C.H. Robinson is seeking experienced Infrastructure Manager Engineering on our Application Hosting team to lead a globally distributed Application Hosting team responsible for delivering reliable, secure, scalable, and highly available application hosting platforms.
This role requires a hands-on technical leader who can balance people leadership, operational excellence, and technical expertise. The successful candidate will lead a team responsible for Windows and Linux application hosting environments, IIS platforms, routing technologies, load balancing solutions, and middleware services that support critical enterprise applications.
The ideal candidate is not simply a people manager, but a technical manager capable of leading architectural discussions, troubleshooting complex production issues, serving as an escalation point, and driving engineering excellence across the team.
Responsibilities:
Leadership & Team Management
- Lead, coach, and develop a globally distributed team of engineers and platform administrators.
- Manage team performance, delivery execution, career development, and employee engagement.
- Foster a culture of accountability, operational excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Partner with leaders across Infrastructure, Engineering, Security, and Architecture teams.
- Support vendor relationships and service delivery management.
Application Hosting & Platform Operations
- Own the operational health, availability, performance, and scalability of enterprise application hosting platforms.
- Ensure stable and secure hosting environments for mission-critical applications.
- Lead incident management efforts, including escalation, root cause analysis, and service restoration.
- Drive platform reliability through automation, standardization, and process improvement.
- Establish operational standards, controls, and best practices.
- Manage deployments, platform upgrades, and infrastructure changes.
Technical Leadership
- Serve as the technical leader and escalation point for the Application Hosting team.
- Lead technical troubleshooting and complex problem resolution efforts.
- Facilitate architecture and design discussions related to application hosting platforms.
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineers.
- Drive modernization and automation initiatives across hosting environments.
- Collaborate with engineering teams to improve platform performance, reliability, and supportability.
Platform Ownership
The Application Hosting team is responsible for technologies including:
- Windows Server
- IIS (Internet Information Services)
- Linux-based application hosting environments
- F5 Load Balancing
- Kong Gateway
- Cloudflare
- Routing technologies and traffic management solutions
- Middleware and application hosting services
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent work experience.
- 5+ years of infrastructure engineering or platform engineering experience.
- 2+ years of people leadership experience leading technical teams.
- Extensive experience administering and supporting Windows Server environments.
- Strong experience with IIS administration and application hosting.
- Experience supporting Linux-based platforms and applications.
- Experience with routing, traffic management, and load balancing technologies.
- Demonstrated ability to lead technical troubleshooting and incident response efforts.
- Experience leading technical discussions, architecture reviews, and platform design decisions.
- Strong communication, stakeholder management, and leadership skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with F5 load balancers.
- Experience with Kong Gateway.
- Experience with Cloudflare services.
- Experience supporting middleware or enterprise application hosting platforms.
- Exposure to Kubernetes or containerized application platforms.
- Experience with infrastructure automation and operational tooling.
- Familiarity with ITIL or enterprise service management practices.
- Experience leading globally distributed teams.
- Experience managing platform roadmaps, vendor relationships, and operational budgets.
We will review applications for this role on an ongoing basis and encourage all interested candidates to apply at their earliest convenience.
Compensation Range
$119,800.00 - $202,300.00The base pay range displayed on the job posting reflects the minimum and maximum base pay for this specific location. Your individual base pay within this range is determined by job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base pay only and do not include additional variable compensation.
Questioning if you meet the mark? Studies have shown that some individuals may be less likely to apply unless they match the job description exactly. Here at C.H. Robinson, we’re building an inclusive workplace where all employees feel they belong. If this position excites you, we welcome you to apply whether you check all the preferred qualifications or just a few. You may just be our next great fit!
Equal Opportunity
C.H. Robinson is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to a workplace and performance culture that reflects the strengths of our worldwide marketplace. We value unique experiences and diverse backgrounds of our people within our company, our business relationships, and our communities. We’re committed to providing an inclusive environment, free from harassment and discrimination, where all employees feel welcomed, valued and respected.
EOE\Disabled\Veteran
Benefits
Your Health, Wealth and Self
Your total wellbeing is the foundation of our business, and our benefits support your financial, family and personal goals. We provide the top-tier benefits that matter to you most, including:
Three medical plans which include
Prescription drug coverage
Enhanced Fertility benefits
Flexible Spending Accounts
Health Savings Account (including employer contribution)
Dental and Vision
Basic and Supplemental Life Insurance
Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
Paid observed holidays
2 paid floating holidays for U.S. hourly employees
Flexible Time Off (FTO) offered to U.S. salaried employees — no accruals and no caps. Paid Time Off (PTO) offered to all other employees in the U.S. and Canada
Paid parental leave
Paid time off to volunteer in your community
Charitable Giving Match Program
401(k) with 6% company matching
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Plus a broad range of career development, networking, and team-building opportunities
Learn more about our benefit offerings on our BENEFITS & WELLBEING page
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent work experience
- 5+ years of infrastructure engineering or platform engineering experience
- 2+ years of people leadership experience leading technical teams
- Extensive experience administering and supporting Windows Server environments
- Strong experience with IIS administration and application hosting
- Experience supporting Linux-based platforms and applications
- Experience with routing, traffic management, and load balancing technologies
- Demonstrated ability to lead technical troubleshooting and incident response efforts
- Experience leading technical discussions, architecture reviews, and platform design decisions
- Strong communication, stakeholder management, and leadership skills
- Experience with F5 load balancers
- Experience with Kong Gateway
- Experience with Cloudflare services
- Experience supporting middleware or enterprise application hosting platforms
- Exposure to Kubernetes or containerized application platforms
- Experience with infrastructure automation and operational tooling
- Familiarity with ITIL or enterprise service management practices
- Experience leading globally distributed teams
- Experience managing platform roadmaps, vendor relationships, and operational budgets
C.H. Robinson Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and mental health coverage is offered alongside FSAs and employer HSA contributions. Feedback suggests health coverage is often viewed as strong and supportive of wellbeing.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with a dollar-for-dollar company match and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan strengthen long-term financial security. Additional offerings like performance bonuses and charitable matching further bolster the package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off, paid holidays, sick time, volunteer time, and role-based FTO/PTO structures provide multiple avenues for rest and flexibility. Feedback suggests generous PTO and work-from-home options are valued by many employees.
C.H. Robinson Insights
What We Do
C.H. Robinson solves logistics problems for companies across the globe and across industries, from the simple to the most complex. With nearly $21 billion in freight under management and 19 million shipments annually, we are one of the world’s largest logistics platforms. Our global suite of services accelerates trade to seamlessly deliver the products and goods that drive the world’s economy. With the combination of our multi-modal transportation management system and expertise, we use our information advantage to deliver smarter solutions for our more than 105,000 customers and 73,000 contract carriers. Our technology is built by and for supply chain experts to bring faster, more meaningful improvements to our customers’ businesses. As a responsible global citizen, we are also proud to contribute millions of dollars to support causes that matter to our company, our Foundation and our employees.
