Expert Systems Engineer

Harris Teeter; New Jersey; Remote; USD 95,000 - 101,000; Full time

Job summary

Harris Teeter is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to manage and optimize our production infrastructure in a primarily remote USA role. You will oversee monitoring, upgrades, and capacity planning, while collaborating with Operations and executive stakeholders to deliver high-quality technical solutions.

Ideal candidates have 5-7 years of relevant experience and strong skills in SQL Server, Power BI, and Databricks, with experience in scripting, automation, and change management.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of relevant experience, including 2-3 years at a senior level or equivalent.
• Strong experience with SQL Server, Power BI, and Databricks.
• Experience supporting production infrastructure and troubleshooting complex technical issues.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to present technical information clearly to technical and non-technical audiences, including executives.
• Experience with scripting, automation, technical documentation, and change management.

Responsibilities

• Manage, monitor, maintain, and support infrastructure and application environments.
• Install, configure, upgrade, and troubleshoot hardware, software, operating systems, databases, and applications.
• Partner with Operations on patches, updates, antivirus, maintenance, and system health.
• Monitor system performance, conduct health checks, and support capacity planning and optimization.
• Identify root causes of recurring issues and implement solutions to prevent reoccurrence.
• Ensure technical deliverables meet quality standards and required peer/stakeholder reviews are completed.
• Own assigned projects and tasks, communicate progress and risks, and proactively elevate scope or schedule concerns.
• Serve as a primary technical resource in project meetings and drive technical initiatives to successful completion.
• Work directly with clients and internal stakeholders, including presenting technical information to groups and executive-level audiences.
• Standardize and automate processes and monitoring using scripting and automation technologies.
• Follow change management procedures and maintain technical and system design documentation.
• Document issues and resolutions and contribute to continuous process and technical improvement.

Skills

SQL Server

Power BI

Databricks

Scripting

Tools

AppDynamics

LogicMonitor

OpenTelemetry

Job description

• Manage, monitor, maintain, and support infrastructure and application environments.
• Install, configure, upgrade, and troubleshoot hardware, software, operating systems, databases, and applications.
• Partner with Operations on patches, updates, antivirus, maintenance, and system health.
• Monitor system performance, conduct health checks, and support capacity planning and optimization.
• Identify root causes of recurring issues and implement solutions to prevent reoccurrence.
• Ensure technical deliverables meet quality standards and required peer/stakeholder reviews are completed.
• Own assigned projects and tasks, communicate progress and risks, and proactively elevate scope or schedule concerns.
• Serve as a primary technical resource in project meetings and drive technical initiatives to successful completion.
• Work directly with clients and internal stakeholders, including presenting technical information to groups and executive-level audiences.
• Standardize and automate processes and monitoring using scripting and automation technologies.
• Follow change management procedures and maintain technical and system design documentation.
• Document issues and resolutions and contribute to continuous process and technical improvement.

Location

Remote - USA

Travel

Up to 20%

Key Responsibilities

• Manage, monitor, maintain, and support infrastructure and application environments.
• Install, configure, upgrade, and troubleshoot hardware, software, operating systems, databases, and applications.
• Partner with Operations on patches, updates, antivirus, maintenance, and system health.
• Monitor system performance, conduct health checks, and support capacity planning and optimization.
• Identify root causes of recurring issues and implement solutions to prevent reoccurrence.
• Ensure technical deliverables meet quality standards and required peer/stakeholder reviews are completed.
• Own assigned projects and tasks, communicate progress and risks, and proactively elevate scope or schedule concerns.
• Serve as a primary technical resource in project meetings and drive technical initiatives to successful completion.
• Work directly with clients and internal stakeholders, including presenting technical information to groups and executive-level audiences.
• Standardize and automate processes and monitoring using scripting and automation technologies.
• Follow change management procedures and maintain technical and system design documentation.
• Document issues and resolutions and contribute to continuous process and technical improvement.

Required Qualifications

• 5-7 years of relevant experience, including 2-3 years at a senior level or equivalent.
• Strong experience with SQL Server, Power BI, and Databricks.
• Experience supporting production infrastructure and troubleshooting complex technical issues.
• Strong understanding of systems, databases, applications, monitoring, and performance management.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to present technical information clearly to technical and non-technical audiences, including executives.
• Comfortable working directly with clients and cross-functional teams.
• Strong problem-solving, analytical, organizational, and decision-making skills.
• Experience with scripting, automation, technical documentation, and change management.

Preferred Qualifications

• Healthcare technology or hospital IT experience.
• Development experience with .NET and REST APIs.
• Experience with AppDynamics, LogicMonitor, or other monitoring/observability platforms.
• Experience with OpenTelemetry.
• Cloud infrastructure or modern data platform experience.
• Relevant certifications such as GIAC, ITIL, or MCSE.

Working Arrangements

• Standard work week or as defined by assignment requirements.
• Primarily remote or office-based.
• May require after-hours, on-call, and holiday support, particularly during month-, quarter-, and year-end periods. PTO may be limited during peak business periods.
• Up to 20% travel may be required.

Physical Requirements

Regularly: Sitting, standing, walking, reaching, talking, hearing, vision, and keyboard use.

Occasionally: Climbing/balancing and stooping/kneeling/crawling.

Altera Our company complies with all local/state regulations in regard to displaying salary ranges. The salary range displayed above is specifically for those potential hires who will perform work in or reside in the location(s) listed. Any offered salary is determined based on internal equity, internal salary ranges, market data, applicant's skills and prior relevant experience, and certain degrees and certifications. Salary Range: $95,000.00 USD - $ 101,230.00 USD