Infrastructure Operations Lead - Winnipeg, Canada - Ag Growth International Inc.

Ag Growth International Inc.

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Winnipeg, Canada

3 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Position Title:
Infrastructure Operations Lead (I&O)

Department:
IT

Division:
AGI Corporate

Location:
Winnipeg, MB, Canada

About AGI
Ag Growth International Inc.

("AGI") is a provider of the physical equipment and digital technology solutions required to support global food infrastructure including grain, fertilizer, seed, feed, and food processing systems.

With over 4,000 employees worldwide, and facilities and offices in Canada, the United States, Brazil, India, Europe, APAC, Australia and Africa, AGI sells its products globally through a network of wholly owned subsidiaries and third-party dealers and distributors.

The Opportunity

The Team

The Infrastructure Operations Lead has a close coordination with various other IT teams like Applications, Security and EPMO, as well as IT's Business Partners to drive towards common enterprise wide objectives.

Responsibilities

Strategy & Planning

Develop strategic vision for technologies related to Cloud and AI (adopt shift to cloud approach), and plan to retire legacy onprem systems securely & reliably for AGI
Articulate a strategy that is forwardlooking, enables AGI to realize its enterprisewide objectives and is easy to understand for both Business and IT leaders
Conduct research on emerging cloud technologies in support of infrastructure development efforts, and recommend technologies that will increase cost effectiveness and infrastructure flexibility
Provide architectural consulting expertise, direction, and assistance to systems analysts, IT cloud engineers, and other systems architects
Design, develop, and oversee implementation of endtoend IT cloud integrated systems.
Lead strategic security planning to achieve business goals by prioritizing defense initiatives and coordinating the evaluation, deployment, and management of current and future security technologies using a riskbased assessment methodology
Develop and communicate security strategies and plans to executive team, staff, partners, customers, and stakeholders
Assist with the design and implementation of disaster recovery and business continuity plans, procedures, audits, and enhancements
Develop, implement, maintain, and oversee enforcement of policies, procedures, and associated plans for system security administration and user system access based on industrystandard best practices.
Business development planning and acquiring the correct technology
Planning, designing, and implementing an IT and network strategy for the company that relates to cybersecurity
Managing the continuous maintenance of the IT network to ensuring optimum security levels are maintained

Operational Execution

Ensure that standards and procedures are in place for team to perform their day to day operations including establishing, writing, and distributing governance and enforcing the governance that's already in place related to Infrastructure and Vendor Management
Institutionalize strong monitoring system in place that produce standard reports on the status of the infrastructure
Regularly communicate what the team is doing and how their work relates to the success AGI
Has experience in areas of design, deploy, and migrate systems for IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS environments
Develop and manage an IT cloud infrastructure capacity plan
Responsible for establishing strong partnerships with those vendors to set clear expectations that includes negotiating access agreements, establishing service level agreements (SLAs) and ensuring contracts are in place to support the services provided by the infrastructure team
Ensure that newlyacquired technology complies with the AGI's IT security regulations
Determining the cause of internal and external data breaches and instituting appropriate corrective action
Act as advocate and primary liaison for the company's security vision via regular written and inperson communications with the company's executives, department heads, and end users
Work closely with the IT department on corporate technology development to fully secure information, computer, network, and processing systems
Manage the administration of the facility's security systems and their corresponding equipment or software, including fire alarms, locks, intruder detection systems, sprinkler systems, and antitheft measures
Develop, track, and control the security services annual operating and capital budgets for purchasing, staffing, and operations
Creatively and independently provide resolution to security problems in a costeffective manner
Assess and communicate any and all security risks associated with any and all purchases or practices performed by the company
Collaborate with IT leader, privacy officer, and HR to establish and maintain a system for ensuring that security and privacy policies are met