IT Manager

Olson Kundig is a design practice founded on the idea that buildings can serve as a bridge between nature, culture and people, and that inspiring surroundings have a positive effect on people’s lives. The firm’s work can be found across the globe, with projects as wide-ranging as huts to high rises, homes—often for art collectors—to academic, cultural and civic projects, museums and exhibition design, places of worship, creative production, urban design, and interior design.

Currently, we are seeking a IT Manager to join the technology team and contribute to the overall excellence of work coming from Olson Kundig.

Position Description:

As the Information Technology Manager, you'll be an integral player in our team, playing a crucial role in managing the IT operations across all locations, ensuring reliable and efficient technology systems that support the firm’s architectural projects and business functions. You will be responsible for the strategic planning of IT initiatives, managing the IT team, and maintaining IT infrastructure and security protocols. This role is about leading the charge in our digital transformation and process innovation, as well as being a mentor and a leader for the Information Technology team.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Developing and implementing strategic IT plans to support the firm’s goals, including upgrades to infrastructure and new technology deployments.
• Leading and managing the IT team and consultants across all office locations.
• Overseeing the maintenance and enhancement of IT infrastructure, including networks, servers, databases, and cloud computing resources to ensure optimal performance and reliability.
• Develop and maintain firmwide policy, standards, and best practices.
• Lead IT team in technical research and development that fosters innovation aligned with the firms architectural design practice.
• Manage IT initiatives from conception to completion, ensuring they are delivered on time, within scope, and on budget.
• Providing high-level technical support and troubleshooting complex IT issues, escalated by other IT staff.
• Negotiating with and managing relationships with software and hardware vendors.
• Developing and managing the IT budget, ensuring that expenditures are within the allocated resources.
  
  

Education/Skills/Experience:

• 7-10 years of experience in network and systems administration or related relevant experience.
• AEC firm experience, with preference given to those with prior Architectural experience.
• 1-3 years’ experience leading and/or managing IT team members.
• Experience designing, managing, and maintaining Active Directory domains, Azure, data networking,
• virtualization, storage, security, and related information systems
• Ability to troubleshoot complex IT issues across diverse systems and software.
• Experience with configuration and implementation of ITSM and ITAM systems.
• Multi-site IT management experience in firms with 500 staff preferred.
• Strong interpersonal skills: articulate communicator, ability to listen, relationship building, and high degree of integrity
• Highly collaborative by nature, with the willingness to approach every project creatively.
  
  

What can you expect from us?

• A creative work environment and colleagues who are collaborative, creative, and challenging
• Opportunity to grow professionally with excellent projects
• Check our culture page to learn about life at Olson Kundig
  
  

In addition to a dynamic and creative culture, Olson Kundig provides a generous benefits package that includes 16 days of paid time off, paid holidays, health plan, 401k match, bonuses, profit-sharing plans for qualified positions, a monthly travel subsidy for public transportation, and more.

As a firm, we are committed to pay practices that are fair, competitive, and reflect internal pay equity. At the time of posting this job, the hiring range for this position in Seattle is between $115,000 and $130,000 annually. Final salary decisions are made based upon the extent and relatedness of the candidate’s education and experience and considering internal equity and external market factors.

All applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship and must already possess long-term work authorization.