Senior Enterprise Systems Engineer - Windows & VMware
Rural King
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Job summary
Rural King is seeking an experienced Enterprise Systems Engineer to lead a small team responsible for core compute, storage, virtualization, backup, and Microsoft platforms at our Mattoon, IL corporate office.
You will translate business needs into architectures, manage VMware vSphere on Cisco UCS-X, administer Windows AD, M365, and cloud services, and drive upgrades with minimal downtime while upholding security and compliance requirements.
Qualifications
- 10+ years in enterprise systems engineering/administration
- Bachelor’s in IT/CS or equivalent; relevant certifications are a plus
- Experience with Pure Storage Isilon/Cohesity in production environments
Responsibilities
- Supervise a small team of sys admins/engineers
- Engineer and operate Windows Server, AD DS, DNS/DHCP, ADCS/PKI, Entra ID/Azure AD
- Administer Exchange Online, SharePoint Online/OneDrive, Teams
- Drive Intune for imaging and compliance
- Own VMware vSphere/vCenter on Cisco UCS-X
- Operate Pure Storage and Isilon/PowerScale; perform backups/replication
- Use PowerShell for automation and runbooks
- Align with CIS/NIST hardening and incident response
- Maintain monitoring dashboards and capacity planning
- Partner with OEMs/partners and assist budgeting
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Job description
Rural King is seeking an experienced Enterprise Systems Engineer to lead a small team responsible for core compute, storage, virtualization, backup, and Microsoft platforms at our Mattoon, IL corporate office.
You will translate business needs into architectures, manage VMware vSphere on Cisco UCS-X, administer Windows AD, M365, and cloud services, and drive upgrades with minimal downtime while upholding security and compliance requirements.
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