Safran USA IT Director

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Company: Safran

Location: Dallas, TX 75217

Description:

Entity
Safran is an international high-technology group, operating in the aviation (propulsion, equipment and interiors), defense and space markets. Its core purpose is to contribute to a safer, more sustainable world, where air transport is more environmentally friendly, comfortable and accessible. Safran has a global presence, with 92,000 employees and sales of 23.2 billion euros in 2023, and holds, alone or in partnership, world or regional leadership positions in its core markets. Safran undertakes research and development programs to maintain the environmental priorities of its R&T and innovation roadmap.

Safran is in the 1st place in the aerospace and defense industry in TIME magazine's "World's best companies 2023" ranking.

Reference number
2024-147057

Job details
Job title

Safran USA IT Director
Employment type

Permanent
Professional category

Professional, Engineer & Manager
Part time / Full time

Full-time
Job description
Manage the development of a solid and comprehensive enterprise technology infrastructure, maintain an efficient and effective operation environment, and deliver high quality and timely services that support the strategic and tactical IT operations of Safran Group in the US
Direct the development and Delivery of technologies to improve business continuity
Overseeing IT security planning and operations, ensure cybersecurity rules and policies are followed
Creating business strategies and objectives, and proposing methods for implementation
Analyze IT/IS needs for functional business operations, to determine scope and priorities of projects, and to assess system capacity and equipment investment with local top management and Safran Central IT
Overseeing computer systems, networks, security, hardware, software, and applications
Align business operations to utilize information technologies yielding improved processes and efficiencies
Enforce Safran Group IT policies and services in Safran activities, including cybersecurity policies, Group critical infrastructure services, Group IT & Digital standards, Group IT contracts, IT governance rules.
Promote the adoption of best practices among IT teams and help IT teams report difficulties or requirements to the Central Group IT teams.
Provide the required specific Group IT services via SUSA, paying particular attention to quality of service, cybersecurity and budgets.
Safran USA
o Manage and Control Safran USA IT budgets and resource allocation, Maintain department- budget, and participate in budget development and monitoring
o Manage plans for systems development and operations, hardware & software purchases, budget & staffing
o Manage and coordinate any IT related topic for Safran USA entities (Irving Tx, Cincinnati OH, Alexandria VA)
o Support IT for Safran Shared Services in Queretaro, Mexico
o Lead day-to-day service desk support to Safran Nacelles Americas, Safran Helicopter US, Safran Power Units US.
o Direct Safran USA IT Managers: Infrastructure Manager, Service Desk Manager, Project Manager, Site Manager and their respective team members
o Manage the development, implementation, installation and operation of IT; ensure day-today operation of the information infrastructures and business applications.
o Develop, implement, and monitor management information systems policies and control to ensure data accuracy, security, strong internal control and legal compliance.
o Provide support in the selection, procurement and maintenance of software and hardware
o Contribute to ensure efficient purchasing and good quality of services
o Actively contribute to identifying and implementing cost reduction and efficiency improvement projects
o Ensure KPIs are followed and meeting the targets
o Develop, maintain, and test disaster recovery plans; handle computer operation scheduling (backup)
o Lead the migration of Safran USA to AWS Cloud

Additional description
Safran Corporate
o Lead, Coordinate and support Safran corporate projects in the Americas
o Coordinate collaboration and relationship with Safran Corp and Safran Companies in the Americas Region
o Lead, Maintain and improve Safran USA Datacenter located in Dallas
o Host and Mange Corporate Network, computing and application on Safran USA DC
o Deploy technologies on Safran USA Datacenter in accordance with Safran Group Standards
o Follow and comply with Safran Minimum Security Rules
o Lead US DOD Cyber Security Maturity Model Certification in coordination with Safran Corp and companies
o Lead and Deploy Office 365 GCCH in US
o Responsible in coordination with Safran Corp for developing and implementing Safran Central Global shared IT services strategies, Policies and Procedures
o Promote and support business digital transformation
Required "On Call" duty
Travel required -20%, including internationally
Candidate skills & requirements
Bachelor's degree (M.A.) or equivalent and five to seven years of related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience
Ability to manage and administrate Infrastructure Architecture , Network security, firewall, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Server and Desktop Virtualization , router, network switches, VLANs, VPN tunneling, and MPLS networks and telephony systems, backup and other Disaster Recovery
Vendor management to maintain key IT partners relationships
AWS Cloud experience
Able to manage multiple priorities maintaining ownership and commitment
Job location
Job location

North America, United States, Texas
City (-ies)

2201, West Royal Lane, Las Colinas, Irving, Dallas County, Texas, 75063, tats-Unis d'Amriqu

Applicant criteria
Minimum education level achieved

Bachelor's Degree
Minimum experience level required

More than 5 years

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