Network Infrastructure Specialist

Apolis; St. Louis (MO); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading IT service provider is seeking a Server Infrastructure Specialist in St. Louis, MO. This role involves managing manufacturing infrastructure across North America, providing support for server operating systems and ensuring system performance. Candidates should have a relevant degree along with experience in hypervisor technologies and cloud platforms. Excellent communication skills are essential. The position offers a full-time contract with local candidates only, requiring on-site work Monday to Thursday, with Fridays remote and 25% travel.

Responsibilities

• Manages manufacturing infrastructure across North America, requiring strong technical and communication skills.
• Supports server operating systems, client hardware, Windows and Linux operating systems, SAN storage, hypervisor and virtualization solutions across all platforms.
• Ensures delivery, availability, and performance of systems supporting client factory manufacturing environments.
• Provides technical expertise in various virtualization and storage platforms.
• Participates in on‑call rotation to support critical factory issues.
• Adheres to client compliance processes for implementing/upgrading factory solutions.
• Leads the change management lifecycle, ensuring regular testing before production release.
• Collects, analyzes, and summarizes data and trends in new technologies.

Skills

Experience working on large, cross‑functional projects

Designing, developing, and maintaining manufacturing automation systems and architecture

Broad understanding of infrastructure hardware, software, and network topologies

Excellent communication and problem‑solving skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree plus 3 years’ experience

Associate’s degree plus 5 years’ experience

High school diploma/equivalent plus 7 years’ experience in engineering, IT, or a related technical field

Tools

Hypervisor Technologies

SAN Storage Technologies

Azure

AWS

Job description

Server Infrastructure Specialist

Location: St Louis, MO

Duration: 12 Month+ Contract

Local candidates only. Position on-site Monday to Thursday; Fridays remote. 25% travel.

Responsibilities

• Manages manufacturing infrastructure across North America, requiring strong technical and communication skills.
• Supports server operating systems, client hardware, Windows and Linux operating systems, SAN storage, hypervisor and virtualization solutions across all platforms in the client environment.
• Ensures delivery, availability, and performance of systems supporting client factory manufacturing environments.
• Provides technical expertise in Windows Servers (Clusters and OS), Hypervisor and virtualization (VMWare), SAN Storage systems, ThinClients & ThinManager Platform, Client iFIX, Client Historian, Wonderware, Rockwell suite, Ignition, RedHat OpenShift and Enterprise Linux platforms, Backups, Azure/AWS platform support.
• Participates in on‑call rotation to support critical factory issues.
• Adheres to client compliance processes for implementing/upgrading factory solutions.
• Leads the change management lifecycle, ensuring regular testing before production release.
• Collects, analyzes, and summarizes data and trends in new technologies for storage architecture, capacity, high availability, and response time.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree plus 3 years’ experience.
• Associate’s degree plus 5 years’ experience.
• High school diploma/equivalent plus 7 years’ experience in engineering, IT, or a related technical field.

Experience

• Hardware Systems Architecture.
• Hypervisor Technologies.
• SAN Storage Technologies.
• Azure, AWS, or similar cloud platforms.

Skills

• Experience working on large, cross‑functional projects.
• Designing, developing, and maintaining manufacturing automation systems and architecture.
• Broad understanding of infrastructure hardware, software, and network topologies.
• Excellent communication and problem‑solving skills.

Additional Information

• Seniority level: Mid‑Senior level
• Employment type: Full‑time
• Job function: Other
• Industry: IT Services and IT Consulting