Senior IT Specialist

About the role

Microvast GmbH is seeking a Senior IT Specialist to run IT on site at Ludwigsfelde, Germany. The role is hands‑on, serving as the senior technical person on the ground for the German site, owning everything from site network and end‑user support to SAP issue resolution and audit evidence for the region. You will report to the Global Director of Information Technology (based in the US), work closely with the US IT Manager, China/MPS IT lead, SAP Basis and Security resources, and the Global SOX Compliance Manager, and expect regular calls spanning US and European hours. Travel is expected about once a year.

Responsibilities

• Regional IT operations
  • Handle day‑to‑day IT for the German site yourself: end‑user support, onboarding and offboarding, and hardware setup and lifecycle
  • Configure, maintain and troubleshoot the site network: switching, Wi‑Fi, firewalls and connectivity back to the global environment
  • Support physical access control for the German site, enterprise applications on Microsoft tenancy working with the US and China teams where systems overlap
  • Administer Jira Service Management and addressing tickets for Germany to meet agreed service levels
  • Maintain license and vendor inventory
• Identity and Microsoft 365
  • Administer Entra ID and Microsoft 365 identities for Germany, in coordination with the US team
  • Enforce conditional access, MFA and joiner/mover/leaver controls
  • Run periodic user access reviews for German users and fix what they turn up
• Business applications
  • Act as the regional point of contact for SAP S/4HANA, working with our SAP Basis, Security and functional resources to resolve local issues after the recent upgrade
  • Support the local applications as well as Cloud applications for end users
  • Scope and help deliver technology components for regional projects for the business
• Compliance and audit
  • Collect and maintain ITGC evidence for the German entity during the annual SOX audit
  • Keep German systems and processes in line with GDPR and data residency requirements
  • Work with the Global SOX Compliance Manager on access, change and authorization controls
• Reporting and coordination
  • Send a weekly status report to the Global Director of IT covering projects, risks, incidents and ops metrics
  • Manage local IT vendors, contracts and cost
  • Act as the link between German business leaders and the global IT team

Requirements

• 10+ years of hands‑on IT experience, ideally in a manufacturing or industrial setting
• Hands‑on experience with enterprise networking: switching, routing, firewalls, VPN and Wi‑Fi
• Solid working knowledge of Microsoft 365, Entra ID and Intune, including conditional access and MFA
• Experience supporting SAP users, even if you're not an SAP specialist
• Working knowledge of GDPR and how it applies to IT systems, access and data handling
• Experience supporting an external audit, ideally SOX ITGC, and producing evidence that holds up
• Comfortable working independently