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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # IT Manager II | Server and Storage Systems - **Company:** Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc. - **Location:** Kansas City, KS, United States - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Microsoft Azure, Software as a Service, Data Centers, Identity and Access Management, Role-Based Access Control, Azure Active Directory, Data Streaming, Systems Architecture, Cloud Platform System, Technical Debt, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Information Technology, Cloud Migration, Terraform, Legacy Systems - **Published:** July 17, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=ee13ee7626f0c8e3 ## About the Role * People Management: Proven experience leading, managing, and mentoring a technical team of 8-10+ professionals. Demonstrated success in building high-performing teams, performance management, and career development. * Technical Expertise: Deep, hands-on proficiency in Terraform and implementing robust IaC frameworks. Substantial experience managing hybrid environments, including Azure cloud, Microsoft Entra, SaaS platforms, and legacy on-premises data center infrastructure. * Strategic Leadership: Proven ability to manage large-scale architectural projects, organizational change, and complex vendor relationships. * Communication: Strong capability to translate technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders and manage relationships across diverse internal and external business units. * Project Management: Demonstrated proficiency in defining project scope, establishing RACI matrices, maintaining SOPs, and adhering to PMO governance. ## Description The IT Manager leads enterprise-level infrastructure modernization, architecture strategy, and critical operational resiliency. This role bridges the gap between high-level architectural design and hands-on engineering management, ensuring AWG infrastructure-spanning legacy data centers, Cloud environments and modern SaaS environments-is secure, compliant, and scalable. You will lead, mentor, and manage a team of 8-10 IT infrastructure professionals, championing the transition to modern infrastructure practices by driving Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation via Terraform., * Team Leadership & Management: * Directly lead, mentor, and manage a high-performing team of 8-10 IT infrastructure professionals, fostering a culture of accountability, continuous learning, and technical excellence. * Balance team capacity between critical operational support and long-term engineering initiatives, ensuring clear prioritization and professional growth for all team members. * Promote cross-training between disparate technical disciplines (e.g., legacy systems vs. cloud/SaaS) to build redundancy and bridge skill gaps. * Enterprise Architecture & Strategy: * Define and enforce technical standards, architectural roadmaps, and lifecycle management for enterprise hardware and software. * Lead engineering steering initiatives to ensure infrastructure aligns with long-term business goals and technical debt reduction. * Consult with internal teams to provide guidance on systems architecture, cloud adoption, and future-state technology direction. * IaC & Automation Leadership: * Drive the enterprise-wide adoption of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles to eliminate manual configuration and improve consistency. * Lead the standardization, development, and maintenance of Terraform modules to automate the provisioning and lifecycle management of cloud and hybrid environments. * Integrate IaC practices into CI/CD pipelines to ensure scalable, reproducible, and compliant infrastructure deployments. * Legacy Data Center & Hybrid Infrastructure: * Oversee the full lifecycle management of on-premises data center infrastructure (compute, storage, and networking). * Manage production environments, including troubleshooting complex, unsupported legacy systems and planning phased migrations to modern platforms. * Maintain robust connectivity and integration between legacy data center footprints and modern cloud/SaaS environments. * SaaS Governance & Integration: * Partner with application and business teams to manage the selection, implementation, and lifecycle of SaaS solutions, ensuring alignment with organizational security and operational standards. * Develop frameworks for SaaS integration, focusing on data flow, automated provisioning, and vendor management. * Monitor SaaS performance and compliance, ensuring these tools effectively support business unit requirements. * Identity & Access Management (IAM) Modernization: * Lead the IAM modernization program anchored in Microsoft Entra, focusing on workforce and external identity flows. * Design and implement modern authentication, Privileged Access Management (PAM), Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), and automated provisioning. * Project Leadership & Governance: * Lead cross-functional technical teams through project planning, scope definition, and execution, adhering to PMO standards. * Manage stakeholder communications, including executive reporting and business unit engagement. * Ensure compliance with operational requirements, including service certification and audit readiness. ## Related Videos - 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