IT Manager

IT Manager

Safran is an international high-technology group, operating in the aviation, defense, and space markets. Its core purpose is to contribute to a safer, more sustainable world, where air transport is more environmentally friendly, comfortable and accessible. Safran has a global presence, with 100,000 employees and sales of 27.3 billion euros in 2024, and holds, alone or in partnership, world or regional leadership positions in its core markets.

Safran Electronics & Defense offers its customers onboard intelligence solutions allowing them to understand the environment, reduce mental load and guarantee a trajectory, even in critical situations, in all environments : on land, at sea, in the sky or space. The company harnesses the expertise of its 13,000 employees towards these three functions : observe, decide and guide, for the civil and military markets.

Job Title : IT Manager

Job Field / Job Profile : IT - IT Operations Management

Employment : Permanent

Professional Category : Professional, Engineer & Manager

Job Description :

Summary of Job Purpose :

This role merges technical proficiency in system administration with leadership and managerial abilities, ensuring the reliable, efficient, and secure operation of all servers, networks, and computer systems. This position involves guiding IT projects, fostering department growth, and serving as the local teams primary mentor. The position requires both hands-on technical support and strategic planning to ensure IT resources align with current and future demands.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities :

Manage the development of a solid and comprehensive enterprise technology infrastructure, maintain an efficient and effective operation environment, and deliver high quality and timely services that support the strategic and tactical IT operations.

Consult with management to analyze IT systems needs for management information and functional business operations, to determine scope and priorities of projects, and to assess system capacity and equipment investment.

Recommend and develop plans for systems development and operations, hardware and software purchases, budget and staffing.

Align business operations to utilize information technologies yielding improved processes and efficiencies.

Manage the development, implementation, installation and operation of IT; ensure day-to-day operation of the information infrastructures and business applications.

Develop, implement, and monitor management information systems policies and control to ensure data accuracy, security, strong internal control and legal compliance.

Use knowledge of LAN / WAN systems to help design and install internal and external networks. Works with switches, firewalls, proxies, and routers.

Develop reliable network monitoring and alerting to manage traffic and troubleshoot network issues effectively using network monitoring tools.

Develop, monitor, and report the appropriate metrics to measure network performance and availability and to identify necessary improvements.

Negotiate contracts with consultants, technical personnel and vendors of services and products to ensure efficient purchasing and good quality of services.

Provide support in the selection, procurement and maintenance of software and hardware.

Actively contribute to improvement plan by identifying and implementing cost reduction and efficiency improvement projects.

Develop, maintain, and test disaster recovery plans; handle computer operation scheduling, backup, storage, and retrieval functions.

Review reports of computer and peripheral equipment production, malfunction, and maintenance to determine costs and impact, and address problems.

Maintain continuous relationship with Safran Corp IT / IS department to ensure smooth support.

Travel required - 2%, including internationally.

Required "On Call" duty.

Physical Requirements :

Office. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk. The employee must occasionally lift and / or move up to 20 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.

Other Requirements :

Must be authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship. This position requires use of information or access to hardware which is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). All applicants be U.S. persons within the meaning of ITAR.

Safran is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable federal, state, or local law. We are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and respectful workplace where all employees feel valued and empowered to contribute fully.

Candidate Skills & Requirements :

Required Competencies :

Education / Experience : Bachelor's degree & five to seven years of related experience

Vendor management to maintain key IT partner relationships

Ability to manage and administrate Network Architecture (Cisco, Stonesoft), Network security concepts and firewall, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Server and Desktop Virtualization (VMWare and other), Backup and other Disaster Recovery (Symantec BackupExec, netbackup, Veem)

Participate in maintenance of Disaster / Recovery Plan

Database administration experience with Microsoft SQL

Demonstrated knowledge in managing router, network switches, understanding VLANs, VPN tunneling, and MPLS networks and telephony systems.

Skills and Abilities :

Defines departmental problems, goals, and objectives; authorizes expenditures; develops departmental budget.

Maintain high level of professional ethics and standards.

Leadership skills / Management skills / Personal skills

Troubleshooting skills

Communication skills

Negotiation skills

Time management / Responsiveness

Customer oriented

Project management

Ability to analyze, to synthesize

Annual salary : Based on Market Rate

Location : North America, United States, Texas

City : Grand Prairie, TX 75052

Applicant Criteria :

Minimum education level achieved : Bachelor's Degree

Minimum experience level required : More than 5 years

ITAR Controlled Position : Select "Yes" if role requires U.S. citizenship / permanent residency

Yes