Senior Cloud & Server Infrastructure Engineer

Smithfield Foods; Smithfield (VA); On-site; USD 105,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation Package

Job summary

Smithfield Foods is seeking a Senior IT Server & Cloud Computing Engineer to design, build, and maintain our hybrid cloud and server infrastructure. You will lead implementations, set standards, and drive automation and proactive monitoring to improve reliability at scale.

You will partner with cross-functional IT teams and vendors to align technology with business objectives, govern infrastructure, and contribute to strategy and governance while mentoring teammates.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited four-year college or university.
• 5+ years of relevant experience in IT infrastructure.
• Hands-on Windows and/or Linux server administration.
• Experience with hyperconverged solutions and enterprise tooling.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership on deployment projects.
• Develop detailed implementation and contingency plans.
• Improve system performance through tuning and monitoring.
• Deliver server administration for on-premise and cloud environments.
• Analyze existing infrastructure for optimization and modernization.
• Partner with external vendors for optimal service delivery.
• Research and recommend emerging enterprise technologies.
• Contribute to infrastructure strategy and governance.
• Perform root-cause analysis and data-driven optimization.
• Forecast capacity needs for growth and projects.
• Mentor team members and share knowledge.
• Create and maintain engineering documentation.

Skills

Technical Leadership

Planning & Risk

Performance Optimization

Server Administration

Cloud Administration

System Analysis

Vendor Collaboration

Technology Research

Governance & Strategy

Problem Solving

Capacity Planning

Mentorship

Documentation

Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Windows Server

Linux Server

Red Hat Linux

Active Directory

SCCM

VMware

Cisco UCS

Veeam

Red Hat Satellite

Azure

AWS

Orchestration Tools

Job description

Smithfield Foods is seeking a Senior IT Server & Cloud Computing Engineer to design, build, and maintain our hybrid cloud and server infrastructure. You will lead implementations, set standards, and drive automation and proactive monitoring to improve reliability at scale.

You will partner with cross-functional IT teams and vendors to align technology with business objectives, govern infrastructure, and contribute to strategy and governance while mentoring teammates.