IT Infrastructure Engineer

We are seeking an Infrastructure Engineer to serve as the long-term technical owner of virtualization, server, storage, backup, and network infrastructure supporting critical SCADA and engineering systems. This is a hands‑on senior individual contributor role responsible for operational reliability, high availability, cybersecurity alignment, and disaster recovery readiness across VMware and Hyper‑V environments. The ideal candidate has experience supporting production OT/industrial environments and understands the accountability required for systems that directly impact operational uptime.

This role participates in on‑call rotation, supports scheduled plant outage patch windows, and serves as a primary escalation point for infrastructure‑related incidents.

• Own lifecycle management of VMware ESXi/vCenter and Microsoft Hyper‑V environments.
• Design, maintain, and optimize HA clusters (VMware HA/DRS and Hyper‑V Failover Clustering).
• Perform hypervisor patching, upgrades, and lifecycle management.
• Optimize virtual machine performance and resource allocation.
• Maintain standardized templates and configuration governance.

• Administer and optimize Veeam Backup & Replication.
• Define and maintain RPO/RTO targets for critical systems.
• Perform periodic restore validation and disaster recovery testing.
• Maintain documented recovery procedures and DR runbooks.
• Manage multi‑site backup strategies, including full and incremental backups.

• Deploy and troubleshoot enterprise networks, including Firewalling, routing, and switching/VLAN architecture.
• Support routing fundamentals and firewall rule governance.
• Maintain secure IT/OT segmentation design.
• Support patch compliance and vulnerability remediation initiatives.
• Participate in firewall reviews and security hardening efforts.
• Familiarity with industrial protocols (Modbus, DNP3, OPC‑UA) preferred.

• Serve as a senior escalation point during infrastructure incidents.
• Lead root cause analysis (RCA) following outages or service degradation.
• Monitor infrastructure performance, storage health, and system capacity.
• Proactively identify risks and implement mitigation strategies.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure standards, SOPs, and documentation.

• Participate in on‑call rotation.
• Support scheduled maintenance during plant outage windows.
• Support occasional off‑hours deployments as required.
• Ensure minimal operational disruption during maintenance activities.

• Must have permanent authorization to work in the United States.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field is required
• 7+ years of infrastructure engineering experience in production environments.
• Strong hands‑on experience with:
• VMware ESXi and vCenter
• Microsoft Hyper‑V (Failover Clustering, Live Migration)
• Veeam Backup & Replication
• Enterprise networking (Firewalling, switching, VLANs, routing fundamentals)
• Experience in managing high‑availability production systems.
• Experience in Depth of network devices [Firewalls, Routers. Switches]
• Strong troubleshooting skills across compute, storage, and network layers.
• Experience participating in on‑call escalation rotations.
• Strong documentation and operational discipline.

• Experience supporting SCADA, industrial, or regulated environments.
• Familiarity with NERC CIP or similar compliance frameworks.
• Experience with SAN/NAS storage technologies.
• Scripting experience (Power Shell preferred).
• Cloud and Hybrid deployments
• Automation Experience with Terraform, Ansible, or equivalent
• Experience supporting hybrid IT/OT…