About Us

For over 85 years, Daramic, LLC has been the global leader in developing innovative technology for the lead-acid battery market. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, we supply high-performance polyethylene and phenolic resin battery separators to the lead-acid and flow battery industries, as well as advanced moisture management membranes for the building sector.

The Enterprise Infrastructure Manager plays a key role in ensuring the stability, resilience, and modernization of the systems that keep our business running.

Reporting Relationship

The Enterprise Infrastructure Manager reports directly to the Global Director of IT and IT Leadership, providing strategic oversight to a team of infrastructure specialists, network engineers, and cloud administrators from our Managed Service Partner (MSP). This role collaborates closely with manufacturing, engineering, supply chain, and corporate teams across multiple countries, ensuring seamless communication and operational excellence throughout the organization

Role Overview

The Enterprise Infrastructure Manager is responsible for the design, operation, security, and long‑term strategy of the company’s global infrastructure environment. This includes data centers, cloud services, networks, storage, compute, collaboration platforms, cybersecurity, and disaster recovery.

The ideal candidate has extensive experience running enterprise‑class infrastructure across global, multi‑site organizations—especially within manufacturing—while leading modernization and digital transformation initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership

• Define and execute the global infrastructure strategy aligned with business and manufacturing priorities.

• Lead modernization initiatives spanning cloud adoption, network upgrades, cybersecurity posture, and reliability improvements.

• Partner with executive leadership to ensure infrastructure investments support long‑term business growth and operational resilience.

• Establish governance frameworks, policies, and standards for global infrastructure, security, and operational excellence.

• Identify and evaluate emerging technologies that enhance performance, efficiency, and security.

Infrastructure Operations

• Oversee daily operations of data centers, servers, networks, cloud services, storage platforms, VoIP, and end‑user computing.

• Ensure infrastructure scalability, availability, and performance to support 24/7 manufacturing and global operations.

• Maintain robust cybersecurity practices, including monitoring, incident response, threat prevention, and compliance.

• Lead disaster recovery and business continuity programs, ensuring regular testing and continuous improvement.

• Manage capacity planning, monitoring, configuration, and lifecycle management for all infrastructure components.

Cloud & Hybrid Environment Management

• Oversee cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or equivalent), including cost optimization, governance, and performance.

• Lead hybrid infrastructure design connecting enterprise data centers with cloud workloads.

• Collaborate with application and security teams to ensure secure, scalable cloud operations.

Project & Service Delivery

• Lead global infrastructure projects from inception to completion, ensuring timely, on‑budget delivery.

• Oversee enterprise platform migrations, hardware refresh cycles, and network modernization initiatives.

• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance reliability and reduce operational risk.

• Ensure adherence to ITIL‑based processes for change, incident, and problem management.

Vendor & Budget Management

• Manage global service providers supporting networks, data centers, cloud, cybersecurity, and hardware.

• Negotiate infrastructure contracts, licensing, and support agreements to maximize ROI.

• Manage infrastructure budgets, forecasts, and capital planning.

• Oversee vendor performance and enforce SLAs to ensure high‑quality service delivery.

Team Leadership

• Build and mentor a global infrastructure team across multiple regions.

• Lead recruitment, onboarding, coaching, performance management, and succession planning.

• Promote a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement.

• Collaborate cross‑functionally to understand operational needs and deliver secure, high‑availability solutions.

Candidate Profile

Education & Certifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

• Preferred certifications: ITIL, CCNP/CCNA, Azure/AWS certifications, CISSP, VMware, or equivalent.

Experience

• 5–7+ years of experience managing enterprise infrastructure across multi‑site or global environments.

• Proven experience with data centers, networks, cloud services, virtualization, storage, and security.

• Strong background supporting manufacturing systems with 24/7 uptime requirements.

• Demonstrated success managing outsourced and global service providers.

• Experience with budget management, lifecycle planning, and infrastructure modernization.

• Hands‑on knowledge of ERP, MES, or industrial systems environments is a plus.

Skills & Competencies

• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills with a strategic mindset.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.

• Ability to lead global, cross‑functional teams in a fast‑paced environment.

• Deep understanding of infrastructure security, risk mitigation, and compliance.

• Demonstrated success driving digital transformation and modernization initiatives.

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