardware and software infrastructure according to best practices.
• Designs, implements, and maintains virtual systems in VMWare virtual environments
• Implements and maintains the physical infrastructure underpinning the virtual environments
• Researches emerging technology trends in order to make recommendations.
• Implements the necessary controls and procedures to protect information systems assets from intentional or inadvertent modification, disclosure, or destruction.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager