Senior Infrastructure Engineer
About The Position
SPS Commerce is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to design, build, and support the physical and virtual infrastructure powering its cloud-based supply chain management platform. The hands-on role focuses on VMware Cloud Foundation, enterprise storage, backup and recovery, and data center operations, providing infrastructure for development and helping operational systems meet service-level goals. The engineer will be the on-site infrastructure engineer for SPS Commerce’s centralized Minneapolis data center, working with teammates in New Jersey and Canada. The role also offers hands-on exposure to technologies being adopted, including on-premises AI infrastructure. It reports to the Manager II, Network and Data Center. The position is hybrid, with on-site work at the Minneapolis office and data center as needed, and the selected candidate is expected to start in January 2027.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree and at least 5 years of experience working in an enterprise infrastructure environment.
- Experience administering VMware vSphere and VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), including vSAN, NSX, and SDDC Manager.
- Experience administering Windows Server and Linux (Red Hat, Oracle Enterprise Linux, or similar) as VM guests and physical hosts.
- Working knowledge of data center networking at an associate network engineer level, including VLANs, trunking, link aggregation, routing and switching basics, and TCP/IP, DNS, and DHCP troubleshooting.
- Experience administering enterprise storage, specifically Pure Storage.
- Experience administering enterprise backup and recovery, specifically Rubrik.
- Experience with data center rack power management, including PDUs and capacity planning.
- Experience with physical copper and fiber cabling in a data center environment.
- Experience with scripting and infrastructure as code, such as PowerShell/PowerCLI, Python, Ansible, or Terraform, plus Git-based workflows.
- Experience working in an Agile development environment.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with VMware Live Recovery (formerly VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery, VCDR), including DR plans, failover testing, and cyber recovery.
- Associate-level networking certification or equivalent experience, with hands-on experience configuring and troubleshooting Cisco or similar switches, including VLANs, LACP, spanning tree, and IP subnetting.
- VMware certification such as VCP-DCV or VCP-VCF, and Pure Storage or Rubrik certifications.
- Demonstrated knowledge of storage networking, including iSCSI, Fibre Channel, and NFS.
Responsibilities
- Manage deployment, configuration, and ongoing operations of server hardware, VMware Cloud Foundation environments, storage, and backup systems across production environments.
- Manage Pure Storage arrays, including provisioning, capacity and performance monitoring, snapshots, and upgrades.
- Administer Rubrik backup and recovery, including SLA policies, backup monitoring, restore testing, and RPO/RTO reporting.
- Rack, stack, and decommission servers, storage, and network equipment; perform and oversee structured copper and fiber cabling, patching, and labeling; and maintain accurate asset and rack records.
- Manage rack power, including PDU monitoring, A/B power balancing, and power capacity planning for new deployments.
- Develop automation and infrastructure as code to provision, configure, patch, and report on infrastructure.
- Partner with Development and Product Management to scale and improve production systems and services.
- Monitor and administer assigned systems; provide documentation and cross-training; manage capacity; and recommend future-state improvements.
- Participate in an on-call support rotation.
- Stay current on developments in the field to evaluate, propose, and implement enhancements.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package designed to support employees' health, well-being, and financial security; benefits are country-specific and aligned with local laws and market practices.
- Bonus.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
