Staff Systems Engineer/Infrastructure Lead - Digital Products
About The Position
Penske, a leader in transportation and supply-chain, is also a significant data company, analyzing billions of datapoints annually to optimize logistics and deliver reliable outcomes for customers. The company is investing in and growing its digital products and seeks talent to advance its industry leadership. The Staff System Engineer/Infrastructure Lead role within the Digital Products organization is responsible for designing, engineering, and evolving network and connectivity solutions for Penske’s digital products and SaaS platforms, ensuring they operate securely, reliably, and at scale. This role involves close partnership with Enterprise IT infrastructure teams to align with enterprise standards while delivering product-centric solutions that meet performance, availability, and scalability requirements. The position serves as a technical leader in network architecture, cloud connectivity, and service reliability, collaborating with product managers, software engineers, and infrastructure teams to design resilient systems, optimize data flow, and ensure seamless integration across cloud and enterprise environments. It requires deep technical expertise, strong systems thinking, and effective operation in a matrixed, shared-responsibility model. The position is based out of the corporate location in Reading, PA, requiring at least 4 days a week in the office.
Requirements
- Deep technical expertise
- Strong systems thinking
- Ability to operate effectively in a matrixed, shared-responsibility model
Responsibilities
- Design and implement network and connectivity solutions supporting digital products and SaaS platforms
- Translate product and engineering requirements into scalable, secure, and high-performing infrastructure designs
- Architect and support hybrid and cloud-native networking solutions across cloud platforms and enterprise data centers
- Ensure high availability, resiliency, and performance of product-facing systems and services
- Evaluate and implement modern networking technologies (e.g., Service mesh, zero trust architectures)
- Analyze, engineer, and optimize software-defined networking and cloud-based data communication solutions
- Solve complex technical problems involving distributed systems and multiple dependencies
- Develop implementation plans, testing strategies, and timelines for complex, cross-functional initiatives
- Partner with product and engineering teams throughout the product lifecycle, from design through production
- Lead initiatives from concept through deployment and ongoing optimization
- Contribute to technology and infrastructure roadmaps aligned to product strategy
- Support continuous delivery through automation and repeatable infrastructure practices
- Monitor and analyze system, network, and application performance across product environments
- Establish baselines and performance benchmarks aligned to product SLAs/SLOs
- Analyze traffic patterns, latency, and system behavior to optimize performance and cost
- Support capacity planning, forecasting, and scaling strategies
- Lead and support disaster recovery planning and resilience testing across environments
- Collaborate with product teams, stakeholders, and enterprise partners to understand current and future needs
- Act as a technical advisor on performance, reliability, and scalability of product platforms
- Partner with Enterprise IT teams to align on standards, security, and infrastructure capabilities
- Communicate effectively across technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Participate in incident response, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement efforts
- Other projects as assigned by leadership
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
