Enterprise IT Lead Specialist Engineer

Job Title: Enterprise IT Lead Specialist Engineer
Location: Stamford CT
Experience: 12 Years
Employment Type: Contract
Interview Type: In-Person or Webcam

The Enterprise IT Lead Specialist Engineer will be responsible for leading enterprise-level technology initiatives managing large-scale IT infrastructure environments and driving modernization and optimization projects across the organization. This role requires deep technical expertise strong leadership abilities and experience overseeing cross-functional IT engineering teams. The ideal candidate will bring hands-on experience with enterprise systems cloud platforms cybersecurity standards and end-to-end IT service delivery.

• Lead and manage enterprise IT engineering initiatives including infrastructure upgrades system integrations and technology transformation programs.

• Design implement and optimize scalable IT architectures to support business growth and performance.

• Oversee administration of core enterprise systems including servers storage networks virtualization and cloud environments.

• Drive incident problem and change management processes to maintain high availability and system reliability.

• Collaborate with security teams to ensure adherence to compliance governance and cybersecurity standards.

• Provide technical leadership mentoring and guidance to engineering teams and project stakeholders.

• Conduct capacity planning system performance tuning and infrastructure monitoring.

• Manage vendor relationships procurement and evaluation of new technologies and tools.

• Develop technical documentation architecture diagrams disaster recovery plans and operational procedures.

• Participate in budgeting and planning for enterprise IT investments and resource allocation.

• Minimum 12 years of experience in enterprise IT engineering infrastructure management or related technology leadership roles.

• Strong experience in enterprise networking server administration virtualization storage platforms and cloud infrastructure.

• Expertise in Microsoft Linux VMware Cisco and multi-cloud platforms such as AWS Azure or Google Cloud.

• Proven track record leading large-scale IT implementations and transformation projects.

• Experience with ITIL framework and managing service delivery processes.

• Strong understanding of system security identity management and compliance standards.

• Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills and ability to interact with technical and business stakeholders.

• Experience with automation tools scripting (Python PowerShell Bash) and infrastructure as code.

• Familiarity with containerization technologies such as Kubernetes Docker and CI/CD pipelines.

• Experience with enterprise monitoring and observability tools (Splunk Datadog SolarWinds etc.).

• Previous experience in a leadership capacity within large enterprise or multi-site environments.

• Relevant professional certifications such as AWS/Azure Architect CCNP/CCIE VMware VCP ITIL Expert or CISSP.