IT Manager – Manufacturing Technology

Job Opportunity:

The IT Manager – Manufacturing Technology will have the chance to implement and lead a technology-focused team. The IT Manager will focus on Manufacturing Execution System BASIS and Platform technologies delivery and support. This role will work with our business customers to ensure key technologies are delivering the required value to the organization.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with the functional groups within the IT organization to communicate and clarify business needs, contribute to the development of long-range system /platform plans, and ensure products and services are aligned with business needs.
• Collaborate with infrastructure teams (network, Oracle, Windows /Linux) to deliver and deploy MES and other manufacturing systems.
• Responsible for a DR (Disaster Recovery) plan for MES and related systems.
• Maintain server infrastructure compliant to Cyber security standards. Manage folder permission standards for access to various file types. Define plans and paths to remediate if not compliant.
• Set up new MES systems and manage code pushes for enhancements and related documentation.
• Create robust and validated processes for making changes/incidents to core MES components (Linux /Windows/JBOSS) etc.
• Responsible for high system up-time of MES and related manufacturing system integrations. Responsible for ITRTs, RCAs, and outage calls.
• Set up monitoring for system uptime and performance on JBOSS, Linux, and other systems.
• Collaborate with operations and technology leaders on system upgrades and enhancements.
• Create a roadmap for system upgrades and make sure it is well documented and being able to complete within the guidelines of SLC.
• Support the system infrastructure for critical medical device manufacturing.
• Support and understanding of key operations systems integrations (ERP, PLM, LMS)

Required Qualifications:

• B.S. in Computer Science or a similar engineering discipline
• 9+ Years experience in IT technical operations and Infrastructure or DevOps role.
• Basic knowledge of SQL and an understanding of programming languages are needed.
• 4+ years of any of the following JBoss/Weblogic/Websphere, Linux administration experience
• Experience with global scale manufacturing systems (i.e. Rockwell) development, integration, and support.
• Experience leading technology teams within a manufacturing environment.
• Experience troubleshooting / managing Citrix servers, Label printers, Scanners Configuration, and Oracle.
• Knowledge and experience with all phases of the Software Lifecycle (SLC) in a GXP environment
• Experience with IQ/OQ/PQ, authoring validation documents, and execution.
• Ability to apply knowledge and expertise to solve complex IT Technology and Manufacturing problems.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Life Sciences Manufacturing systems knowledge
• ITIL process in highly regulated environments
• Familiarity with large-scale ERP Systems deployments
• Prior exposure to software development platforms and languages (.net, JAVA, C#)
• Vendor management experience
• PMP certification will be nice to have.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills