Sr. Manufacturing IT Systems Engineer

Job Description

The Senior Staff MFG IT Systems Engineer will be responsible for the ZT Systems manufacturing environment which includes virtualization utilizing VMware VCenter services and the various VMware features, as well as a proven advanced skill set and experience across various Microsoft and open‑source technologies with a focus on Linux. They will manage the on‑prem infrastructure support such as virtualization and storage and use of automation for day‑to‑day support and issue resolution.

As the Senior Staff MFG IT Systems Engineer team lead you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and managing applications on Linux and Windows. Ability to understand business needs and propose a technology solution that addresses the associated requirements.

Solid understanding of modern networking fundamentals as related to Microsoft enterprise networks including but not limited to TCP/IP, DNS, SSH/RDP, DHCP, ARP, SMB/CIFS/NFS, and DFS. Skill and experience with disaster recovery, High Availability and backup technology and procedures for Windows/Linux Server‑based products.

What You Will Do:

• Architect, implement, and maintain highly available Linux/Windows server platforms across on‑prem and cloud (hybrid) environments.
• Manage and optimize hypervisors (e.g., VMware, Hyper‑V, KVM) and enterprise storage platforms (SAN/NAS/object) for performance, resilience, and cost.
• Design and operate Hashi Corp Consul (service discovery/mesh), Nomad (workload orchestration), Vault (secrets management/PKI), and Boundary (secure access) in production.
• Standardize and scale configuration management with Ansible and infrastructure provisioning with Terraform (modules, work spaces, policy as code).
• Build automation and tooling in Python (and Bash/Power Shell where appropriate) to reduce toil, integrate APIs, and improve observability.
• Create/Update/Implement scripts to be used in Linux, Windows, Ansible Playbooks with a focus on Python and YAML.
• Participate in projects and engineer new systems. Additionally, to help the company achieve its key objectives, this person will be invited to participate in cross‑functional teams to help improve and develop business processes and systems.
• Work with team to plan server migration and deployment projects. As an Information Technology and Systems team member, you may be asked, as new business needs arise, to accept additional tasks and responsibilities within the department, besides those detailed in this job description.
• Monitor performance of critical servers and applications. Manage the load configuration and make recommendations for purchase or upgrade of hardware as well as the tuning of software.
• Engage and manage 3rd‑party vendors to achieve expedient resolution.
• Create and maintain system documentation for specifications, designs, procedures, and logs. Document all processes, system changes/fixes, and issues.

What You Bring:

• Bachelor’s degree (Computer Science preferred) with 8+ years of system engineering experience in enterprise‑level, highly integrated, complex IT environment (alternatively an MS degree with 6+ years of experience)
• Working knowledge of Public Cloud‑based solutions and APIs.
• 8+ years of Linux experience
• 8+ years VMware/virtual server experience & working knowledge of vSphere console, vMotion, and VMware management.
• Knowledge of API and API development
• 4+ years of Dev Ops experience
• Working proficiency of Python required
• 4+ years of Ansible experience
• 4+ years of enterprise storage platforms experience with NFS/SMB/CIFS and storage solutions including, but not limited to, QNAP, Pure, HPE, Netapp
• Advanced knowledge of Active Directory architecture and support including:
  Group Policy, Replication, DNS, User and Group Management.
• Show an understanding of Information Security best practices.
• Ability to produce and adhere to documentation – Visio, run books, Project Plans, Root Cause Analysis.
• Strong documentation and communication skills applicable to a Customer Service role.

ZT Systems assesses market data to ensure a competitive compensation package is created for all our employees. The typical base salary for this position is expected to be between $124,500 and…