Senior Systems Engineer - Hosting Infrastructure

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Are you ready to join a community where your work matters and your potential is unlimited?

Purdue University is seeking a Senior Hosting Systems Engineer who thrives in a collaborative environment and is passionate about designing, maintaining, and optimizing hosting systems that support groundbreaking research and student success. This role offers the opportunity to contribute to Purdue’s culture of innovation, excellence, and Boilermaker pride.

About the Role

As a Senior Hosting Systems Engineer, you will:

Design, install, maintain, test, and configure hosting systems, including hardware, network, and software infrastructure components

Monitor system performance and security while fine-tuning parameters to optimize functionality

Maintain hypervisor infrastructure for internal and customer-facing components

Recommend and implement procedures for effective resource utilization in capacity planning

Educate customers on virtual resource usage and tailor solutions to their needs

Coach junior team members and review their work, fostering growth within the team

Who We’re Looking For

We’re seeking seasoned professionals with:

Advanced knowledge of hosting systems engineering

Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills

Leadership abilities to mentor team members effectively

Join us at Purdue University—where your expertise will help shape the future of higher education while advancing your career. Together, we’ll continue moving forward with pride and purpose

This is a remote position.

The budgeted annual salary that the University reasonably expects to pay for this position is $73,176 - $75,000.

About Us:

Why Purdue?

At Purdue University, we believe in Unrivaled Pride and Unlimited Potential. Here’s what sets us apart:

Tight-knit Community: Share experiences with colleagues who cherish collaboration

Global Perspective: Work in an environment that connects you to the world

Boilermaker Pride: Be part of an institution with staying power and star power

Endless Opportunities: Pursue professional growth through learning and development programs

What You’ll Gain

When you join Purdue University, you become part of a forward-moving community that values your contributions. Enjoy benefits like:

Access to wellness programs through the Healthy Boiler initiative

Tuition reimbursement for your family

Competitive health plans with flat premiums for five consecutive years

Opportunities to learn, grow, and bring purpose to your work

When you join Purdue University, you join a community that keeps moving forward. For more than 150 years, we’ve been known for not only our groundbreaking work in STEM research, but also for our collective imagination, ingenuity and innovation.

What We're Looking For:

Education and Experience Needed:

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related field required

A minimum of four (4) years of related IT experience below:

At least three (3) years of systems administrator experience in a LAN networking/distributed computing environment supporting operating systems or enterprise infrastructure systems required

At least three (3) years of experience supporting enterprise systems involving components designed for service delivery to customer bases in excess of 1000 client systems

Enterprise experience will include supporting interoperation of servers, storage, and networking infrastructure underlying complex multi-tiered applications

VMware ESX, Nutanix AHV, or other hypervisor experience

An equivalent combination of education and work experience may be accepted

Skills Needed:

Combination of enterprise experience in storage administration, network administration, systems monitoring, and capacity planning

Advanced knowledge of complex multi-tiered computer operations

A record of successfully influencing and technically contributing, at a high level and as part of a team, to projects that are difficult and complex

Advanced knowledge of complex multi-tiered computer operations

Self- motivation and the ability to work with limited supervision on daily tasks and projects

Strong written and verbal communication and customer service skills

Preferred:

Ability to learn and use programming and scripting languages used in the automation, design, and maintenance of systems administration

Experience with:

ITIL frameworks

ITSM tooling

Additional Information:

Purdue University will not sponsor employment authorization for this position

A background check will be required for employment in this position

FLSA: Exempt (Not Eligible for Overtime)

Retirement Eligibility: Defined Contribution Waiting Period

Benefit Statement: Purdue University offers a substantial Benefit Package including medical, dental, and vision insurance as well as a generous paid time off package for sick and vacation days

Career Stream

Professional 3

Pay Band S070

Job Code #20003635

Career pathmaker:

Who We Are:

Purdue is a community built on collaboration, with global perspectives, Boilermaker pride and endless opportunity to live, learn and grow. Join us and contribute to our culture.

EOE / AA

Purdue University is an EOE/AA employer.