Infrastructure Engineer: Server Performance (Remote)

Clark Associates; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

WebstaurantStore, the largest online distributor of restaurant supplies, seeks an Infrastructure Engineer focused on on‑premises server performance and automated workflows. You will design and maintain high‑performance computing solutions powering AI workloads, web apps, and data-heavy operations.

The role emphasizes on‑premises infrastructure with responsibilities spanning provisioning, patching, upgrades, and datacenter planning, collaborating with DBRE, Security, and SRE teams.

Qualifications

• Experience administering on-premises server hardware and virtualization platforms.

Responsibilities

• Administer and optimize physical servers and virtual infrastructure (Dell, VMware vSphere/ESXi).
• Tune infrastructure performance across compute and virtualization layers.
• Monitor with Prometheus and Grafana to identify bottlenecks and risks.
• Handle server lifecycle activities: provisioning, patching, upgrades, and decommissioning.
• Collaborate with DBRE, Security, SRE, and other teams to support workloads.
• Maintain code repositories and configurations for automation.
• Contribute to disaster recovery and business continuity planning.
• Assist in datacenter planning and hardware refresh initiatives.

Skills

Dell hardware

Performance tuning

Automation workflows

IaC/DevOps

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Prometheus

Grafana

VMware vSphere/ESXi

SQL Server

iDRAC

Windows Server

Linux (RHEL, Ubuntu, Rocky Linux)

Job description

Job Summary

As the largest online distributor of restaurant supplies and equipment, WebstaurantStore offers a catalog of more than 430,000 products supported by fast, reliable shipping. Nearly all our technological design, development, and system management are handled in-house, allowing us to build custom, innovative solutions in a rapidly evolving e-commerce landscape.

As we continue to grow, we are seeking an Infrastructure Engineer focused on server performance and automated workflows to support our on-premises infrastructure and automate deployments of physical and virtualized workloads. In this role, you will design and build high-performance computing solutions that power AI workloads, web apps, and other resource-intensive business operations, using methodologies such as Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and DevOps to implement self-service and automation.

This role is primarily focused on on-premises infrastructure and does not focus on cloud administration.

Responsibilities

• Administer and optimize physical servers (Dell), VMware vSphere/ESXi virtual infrastructure (vCenter HA), SQL Server environments, GPU-accelerated AI and 3D render servers.
• Own infrastructure performance tuning across compute encompassing both physical and virtualization layers to improve reliability, efficiency, and scalability.
• Proactively identify bottlenecks, capacity constraints, and performance risks using monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus and Grafana.
• Investigate physical server issues end to end, perform root cause analysis, and determine the most appropriate corrective solution.
• Manage physical and virtual infrastructure and support partner teams including DBRE, Security, SRE, Media, and Automated Warehouses.
• Manage and maintain code repositories, keeping configurations up to date in the code base, and support code review processes.
• Support server lifecycle management activities including provisioning, configuration, patching, upgrades, hardware refreshes, and decommissioning.
• Work with the Infrastructure Operations Dept to install and rack server equipment in our datacenters. Actively participate in datacenter, rack, power, space and installation planning.
• Perform hardware diagnostics, firmware and BIOS updates, RAID configuration, driver management, and out-of-band administration using tools such as iDRAC or equivalent technologies.
• Participate in disaster recovery and business continuity efforts, including failover testing, backup and recovery validation, and restoration readiness.
• Contribute to infrastructure projects such as migrations, platform rollouts, performance improvement initiatives, and hardware modernization efforts.
• Understanding and ability to navigate Windows Server and Linux-based environments, including RHEL, Ubuntu, and Rocky Linux.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to solve complex infrastructure problems, recommend improvements, and strengthen long-term system health.