Infrastructure Systems Engineer III or Sr - Storage & Data Protection

Mid American Energy Company, a Midwest utility, provides regulated electric and natural gas service to more than 1.6 million customers in Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota. The company owns and operates a portfolio of power-generating assets, approximately 61% of which is wind generation. Mid American Energy Company is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or religious creed, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status (except as required by law), gender (including gender identity and expression), sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, genetic information, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, familial or parental status, marital status or any other category protected by applicable local, state or U.S. federal law.

Employees must be able to perform the essential functions of the position, with or without an accommodation. Mid American Energy Company has an exciting career opportunity available. Take the next step in your career and apply now!

Required Qualifications:

* Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

* 5+ years experience in storage infrastructure (SAN,NAS,NFS, SMB, S3 etc.), and/or data protection engineering

* Hands-on experience with enterprise storage systems (block, file, object)

* Experience with backup and recovery platforms (e.g., Commvault or equivalent)

* Strong scripting/programming skills (Python, Bash, or Go)

* Experience with Infrastructure as Code and automation tools

* Strong troubleshooting skills across storage and data protection systems

Preferred Qualifications:

* Experience with software-defined storage (Ceph or similar)

* Experience with Kubernetes, virtualization, or hybrid cloud platforms

* Familiarity with immutable backups and ransomware protection

* Experience modernizing legacy storage and backup platforms

Key Responsibilities:

Storage Platform Engineering:

* Design, implement, and operate enterprise storage platforms across block, file, and object storage

* Manage performance, scalability, cost efficiency, and lifecycle operations

* Evaluate and adopt modern and software-defined storage architectures

Data Protection & Recovery Engineering (Primary Focus):

* Design, deploy, and operate backup, replication, and disaster recovery solutions

* Own end-to-end lifecycle including implementation, migration, upgrades, and optimization

* Implement immutable backup, retention, and offsite strategies

* Perform and automate restore validation and disaster recovery testing

* Ensure systems are fully recoverable-not just backed up

Automation & Infrastructure Engineering:

* Automate provisioning, backup lifecycle management, and recovery workflows

* Reduce operational toil through scripting and platform engineering

* Treat infrastructure and configuration as code with version control and testing

Operational Excellence & Incident Management:

* Troubleshoot and resolve complex storage performance, backup, and recovery issues

* Own platform health including backup success rates and recovery SLAs

* Develop runbooks and operational procedures

* Participate in incident response and post-incident analysis

Optimization & Efficiency:

* Continuously optimize storage and backup platforms for performance, cost, and utilization

* Drive improvements in capacity planning and lifecycle management

Observability, Security & Compliance:

* Monitor performance, capacity, and data protection coverage

* Ensure compliance with security and data protection policies

* Implement alerting and automated remediation

Collaboration:

* Partner with application, database, and platform teams
• Integrate storage and protection into Kubernetes, virtualization, and hybrid cloud platforms