IT Lead

Duration: 3-month contract, with high potential for extension

Location: Kincardine, ON (Hybrid preferred, remote may be considered)

Language: English, strong written and verbal communication skills required

Background Check Requirement: Successful completion of a background check may be required

About the Opportunity

Are you a hands-on IT leader who enjoys balancing technical problem-solving with team leadership? We are recruiting for an experienced IT Lead to support a growing organization in the industrial sector, where you'll play a key role in ensuring reliable, secure, and high-performing technology operations while helping shape the future of the IT function.

Working alongside business leaders and a collaborative IT team, you'll provide guidance, mentorship, and technical expertise across enterprise infrastructure, security, and cloud environments. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys improving processes, driving operational excellence, and making a meaningful impact through technology.

What’s In It for You

• Join a collaborative team that values innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement.

• Lead meaningful infrastructure and technology initiatives with visible business impact.

• Mentor and develop junior IT professionals while expanding your leadership experience.

• Gain exposure to enterprise technologies in a dynamic and evolving environment.

• Work in a culture that values teamwork, knowledge sharing, and practical problem-solving.

Your Responsibilities

• You'll lead and mentor a team of IT professionals, supporting performance, development, and day-to-day operations.

• You'll oversee enterprise infrastructure, including servers, networking, virtualization, cloud platforms, backups, and disaster recovery.

• You'll administer Microsoft technologies, including Windows Server, Microsoft 365, Azure, and SQL Server, while ensuring system availability and performance.

• You'll strengthen security by managing identity and access management, compliance initiatives, and security controls.

• You'll partner with vendors to manage licensing, procurement, contracts, and technology services.

• You'll identify opportunities to automate processes, improve operational efficiency, and maintain IT documentation and standards.

• You'll participate in an after-hours on-call rotation to support critical business systems when required.

Skills and Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive experience in senior IT or IT leadership roles.

• Strong expertise supporting Microsoft enterprise environments, including Windows Server, Microsoft 365, Azure, SQL Server, and Hyper-V.

• Proven experience managing infrastructure, including servers, storage, networking, LAN/WAN, VPN, backups, and disaster recovery.

• Experience implementing and supporting security controls, identity and access management, and compliance frameworks.

• Demonstrated success leading, mentoring, and developing technical teams while managing vendors and technology initiatives.

• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and communication skills with the ability to balance strategic priorities and hands-on technical work.

• Microsoft certifications, ITSM experience, or experience supporting industrial or field operations environments are considered strong assets.

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