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IT Infrastructure Specialist
Job Location:
Job Location:
Spartanburg, SC - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not provided by the employer
Monthly Salary:
Posted:
21 August 2026 (19 days ago)
Posted:
Application Deadline:
4 December 2026
Application Deadline:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Vacancies:
Job Summary
SWJ Technology specializes in providing engineering planning and project management services across various industries. We are currently seeking an IT Infrastructure Specialist for a client in the automotive industry specializing in car manufacturing. This role is a contractor position based in Spartanburg SC that requires onsite presence. If youre eager to grow your career and make a meaningful impact on exciting projects we look forward to your application.
PURPOSE:
This position is responsible for planning implementing and supporting enterprise IT infrastructure solutions from concept through deployment and ongoing operations. The role combines passive infrastructure expertise data center operations and IT infrastructure project management to ensure reliable secure scalable and high-performing infrastructure environments.
The position will provide technical leadership for infrastructure projects support proof-of-concept evaluations coordinate infrastructure construction activities and contribute to the continuous improvement of IT operations. The ideal candidate is organized self-motivated technically strong and capable of managing multiple priorities with limited supervision.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
This job description is a high-level overview of general expectations of this position. It is not intended to list every responsibility of the position nor does it represent an employment contract of any kind.
PURPOSE:
This position is responsible for planning implementing and supporting enterprise IT infrastructure solutions from concept through deployment and ongoing operations. The role combines passive infrastructure expertise data center operations and IT infrastructure project management to ensure reliable secure scalable and high-performing infrastructure environments.
The position will provide technical leadership for infrastructure projects support proof-of-concept evaluations coordinate infrastructure construction activities and contribute to the continuous improvement of IT operations. The ideal candidate is organized self-motivated technically strong and capable of managing multiple priorities with limited supervision.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Plan coordinate and support IT infrastructure projects from concept through implementation and operational handover.
- Manage infrastructure construction activities including fiber optic and copper cabling installation testing quality assurance documentation and infrastructure planning.
- Serve as a subject matter expert for passive IT infrastructure data center environments servers storage virtualization cloud services and security technologies.
- Deploy configure maintain and troubleshoot infrastructure components including servers storage systems virtualization platforms network infrastructure and related technologies.
- Support data center operations including infrastructure monitoring capacity planning availability maintenance and lifecycle management.
- Coordinate with contractors suppliers and service providers to ensure infrastructure projects are delivered according to technical quality schedule and safety requirements.
- Perform and oversee cabling testing certification quality inspections and troubleshooting for fiber optic and copper infrastructure.
- Develop and maintain infrastructure designs technical documentation configurations installation standards and best practices.
- Ensure high availability through redundancy backup disaster recovery and appropriate infrastructure resilience strategies.
- Monitor infrastructure performance and proactively identify and resolve technical issues.
- Support ITIL processes including change management incident management configuration management and service continuity.
- Ensure compliance with applicable security policies access controls infrastructure standards and audit requirements.
- Collaborate with global and cross-functional IT teams to standardize processes and implement infrastructure best practices.
- Manage complex technical projects including scope schedules resources vendors budgets risks and deliverables.
- Research and evaluate emerging technologies including cloud-native solutions automation and AI-enabled IT operations.
- Provide technical guidance and mentoring to junior team members and project participants.
- Communicate infrastructure strategies project status technical solutions and risks to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Perform other duties as assigned by management.
- Support occasional after-hours weekend or holiday activities as required.
- Bachelors degree in Information Technology Computer Science Engineering or a related field.
- An associate degree with relevant professional experience or equivalent combination of education and IT experience may be considered.
- 5 years of professional experience in IT infrastructure engineering enterprise IT data center operations or a related field.
- 3 years of experience in IT infrastructure project management.
- Experience working with infrastructure construction projects contractors suppliers and technical service providers.
- Experience supporting enterprise infrastructure environments including servers storage virtualization and security technologies..
- Strong hands-on experience with fiber optic and copper cabling installation testing troubleshooting and quality assurance.
- Strong understanding of structured cabling and passive IT infrastructure.
- Solid understanding of data center operations and infrastructure environments.
- Experience managing IT infrastructure construction and implementation projects.
- Knowledge of servers storage virtualization backup and disaster recovery technologies.
- Understanding of cloud infrastructure and services including IaaS and PaaS.
- Experience with infrastructure monitoring capacity planning system availability and lifecycle management.
- Knowledge of cybersecurity principles including firewalls intrusion prevention encryption and access controls.
- Experience with ITIL-based processes such as change incident and configuration management.
- Strong project management organizational and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work effectively with internal teams contractors suppliers and other stakeholders.
- Experience with agile methodologies in IT infrastructure projects.
- Experience with supplier/vendor management.
- Ability to work independently with general direction from management.
- ITIL certification.
- Certifications related to IT infrastructure data center operations networking cabling cloud or IT architecture.
- Experience with AWS and/or Azure.
- Experience with SAN/NAS storage environments.
- Experience with virtualization platforms.
- Experience with automation cloud-native technologies or AI-driven IT operations.
- Six Sigma / Lean methodology experience.
- 5S/6S methodology experience.
- Experience in large-scale manufacturing or industrial IT environments.
- Experience coordinating multidisciplinary infrastructure construction projects.
- Experience with infrastructure standards technical drawings cable schedules testing documentation and as-built documentation.
- Experience providing technical leadership or mentoring to junior engineers.
- Work is normally performed in an office laboratory manufacturing floor or machine shop setting where physical work includes but is not limited to sitting standing reaching kneeling bending and lifting up to 25 lbs.
- Must be able to understand and comply with all relevant safety practices.
- Location:Spartanburg SC and various locations of the client
- Schedule:Day shift 40h/w weekend as required
- Overtime:as required
- Assignment Start:10/01/2026
- Assignment End: December 31 2027 subject to the annual extension review process in 2027.
This job description is a high-level overview of general expectations of this position. It is not intended to list every responsibility of the position nor does it represent an employment contract of any kind.
SWJ TECHNOLOGY and all of its subsidiaries (i.e. SWJ MACHINING and ProjectOne US) are Equal Opportunity Employers and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin sexual orientation gender disability status protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
