IT Manager

Join Kepler, a leading aerospace company, as an IT Manager. In this hands-on role, you will lead the IT Operations team, ensuring the reliable, secure, and scalable operation of the technology environment. You will be responsible for team leadership, hands-on technical work, technical strategy development, and recruiting. Key responsibilities include mentoring and growing the IT team, serving as a senior technical escalation point, owning IT operations end to end, driving DevOps practices, leading IT security practices, and developing the IT operations roadmap.

Lead, mentor, and grow a cross-functional IT team, fostering a culture of accountability and continuous learning.

Experience working in fast-paced startup or aerospace environments

Responsibilities

• Own IT operations end to end, including service delivery, prioritization, support quality, incident response, and root-cause analysis.
• Drive DevOps practices and automation, including CI/CD, infrastructure as code, configuration management, containerization, and controls around production access.
• Track record of picking up unfamiliar technologies quickly and self-directing your own learning, with specific examples of systems you learned on the job well enough to lead work on
• Working knowledge of modern DevOps practices, including CI/CD, infrastructure as code, configuration management, containers, and scripting

Requirements

• Familiarity with network security technologies, endpoint management, monitoring platforms, backup systems, and disaster recovery practices
• Ability to independently troubleshoot complex issues across infrastructure, networking, cloud services, identity platforms, and operational tooling
• Demonstrated success in a player-coach role combining people management with meaningful hands-on technical responsibility
• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience
• Strong practical experience with network administration, Linux and Windows systems, identity and access management, virtualization, and infrastructure operations

Experience with cloud platforms, preferably AWS

• Proven ability to manage incidents, projects, operational risk, and shifting priorities, and to drive execution through ambiguity
• 7+ years of progressive IT experience, with 3+ years of which were leading or managing multidisciplinary technical teams
• Track record of building healthy team culture and driving performance through clear expectations and feedback
• Strong communication skills and the ability to explain technical concepts, risks, and trade-offs to senior leaders and non-technical stakeholders
• Experience supporting hybrid environments spanning on-premises infrastructure and public cloud
• Relevant certifications such as CCNA, CISSP, AWS, Linux Professional Institute, or ITIL
• Scripting and automation experience with Bash, Python, or PowerShell
• Familiarity with security and compliance frameworks such as NIST, ISO 27001, or SOC 2
• Experience developing IT roadmaps, operational metrics, budgets, and technical business cases

Preferred

• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, or Ansible
• Experience leading disaster recovery, infrastructure modernization, cloud migration, or security-improvement programs