**RESPONSIBILITIES**:
- Manage the Information Technology Department activities while providing clear direction and goals.
- Understand, implement, and collaborate to improve the organization's global IT practices.
- Continuously analyze current processes, technologies, systems, and vendors to identify areas of improvement. Prepare cost-benefit analysis reports when necessary. Evaluate vendors and solutions to ensure they offer the best possible product, service, and value for company needs.
- Preserve information assets by implementing, maintaining, and monitoring disaster recovery processes, back-up procedures, and information security and control structures. Backups include servers, cloud operations, and core JAC IT infrastructure. Ensure viable backups and complete periodic testing to ensure recovery.- Successfully install, configure, and support a stable information technology infrastructure to include appropriate servers, cabling, wi-fi, end user computing, and associated resources.
**SKILLS**:
- Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
- Foster and maintain a team-oriented working environment that allows for individual differences and provides for individual growth.
- Strong understanding of network and endpoint security practices to include anti-virus, managed detection & response (MDR), endpoint detection & response (EDR), firewalls, routing, VLANs, micro segmentation, and related.
- Ability to travel
**PREFERRED EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS**:
- Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or Resources Management or similar experience
**PREFERRED EXPERIENCE**:
- Minimum five (5) years working in a multi person IT department for a multi-location organization showing increasing responsibility.
- Expertise implementing, configuring, and testing information technology solutions.
- Experience with or knowledge of operating systems (Office365, Exchange, Active Directory, and other windows-based systems), current equipment and technologies, enterprise backup and recovery procedures, networking, security, and system performance monitoring.
JAC Products has been a pioneer in the Tier I automotive space for over 50 years and continues to test the limits of functional exterior trim products. We use advanced engineering techniques and cutting-edge technology to design products that enhance the style and utility of vehicles. JAC Products has operation or production capabilities on four continents and continues to expand our presence in the United States and globally.
JAC Products is an equal opportunity employer and gives equal consideration for employment to qualified applicants.
