Saronic Technologies is a leader in revolutionizing autonomy at sea, dedicated to developing state-of-the-art solutions that enhance maritime operations through autonomous and intelligent platforms.
JOB OVERVIEW
We are seeking an IT Manager, Systems Engineering to lead the team responsible for the reliability, security and scale of our servers, storage and cloud infrastructure, as well as the PLM and CAD platforms and the operational and manufacturing technology systems that support engineering and production. You will manage a team of systems engineers, own the infrastructure roadmap across on-premises data centers, edge and hybrid cloud, and serve as the main escalation point for high-severity systems incidents. You will also drive our shift toward infrastructure as code and automation.
You are a hands-on leader who combines technical depth with people management and strategic planning. As Saronic grows, you will build the team, processes and standards that keep our systems optimized and secure at scale.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Lead and develop a team of systems engineers ranging from associate to staff level, with full accountability for hiring, development, performance and retention.
- Set goals and expectations, run regular 1:1s and performance reviews, and make compensation and leveling recommendations.
- Own operational delivery and KPIs for systems engineering, including SLAs, uptime, change success rate and project delivery.
- Own the infrastructure roadmap across on-premises data centers, colocation, edge and hybrid cloud, including capacity planning, lifecycle management and modernization.
- Lead architecture and operations for enterprise systems, including Windows and Linux servers, virtualization, enterprise storage, core infrastructure services and engineering compute.
- Lead the infrastructure that supports PLM and CAD platforms, including servers, storage, licensing, performance and availability, in partnership with engineering and application owners.
- Lead systems infrastructure for operational and manufacturing technology, including edge, lab and shop-floor compute and storage, in partnership with OT, manufacturing and engineering teams.
- Lead cloud infrastructure strategy and operations across hybrid environments, including migrations and workload placement.
- Develop and test backup, disaster recovery and business continuity plans for systems and services.
- Drive adoption of infrastructure as code and automation using tools like Terraform and Ansible (or similar), and drive standardization, observability and reduction of technical debt to improve reliability, security and speed.
- Serve as the main escalation point for high-severity systems incidents, and lead incident response, root-cause analysis, change governance and patching, with clear escalation paths, runbooks and post-incident reviews.
- Partner with Information Security to enforce controls aligned to NIST 800-171, DFARS, CMMC and ITAR, and support audits.
- Partner with Network Operations, Facilities, the Service Desk, Information Security and engineering teams, including on new facility build-outs and on coordinating changes to minimize disruption.
- Manage the team budget, vendor relationships and procurement within delegated authority.
- Maintain documentation, including system designs, runbooks and operating procedures.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
- 7+ years of progressive IT infrastructure or systems engineering experience, including experience leading engineers or technical teams.
- Experience with hiring, performance management and developing engineers at a range of experience levels.
- Deep technical skill in Windows Server, Linux, virtualization, enterprise storage, and backup and disaster recovery.
- Experience owning hybrid cloud infrastructure, including government cloud environments such as AWS GovCloud or equivalent…