Manager - IT Infrastructure

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As a Manager, IT Infrastructure, you will lead a team of engineers and technical specialists responsible for enterprise network capabilities across Local Area Network (LAN), Wireless, and Identity Services, and Software-Defined Wide Area Networking (SD-WAN). In this role, you will develop people, build organizational capability, and help deliver secure, reliable, and scalable network services that create value for Koch businesses. You will partner with Architecture, Security, Operations, and business stakeholders to align technology priorities and engineering execution with business outcomes. You will use your technical knowledge to guide decisions and challenge assumptions, while empowering your team to own solutions, innovate, continuously improve, and focus resources on the highest-value opportunities. Our Team The Koch Infrastructure team provides reliable, flexible, and secure solutions that empower business outcomes and profitable transformation. Our global infrastructure team manages all aspects of the enterprise network, hosting solutions, and leveraged datacenters. We provide enterprise infrastructure monitoring for IT components across the enterprise. We are currently focused on the following transformation strategies: talent, proactive management, process optimization and automation, security by design, delivering rock-solid operations, and enhanced observability. Location: This role can be located in Wichita, KS / Atlanta, GA / Plano, TX and requires an in-office presence with flexibility. This role is not eligible for VISA sponsorship. What You Will Do Lead, coach, and develop a team of network engineers and technical specialists, creating opportunities to grow technical expertise, leadership capability, and business knowledge Build a high-performing culture centered on ownership, accountability, collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning Develop organizational capability through performance management, career development, talent assessment, knowledge sharing, and succession planning Partner with business, Architecture, Security, Operations, and technology leaders to establish priorities and translate strategic objectives into actionable roadmaps and execution plans Align resources to high-value opportunities while balancing delivery commitments, modernization, technical debt, operational needs, risk reduction, and long-term value creation Provide technical leadership across LAN, Wireless, Identity Services, and SD-WAN, while empowering engineers to own design and implementation decisions Drive service reliability and operational excellence through clear objectives, measures, accountability, and effective management of incidents, problems, risks, lifecycle activities, and renewals Advance standardization, simplification, automation, modern networking, identity, and security capabilities to improve scalability, efficiency, customer experience, and organizational leverage Facilitate decisions and remove barriers across complex initiatives, technical risks, escalations, and stakeholder groups Who You Are (Basic Qualifications) Experience leading and developing teams responsible for enterprise networking technologies, including Cisco LAN, Wireless, Identity Services, and SD-WAN Experience with enterprise networking protocols and architectures, including BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, routing design, traffic engineering, and network resiliency Experience with SD-WAN technologies such as Cisco SD-WAN (Viptela) and Cisco Meraki SD-WAN Experience managing priorities, resources, delivery commitments, and operational reliability within a complex enterprise technology environment Experience partnering with and influencing multiple technical, business, and stakeholder groups to deliver business and technology outcomes What Will Put You Ahead Experience with network automation, Infrastructure-as-Code practices, or infrastructure modernization Experience with cloud-connected networking environments Experience leading geographically distributed or global teams Experience applying automation, analytics, or AI-enabled operations to improve network reliability, security, troubleshooting, or user experience At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy. Hiring Philosophy All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here . Who We Are Koch creates and innovates a wide spectrum of products and services that make life better. Our work spans a vast number of industries across the world, including engineered technology, refining, chemicals and polymers, pulp and paper, glass, electronics and many more. Headquartered in Wichita, Kansas, Koch employs about 120,000 employees across the globe. At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company. Our Benefits Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter. Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results. Equal Opportunities Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here , aquí , or tu ). #LI-NK1 Apply now Share Email Facebook X LinkedIn