IT Engineer I

ALLEN DISTRIBUTION•Carlisle, PA

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Sr. Systems Engineer is primarily responsible for leading the end-to-end secure operations of core compute systems infrastructure both on-prem and cloud including high availability, replication, DR preparation and testing. This role ensures close integration with other business applications to maintain a highly integrated and available platform for mission critical logistics operations. Lead the development of standards and partner with other team members to support the IT mission.

Requirements

8+ years in enterprise infrastructure engineering, with 4+ years of hands-on Nutanix administration (AHV, Prism, AOS lifecycle) at production scale.
Demonstrated ability to work autonomously — setting technical direction, prioritizing initiatives, and guiding architecture decisions.
Track record of leading disaster recovery programs, including designing test strategy and owning results and remediation.
Experience in cloud infrastructure platforms (Azure, AWS, or similar); integration with and migration to platform-agnostic infrastructure preferred
Strong documentation discipline — able to convert tribal knowledge and undocumented systems into clear runbooks and standards.
Strong hands-on expertise with Windows Server, Linux, Active Directory, DNS/DHCP, and enterprise networking (firewalls, VPN, VLANs).
Proficiency in SQL Server environments and Windows Failover Clustering support.
Scripting ability in PowerShell and/or Python for infrastructure automation and reporting.
Experience mentoring engineers or informally leading technical initiatives without formal management authority.
Experience administering Microsoft 365 (Exchange, SharePoint, Teams) and cloud identity synchronization.
Familiarity with endpoint and security concepts and tools (such as XDR, SASE, DLP) and security patch management.
Ability to participate in after-hours maintenance windows and incident response on a rotating basis.

Nice To Haves

Prior experience leading or contributing to an on-prem-to-cloud infrastructure migration.
Nutanix Certified Professional (NCP) or higher; cloud certifications (AZ-104/AZ-800, AWS SysOps/Solutions Architect) a plus.
Knowledge with Citrix Virtual Apps & Desktops and/or Parallels RAS, especially platform migrations.
Experience with NAS, Wasabi or other S3-compatible cloud storage, and ShareFile administration.
Exposure to warehouse automation, AWS, or WMS environments in a 3PL or logistics setting.
Experience w/ Ansible and Terraform for automated deployments

Responsibilities

Own end-to-end architecture, administration, and roadmap for compute infrastructure.
Set standards for cluster health, host/VM performance, storage utilization, and resource allocation; drive continuous optimization.
Lead lifecycle management including firmware, AOS, and hypervisor upgrades; independently troubleshoot complex hardware and virtualization issues.
Maintain infrastructure documentation, SOPs, and network/DR diagrams; participate in change management and capacity planning.
Participate in after-hours maintenance and incident response as required.
Own DR architecture, including Replication, Protection Policies, and Recovery Plans; define validation cadence and lead monthly Recovery Plan validation.
Design and lead quarterly disaster recovery testing; report results and risk posture to leadership.
Author and maintain disaster recovery documentation, runbooks, and recovery procedures as the DR program owner.
Administer physical and virtual Windows/Linux servers; monitor health, performance, and capacity; troubleshoot OS, application, hardware, and storage issues.
Manage provisioning, decommissioning, migrations, upgrades, and clustered/HA environments; maintain configuration standards.
Administer Active Directory across four Domain Controllers, Group Policy, and account/OU administration; monitor AD replication.
Administer DNS/DHCP, Certificate Services, authentication troubleshooting, and identity sync with cloud services.
Administer domain registration and external DNS, including renewals, & SSL/DNS verification.
Develop PowerShell/Python solutions for infrastructure automation, API integrations, monitoring, reporting, and asset inventory sync.
Support SQL Server cluster health and performance; support Windows Failover Clustering, backup validation, restore testing, and replication monitoring.
Administer Microsoft 365, Exchange Online, SharePoint, Teams, Power BI, and Power Automate; manage licensing and provisioning.
Support the full identity lifecycle: provisioning/deprovisioning, AD/M365 administration, security groups, and periodic access reviews.
Administer three on-prem and cloud-based File Servers, cloud replication, secure file exchange with partners including permissions, security, and auditing.