Sr Hosting Infrastructure Administrator

Sargento Foods • Plymouth, WI

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

At Sargento, you work for a company you believe in, with a family of people who believe in you. Our culture stems from a simple premise: Hire good people and treat them like family. At Sargento, you can make decisions based on how they affect people as well as the long-term health of our company. You will be encouraged to make a meaningful difference in the community, in the company and in your career. With diverse experiences and tools to learn and develop, you can transform your aspirations into reality. If you’re ready for the right place to belong and grow your career, you can find it here.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• 6+ years of hosting or infrastructure experience with strong Linux production support.
• Hands on AWS and/or Azure experience.
• Experience supporting backup and disaster recovery solutions.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• Manufacturing or plant floor Linux experience.
• SAP on Linux experience.
• Cloud certification (AWS or Azure Associate or equivalent).
• Mid level Linux certification.

Responsibilities

• Own the reliability, performance, and evolution of Linux platforms across physical, virtual, and cloud environments (AWS/Azure).
• Partner closely with manufacturing, automation, SAP, and application teams to keep mission critical systems available, resilient, and recoverable.
• Provide OS level leadership for SAP on Linux, including performance tuning, patch coordination, and controlled system restarts.
• Influence infrastructure design decisions to improve scalability, reliability, and operational resilience.
• Lead administration of enterprise storage platforms and coordinate firmware, OS, and compatibility upgrades.
• Own backup, recovery, business continuity, and disaster recovery solutions.
• Plan and execute disaster recovery testing to validate recoverability and business readiness.
• Design and maintain automation scripts and configuration assets using version controlled repositories.
• Automate provisioning, validation, configuration, and operational workflows.
• Expand monitoring and alerting to proactively detect issues and reduce unplanned downtime.
• Apply Linux security best practices, including patching, hardening, access controls, encryption, and zero trust principles.
• Support data center operations such as power, cooling, racking, cabling, and hardware lifecycle management.
• Lead planned and unplanned maintenance while minimizing impact to business and manufacturing operations.
• Serve as 3rd level escalation for complex Linux, cloud, storage, and automation incidents.
• Lead incident response efforts, including root cause analysis and corrective action planning.
• Mentor junior and mid level administrators through technical guidance and best practice sharing.
• Lead or contribute to medium and large scale infrastructure initiatives, including plant expansions.
• Research emerging technologies to strengthen reliability, security, and automation.
• Develop technical standards, documentation, and operating procedures.
• Help define and track KPIs/KRIs that drive continuous improvement.
• Participate in a shared on call rotation.
• Provide occasional night and weekend support in a 24x7 environment, including manufacturing systems.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical including Fertility, Adoption benefits, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Remote ½ day Fridays
• Onsite Health & Wellness Center
• Employer 401K contribution in the top 1% of the nation
• Relocation Assistance
• Tuition Assistance
• Access to Employee Store

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree