Senior Infrastructure Engineer

SPS Commerce • Minneapolis, MN

13d • Hybrid

About The Position

SPS Commerce is hiring a Senior Infrastructure Engineer for its Network and Data Center team. The role designs, builds, and supports the physical and virtual infrastructure powering the SPS Commerce SaaS platform, with a hands-on focus on VMware Cloud Foundation, enterprise storage, backup and recovery, and data center operations. The engineer provides infrastructure for development and helps ensure operational systems meet service-level goals.

The role is the on-site infrastructure engineer for the centralized Minneapolis data center, working with teammates in New Jersey and Canada and gaining exposure to new technologies, including on-premises AI infrastructure. It reports to the Manager II, Network and Data Center. The position is hybrid in Minneapolis, with on-site work at the Minneapolis office and data center as needed. 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 operation 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 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, providing documentation, cross-training, capacity management, and recommendations for future state.
• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior