Senior IT Manager at NEBCO, Inc. in Lincoln, NE

Lead the Technology That Keeps Our Business Moving.

Are you a hands-on technology leader who enjoys solving complex challenges, developing people, and making technology work better for the business? We’re looking for a Senior IT Manager to help keep our diversified organization connected, secure, and running efficiently. We need someone who combines strong technical expertise with practical leadership—someone who is hands-on, can guide a team, take ownership of complex technical issues, and identify opportunities to improve performance, security, and service delivery.

What You’ll Do

Lead Infrastructure Operations: Oversee the day-to-day operation of enterprise technology infrastructure, ensuring systems and services are reliable, secure, available, and performing at their best across multiple locations.

• Stay Hands-On: Serve as a senior technical resource for complex issues involving networking, servers, virtualization, storage, communications, and end-user systems. Troubleshoot challenges, implement solutions, and support critical infrastructure when it matters most.
• Develop Your Team: Supervise, mentor, and support technical staff by setting priorities, coordinating workloads, building technical capabilities, and promoting a collaborative, accountable service culture.
• Keep Systems Running: Monitor system performance, capacity, and availability; identify potential issues early; and minimize disruptions to business operations.
• Strengthen Security and Resilience: Work with cybersecurity personnel to maintain established security controls, manage identity and access practices, and protect critical infrastructure. Oversee backup, disaster recovery, and recovery testing to support business continuity.
• Drive Modernization: Identify opportunities to improve infrastructure reliability, security, efficiency, and service delivery. Evaluate solutions and lead approved technology improvements.
• Manage Projects and Partners: Plan and deliver infrastructure projects, manage budgets and timelines, and coordinate with vendors and service providers to ensure dependable, accountable service.
• Connect Technology Across the Business: Partner with the business applications team, the CIO, security personnel, and business leaders to support application integration, system interoperability, identity management, and evolving business requirements.
• Build Consistency and Accountability: Maintain technical documentation, operating procedures, standards, and change management practices that promote secure, consistent, and sustainable operations.
• Plan for What’s Next: Assess infrastructure needs, evaluate technical alternatives, develop cost estimates, communicate risks, and recommend solutions aligned with business priorities.

What You Bring We’re looking for a technically strong, solutions-oriented professional who takes ownership, communicates effectively, and enjoys helping others succeed. proactive approach to problem-solving, a commitment to continuous improvement, strong communication skills, and the ability to balance strategic priorities with the practical demands of daily operations.

Required Qualifications

• At least five years of progressively responsible, hands-on experience in enterprise systems administration, networking, infrastructure engineering, or a comparable combination of education, training, and demonstrated technical expertise.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise networking, including LAN/WAN, TCP/IP, routing, switching, firewalls, VPNs, and wireless technologies.
• Demonstrated experience administering enterprise server environments, virtualization platforms, storage systems, and related infrastructure services.
• Working knowledge of identity and access management, directory services, authentication, authorization, and user provisioning and deprovisioning.
• Experience with backup and disaster recovery, infrastructure monitoring, and high-availability practices.
• Understanding of cybersecurity principles and the ability to implement and maintain established security controls.
• Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills, with the ability to investigate and resolve complex technical issues independently.
• The ability to prioritize competing demands, manage technical initiatives, and work effectively with both technical and non-technical teams.
• A collaborative, service-focused mindset and a willingness to remain actively involved in technical operations while supporting the growth of others.

Preferred Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Previous supervisory, team leadership, or technical mentoring experience.
• Experience supporting infrastructure across multiple locations, business units, or operating companies.
• Familiarity with manufacturing, construction, industrial environments, or specialized operational systems and equipment.
• Experience with hybrid infrastructure environments that combine on-premises systems, cloud services, SaaS platforms, and third-party providers.
• Experience with scripting, automation, infrastructure monitoring, or other tools that improve operational efficiency and reliability.
• Experience coordinating technical projects, managing external service providers, or developing infrastructure standards.
• Relevant certifications in networking, systems administration, cloud infrastructure, or cybersecurity.

How You’ll Make a Difference Success in this role means more than keeping systems online. It means helping the business operate with confidence, giving employees dependable technology and responsive support, and building an infrastructure environment that can grow and adapt as business needs change. You’ll bring a proactive approach to problem-solving, a commitment to continuous improvement, strong communication skills, and the ability to balance strategic priorities with the practical demands of daily operations.

We value intellectual curiosity, initiative, accountability, and a willingness to learn. Formal leadership experience is desirable, but we also welcome technically accomplished professionals who are ready to take the next step in their leadership journey.

About Us NEBCO is a fourth-generation, family-owned and operated business, which employs more than 1100 employees across 50 locations spanning the State of Nebraska. NEBCO supplies the construction industry with materials needed to construct buildings, streets and highways. Our business interests also include mining, finance, real estate development, agriculture, transportation, railroading, warehousing, insurance and surety bonding. The company has developed beyond its roots into areas including construction materials, real estate, recreation and philanthropy. NEBCO has grown to become one of Nebraska’s most diversified and successful privately-owned businesses. For more information about the company visit http://www.nebcoinc.com.

Conditions of Employment

Employment is contingent upon meeting the position's qualifications and physical requirements, satisfactory pre-employment background checks, and post-offer drug and alcohol testing and fit-for-employment screening.