IT Infrastructure Lead Engineer

Job Title: IT Infrastructure Lead Engineer
Location: Manchester New Hampshire
Experience: 12 Years
Employment Type: Contract
Interview Type: In-Person or Webcam

We are seeking an experienced IT Infrastructure Lead Engineer to oversee the planning deployment and management of enterprise infrastructure services. The ideal candidate will guide infrastructure initiatives ensure stable and secure technology operations collaborate with cross-functional teams and support long-term scalability goals. This role will require strong leadership hands-on technical expertise and the ability to drive modernization and operational excellence.

• Lead end-to-end infrastructure strategy planning implementation and maintenance across data centers cloud environments and network systems.

• Oversee server storage virtualization and backup operations to ensure high availability and performance.

• Manage infrastructure security controls patching monitoring and compliance with corporate standards.

• Evaluate and enhance system reliability capacity performance and disaster recovery solutions.

• Lead infrastructure design and architecture reviews for new and existing systems.

• Collaborate with internal technical teams vendors and business stakeholders to deliver optimized solutions.

• Mentor and support infrastructure and system engineering teams.

• Drive automation efforts to reduce manual processes and improve operational efficiency.

• Manage critical incident escalations troubleshooting and root-cause analysis.

• Maintain documentation infrastructure roadmaps and operational process improvements.

• 12 years of experience in IT infrastructure engineering and operations leadership.

• Strong knowledge of data center technologies server management (Windows Linux) virtualization (VMware Hyper-V) storage systems and enterprise networking.

• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms such as AWS Azure or GCP.

• Expertise in disaster recovery system monitoring performance tuning and capacity planning.

• Solid understanding of security standards firewalls identity management and network routing.

• Experience with automation and scripting using tools such as PowerShell Bash Python or Ansible.

• Proven leadership experience managing infrastructure teams and large-scale environments.

• Ability to work in fast-paced environments and handle high-priority incidents.

• Excellent analytical communication documentation and problem-solving skills.

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Technology Engineering or related field; advanced certification is a plus (VMware CCNA/CCNP Azure/AWS Architect ITIL etc.)