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    Senior IT Specialist

    Leading the technology backbone that keeps Meiborg moving.

    Job Region(s): Rockford, Illinois
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    Senior IT Specialist

    Leading the technology backbone that keeps Meiborg moving.

    The Senior IT Specialist oversees the strategic direction, administration, and daily operations of Meiborgโ€™s technology environment. This position plays a critical role in maintaining stable infrastructure, strengthening security, leading IT projects, and guiding junior IT staff. The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise with leadership ability and sound judgment.


    Key Responsibilities


    Technical Leadership & Strategy

    1. Develop and execute IT strategies aligned with business goals.
    2. Oversee daily IT operations, infrastructure performance, and system reliability.
    3. Establish and enforce IT policies, procedures, and best practices.

    Infrastructure Management

    1. Design, upgrade, and maintain network architecture including LAN/WAN, VPNs, and cloud systems.
    2. Administer and secure servers, databases, and mission-critical systems.
    3. Manage installation, configuration, and upgrades of hardware and software.

    Project Management

    1. Lead complex IT initiatives from planning through implementation.
    2. Coordinate cross-departmental project work, timelines, and deliverables.

    Security & Compliance

    1. Implement security protocols and continuously monitor for vulnerabilities.
    2. Maintain disaster recovery and business continuity plans.

    Team Leadership & Development

    1. Mentor, supervise, and support IT staff.
    2. Provide technical guidance, training, and performance feedback.

    Advanced Troubleshooting & Support

    1. Perform root-cause analysis on high-level system issues.
    2. Provide escalated support to end-users and leadership.

    Vendor & Budget Management

    1. Manage vendor relationships, contracts, and procurement.
    2. Assist in preparing and managing IT budgets.

    Details

    • Work Address: Rockford, Illinois
    • Supervisory duties: Yes
    • Travel between sites: Yes
    • Benefits:
      • Comprehensive benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision, and Rx
      • PTO benefits
      • 401k with company match
      • Company paid Chiropractic
      • Short Term Disability
      • Life Insurance
    • Education: Bachelorโ€™s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field preferred, Professional certifications such as CCNP, Microsoft Certified, AWS, or Security+ strongly preferred but not required.
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    ๐˜ˆ๐˜ต ๐˜”๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜จ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด. ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ต, ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ซ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ. ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ, ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ป๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ด, ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜น, ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜น ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ด, ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ, ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ. ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜Œ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜Œ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜–๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ (๐˜Œ๐˜Œ๐˜–) ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ (๐˜ˆ๐˜ˆ). ๐˜”๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜จ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฏ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ. ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด.