IT Platform Systems Engineer

Johnsonville; Sheboygan Falls (WI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k match

Medical insurance

Dental & Vision

Paid time off

Onsite gym

Onsite medical clinic

Fertility & adoption assistance

Parental leave

Job summary

Johnsonville is seeking an IT Platform Solutions Engineer to configure and maintain our IT platforms across the enterprise, collaborating with cross‑functional teams to design, implement, and optimize infrastructure. You will drive observability, automation, and secure-by-design practices, participate in on‑call rotations, and contribute to Johnsonville’s reliability and performance goals.

This role requires 5+ years of platform experience and cloud/container expertise.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in platform solutions, with config, troubleshooting, and deployment.
• Experience with AWS or Azure cloud platforms.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Scripting with PowerShell, Bash, or Ansible.

Responsibilities

• Configure, deploy, and maintain IT platforms and systems.
• Implement and optimize configurations for performance and scalability.
• Define, implement, and improve observability (metrics/logs/traces/alerts) for platform health.
• Monitor platform performance and remediate bottlenecks and inefficiencies.
• Embed security as a reliability concern with defense‑in‑depth practices.
• Engineer automation for provisioning, configuration, remediation and routine tasks.
• Create and maintain documentation for configurations and procedures.
• Respond to and resolve platform-related issues and participate in on‑call rotation.

Skills

AWS

Azure

Docker

Kubernetes

PowerShell

Bash

Ansible

DevOps

CI/CD

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

SAP

Jitterbit

o9

Job description

Johnsonville Location: Global Headquarters

As a member of our information technology (IT) team, you’ll apply cutting-edge resources to help Johnsonville become even more productive and efficient, reduce costs and improve our capacity and profitability. You’ll use and continually develop both your technical expertise and business acumen to maintain Johnsonville’s innovative industry leadership.

Position Overview

The IT Platform Solutions Engineer is responsible for configuring and maintaining the organization’s IT platforms and systems. This role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to design, implement, and optimize IT infrastructure and ensure seamless operation. The IT Platform Solutions Engineer plays a critical role in supporting and enhancing the reliability, performance, and security of IT platforms.

Responsibilities

• Configure, deploy, and maintain IT platforms, coordinating with requisite Cloud Server Administrators and Platform Solutions Architects advising on servers, storage, networking, and virtualization needs
• Implement and optimize hardware and software configurations to meet performance and scalability requirements
• Define, implement, and continuously improve observability solutions (metrics, logs, traces, health checks, alerts) to proactively monitor platform health and ensure system stability
• Monitor platform performance and conduct regular analysis to identify, troubleshoot, and remediate bottlenecks and inefficiencies
• Partner with security teams to embed security as a reliability concern, implementing secure-by-design and defense-in-depth practices across platforms
• Collaborate with the security team to identify and mitigate potential vulnerabilities and risks
• Engineer automation to eliminate manual toil, including platform provisioning, configuration, remediation, and routine operational tasks
• Implement and maintain configuration management and desired-state tooling to ensure consistency, repeatability, and compliance across environments
• Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for platform configurations, processes, and procedures
• Respond to and resolve platform-related issues, collaborating with support teams and vendors as necessary.
• Participate in on-call rotation to provide timely support for critical incidents.

Education

• A background in Computer Science, Engineering, or related Discipline. Bachelors Degree or equivalent desirable

Experience

• IT experience: Minimum 5 years direct experience working with platform solutions, in a role involving configuration, troubleshooting, maintenance, monitoring and deployment
• Preferred 3+ years of direct experience supporting vendor platform technologies relevant for the position
• Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure)
• Knowledge of containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)

Skills

• Demonstrated expertise for the vendor software platforms to be managed (i.e. SAP, Jitterbit, o9)
• Proficiency in scripting and automation tools (e.g., PowerShell, Bash, Ansible)
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills
• Growth mindset and a willingness to learn new skills, technologies, and frameworks
• Working knowledge of DevOps and CI/CD principles and practices

Other Requirements

• Willingness to work hours outside of normal hours as needed
• Ability to travel
• On-call rotation (7x24) with other team members

Benefits And Compensation

Members have potential for a monthly bonus and 401k with a company match. Members also have access to terrific benefits including affordable medical, dental and vision coverage; flexible spending accounts; disability and life insurance; and fertility and adoption assistance. Johnsonville also offers competitive paid time off, including paid parental time off, as well as access to the 24/7 onsite fitness center, and onsite medical clinic! Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location.

Applicants must be eligible to work in the country where this job is located, without requiring sponsorship now or in the future.

About Our Company

Since 1945, our family-owned band of sausage-makers has invented better ways to make, eat and prepare crave-able sausage. Today, we are 4,000+ Members strong. We sell our famous sausage in all 50 United States and more than 40 countries. We have a culture built on the idea that if we make developing your talents our top priority, great business results will follow naturally. We call it The Johnsonville Way. It has been our secret sauce for decades, and we hope you get to experience it for yourself!

Johnsonville is an equal opportunity employer, including Vet/Disability.

We embrace the principles of Equal Opportunity Employment and do not discriminate on the basis of any protected characteristic, including protected veteran and disability status.