Director of Infrastructure and Networking
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
The Greater Chicago Food Depository is working toward three meals, every neighbor, every day, by 2030. Every pallet that leaves our distribution center depends on infrastructure that works: the network that connects our warehouse scanners, the systems that schedule deliveries to our partner network, and the security that protects our neighbors' and supporters' information.
The Director, Infrastructure and Networking is the Food Depository's senior infrastructure architect and engineer, and the accountable leader for our enterprise technology foundation. This is a hands-on, player-coach role: the Director designs, builds, configures, and troubleshoots the environment personally while setting strategy, managing vendors, and developing the team. The role owns network, cloud, identity, compute, telephony, and infrastructure security, shares accountability for cybersecurity with the Director of IT Support, a peer role that leads End User Services and technical support, and advances the _Invisible Infrastructure, Visible Impact_ pillar of our FY27 to FY30 IT Strategy, so Foodbankers can focus on the mission rather than on technology.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
Infrastructure strategy and architecture
- Own the infrastructure and network strategy and multi-year roadmap in alignment with the Food Depository's IT Strategy and organizational priorities.
- Serve as the accountable architect for the enterprise environment, including LAN, WAN, wireless, firewalls, internet circuits, hybrid cloud (Microsoft 365 and Azure), identity, virtualization, storage, endpoints, and telephony.
- Establish infrastructure standards, reference designs, and lifecycle and refresh plans; manage technical debt and retire legacy systems.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and make recommendations to leadership on infrastructure investments, including automation and AI-enabled operations.
Hands-on architecture and engineering
- Personally design, build, and configure core infrastructure: switching and routing, next-generation firewalls, SD-WAN, VPN, and enterprise wireless across the distribution center, offices, and remote sites.
- Architect and administer the Microsoft cloud environment, including Azure, Entra ID, conditional access, Intune, Exchange Online, and hybrid identity.
- Engineer and maintain virtualization, storage, backup, and recovery platforms; design for redundancy and failover.
- Serve as the highest level of technical escalation for infrastructure,...
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.
Sed ut perspiciatis unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem aperiam, eaque ipsa quae ab illo inventore veritatis.