IT Director of Infrastructure Operations - India

A Day in Your Life at MKS:

The Director of IT Infrastructure - India is responsible for leading and maturing the Enterprise Operations and Engineering capability at MKS Instruments (MKS).  Ensuring the development and continuous improvement of the overall Engineering and Operations framework while leading both direct and matrixed engineers and administrators to deliver and execute on deliverables in collaboration with multiple stakeholders through the facilitation of target-state designs, current state assessments, and facilitation of roadmaps to achieve business objectives. Position reports to the Sr. Director of Global Infrastructure.

Accountable for business results primarily achieved through the work of others. Manages staff, sets standards and direction, and deploys resources. Has responsibility for employee development, performance reviews, pay reviews, and staffing decisions. Accountable for business, functional or operational areas, processes, or programs.

You Will Make an Impact By:

·  Maintaining a comprehensive enterprise framework, standards, governance principles, and adherence to strategic guidance on technology acquisition and lifecycle management.

·  Leading fellow managers, engineers, and IT professionals through guidance, coaching, and support to ensure assignments are completed in accordance with established guidelines, policies, standards, and procedures.

·  Understands the overall organizational vision and translates it into team goals aligned with departmental and organizational goals.

·  Collaborating and providing strategic guidance to key stakeholders, department heads, and senior executive management on enterprise technology-related matters including risks, opportunities, potential impacts, and prioritization. Ensures IT technology solutions are in place to meet business objectives and is able to respond with agility to changing business priorities,

·  Maintaining a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement and leads teams through periods of change and transformation.

·  Highly proficient at ITIL process implementation and handling

·  Oversees the planning, implementation, and measurement of IT systems and ensures a balance between growing the agility required to achieve business objectives and ensuring core IT functions are reliable, stable, secure and efficient.

·  Providing guidance on the implementation of large or complex projects and oversees progression while ensuring the department program portfolio is managed effectively through governance and planning processes. Engages in initiatives as needed to facilitate the realization of value and work with sponsorship to evaluate the achievement of value.

·  Managing the department budget and financial resources including but not limited to technology services, software, hardware, and expense tracking ensuring the most effective use to maximize outcomes.

·  Maintaining an awareness of emerging technologies, industry trends, and regulatory changes, and provides direction on which emerging technologies should be introduced, integrated, and assimilated to improve operational effectiveness and manage risk.

·  Partners effectively with 3rd party service firms in support of the MKS agenda and as enablers to the broader IT strategy.

·  Partners effectively with Portfolio Management, Product Management, IT Security, Supply Chain, Legal, and the broader IT community.

·  Collaborates with internal and external stakeholders on the implementation of technological capabilities.

·  Collaborates on the development of IT policies, procedures, and standards, ensuring they are up to date and in line with area of responsibility and industry standards. Ensures compliance with established policies, procedures, and standards.

·  Collaborates with management on the design of an organizational structure and operating model to meet business objectives. Leads the organizational change initiatives, ensuring smooth transition with minimal disruption.

·  Responsible for recruitment, development, retention, performance management, and succession planning that will lead to a strong talent pipeline.

Skills You Bring:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or other computer-related degree or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of diversified IT experience required.
• 5+ years of IT Engineering and Operations required.
• Experience in implementing scalable and secure solutions preferred.
• Experience with on-prem infrastructure technologies and solutions distributed globally.
• Experience with cloud technologies, microservices architecture, and emerging technologies such as generative AI and its applications is a benefit.
• Experience with complex LAN/WAN networking infrastructure with solutions distributed globally.
• Knowledge of electronics manufacturing, including industry related standards and regulations is a benefit.

Globally, our policy is to recruit individuals from wide and diverse backgrounds. However, certain positions require access to controlled goods and technologies subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) or Export Administration Regulations (EAR). Applicants for these positions may need to be “U.S. persons.” “U.S. persons” are generally defined as U.S. citizens, noncitizen nationals, lawful permanent residents (or, green card holders), individuals granted asylum, and individuals admitted as refugees.

MKS Instruments, Inc. and its affiliates and subsidiaries (“MKS”) is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer: diverse candidates are encouraged to apply. We win as a team and are committed to recruiting and hiring qualified applicants regardless of race, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions), religion, age, ancestry, physical or mental disability or handicap, marital status, membership in the uniformed services, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other category protected by applicable law. Hiring decisions are based on merit, qualifications and business needs. We conduct background checks and drug screens, in accordance with applicable law and company policies.  MKS is generally only hiring candidates who reside in states where we are registered to do business.

MKS is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application or interview process due to a disability, please contact us at: [email protected] .

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