Senior System Engineer

Allison Transmission • Indianapolis, IN

2d

About The Position

Leads the engineering, optimization, and resiliency of core datacenter and cloud platforms supporting global operations. This role provides advanced technical expertise, drives standards and automation, and serves as a senior escalation point for complex infrastructure, performance, and recovery challenges.

Requirements

• 5–8 years of progressive infrastructure engineering experience.
• Deep experience in hybrid infrastructure, including datacenter and cloud operations.
• Strong experience with automation, scripting, and/or IaC tools such as PowerShell, Python, Terraform, Ansible, or similar.
• Experience leading technical implementation efforts or platform upgrades.
• Experience with disaster recovery, backup strategy, and capacity/performance management.
• Exposure to enterprise compliance, audit support, and infrastructure standards governance.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills required.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field preferred.
• Advanced technical certification(s) preferred in cloud, virtualization, automation, storage, or operating systems.
• ITIL or similar operational governance knowledge preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and support robust infrastructure solutions across server, virtualization, storage, backup, file services, and cloud platforms.
• Lead complex troubleshooting and serve as a senior escalation point for major incidents, performance issues, and recurring platform instability.
• Drive automation, configuration management, and Infrastructure as Code practices to improve consistency, speed, and reliability.
• Lead lifecycle planning, capacity management, and technical refresh activities for infrastructure platforms.
• Develop and enforce engineering standards for compliance, patching, resiliency, observability, and operational readiness.
• Support containerization and orchestration platforms where applicable, including standards, operations, and integration.
• Partner with database, application, security, and network teams to optimize platform performance and ensure recoverability.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to technical documentation, runbooks, and operational maturity.

Benefits

• Choice of medical plans with prescription coverage
• Employer HSA contribution
• Dental & Vision Insurance
• Paid Parental Leave
• Short & Long-Term Disability
• Critical Illness
• Hospital Indemnity
• Identity Theft Protection
• Pet Insurance
• 401K with generous Company match & contribution
• Accrued Paid Time Off
• 12 Paid Holidays + 1 Floating Holiday
• Robust employee wellness program
• Tuition assistance program

What This Job Offers

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