Consultant, I&O Operations

About the Role

This role maintains the smooth operation of the organization's infrastructure by performing moderately complex tasks, including monitoring systems, troubleshooting issues, and implementing security measures. As a trusted onsite IT partner physically based within manufacturing facilities, you will provide hands-on support for infrastructure and workplace technology. The role may support multiple facilities within an assigned geographic territory and may require travel to nearby sites.

You will collaborate with vendors and internal teams to document and resolve moderately complex network and infrastructure issues, maintain technology asset inventories, and implement solutions that improve reliability, availability, and security across plant environments.

Responsibilities

• Monitor performance of network, virtual, and physical devices to maintain smooth and efficient operations, applying tools to track network traffic, identify issues, and maintain optimal performance.
• Diagnose and resolve moderately complex infrastructure and workplace technology problems affecting routers, switches, servers, communication circuits, PCs, scanners, printers, and other site technology assets, including performing root cause analysis and implementing solutions to prevent future occurrences.
• Monitor and respond to network and hosting incidents, outages, performance alerts, and production-impacting technology issues, including categorizing issues and coordinating with technical teams for timely resolution.
• Perform moderately complex protocol analysis to troubleshoot network issues and sustain proper communication between network devices.
• Partner to configure and deploy new hardware and software while ensuring compatibility with existing systems, including setting up servers, network devices, and other infrastructure components.
• Collaborate with vendors, third-party service providers, remote technology teams, and internal teams to execute onsite technology work, resolve moderately complex issues, and improve performance, providing effective communication, coordination, and timely updates.
• Document network and infrastructure issues, resolutions, performance trends, and technology asset inventories; provide reports to senior technical personnel and stakeholders to inform decision-making and improve operational performance.
• Maintain and partner to develop backup and disaster recovery plans to ensure data integrity and availability in case of system failures or data loss.
• Co-lead information technology projects, such as system upgrades, migrations, and new implementations, delivering projects on time and within budget.
• Partner to develop automation scripts and tools to streamline infrastructure management tasks and improve operational efficiency.

Qualifications

• Minimum requirement of 2 years of relevant work experience.
• Typically reflects 3 years or more of relevant experience.