Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Description:

SPS Commerce is a leading provider of cloud-based supply chain management solutions, serving a global network of retail trading partners. We foster a collaborative and inclusive work environment where innovation and continuous improvement are highly valued. Join SPS Commerce and be part of a dynamic team that's transforming the global retail supply chain!

Position Summary:

As a Senior Infrastructure Engineer on the Network and Data Center team, you'll design, build, and support the physical and virtual infrastructure that powers the SPS Commerce SaaS platform. This is a hands-on role focused on VMware Cloud Foundation, enterprise storage, backup and recovery, and data center operations. You'll provide the infrastructure building blocks for development and help ensure our operational systems meet their service level goals.

This role reports to the Manager II, Network and Data Center. You'll be the on-site infrastructure engineer for our centralized Minneapolis data center, working alongside teammates in New Jersey and Canada, with hands-on exposure to the new technologies we're adopting, including on-premises AI infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities:

Manage the deployment, configuration, and ongoing operations of server hardware, VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) environments, storage, and backup systems across SPS Commerce production environments

Manage Pure Storage arrays, including provisioning, capacity and performance monitoring, snapshots, and upgrades

Administer Rubrik backup and recovery, including SLA policies, backup monitoring, restore testing, and RPO/RTO reporting

Rack, stack, and decommission servers, storage, and network equipment; perform and oversee structured copper and fiber cabling, patching, and labeling; and maintain accurate asset and rack records

Manage rack power, including PDU monitoring, A/B power balancing, and power capacity planning for new deployments

Develop automation and infrastructure as code to provision, configure, patch, and report on infrastructure

Partner with Development and Product Management to scale and improve production systems and services

Monitor and administer assigned systems, providing documentation, cross-training, capacity management, and recommendations for future state

Participate in an on-call support rotation

Stay current on developments in the field to evaluate, propose, and implement enhancements

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of experience working in an enterprise infrastructure environment

Experience administering VMware vSphere and VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), including vSAN, NSX, and SDDC Manager Experience administering Windows Server and Linux (Red Hat, Oracle Enterprise Linux, or similar) as VM guests and physical hosts

Working knowledge of data center networking at an associate network engineer level, including VLANs, trunking, link aggregation, routing and switching basics, and TCP/IP, DNS, and DHCP troubleshooting

Experience administering enterprise storage, specifically Pure Storage Experience administering enterprise backup and recovery, specifically Rubrik

Experience with data center rack power management, including PDUs and capacity planning

Experience with physical copper and fiber cabling in a data center environment

Experience with scripting and infrastructure as code, such as Power Shell/PowerCLI, Python, Ansible, or Terraform, plus Git-based workflows

Experience working in an Agile development environment

Preferred Experience:

Experience with VMware Live Recovery (formerly VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery, VCDR), including DR plans, failover testing, and cyber recovery

Associate-level networking certification or equivalent experience, with hands-on experience configuring and troubleshooting Cisco…