Senior IT Infrastructure Engineer - Hybrid/Remote

Metropolitan Transportation Authority; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is North America’s largest transportation network, serving 15.3 million people across a vast region. This role designs, builds, and maintains IT infrastructure, providing technical guidance and support, and collaborating across IT teams to ensure project success.

Responsibilities include leading infrastructure proposals, disaster recovery planning, and ensuring system performance and security across Windows, Linux, and virtualization environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Arts/Sciences or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of relevant IT infrastructure experience.
• One or more current platform/domain certifications listed in the ad.

Responsibilities

• Plans, designs, builds, and maintains IT infrastructure and systems.
• Develops deployment, maintenance, and support strategies for multiple components.
• Verify and validate systems to internal/external requirements.
• Lead disaster recovery and contingency planning for assigned domains.
• Provide technical leadership to project teams and mentors.

Skills

System administration

Disaster Recovery

Security principles

Cloud computing

Windows

Linux

Virtualization

Education

Bachelor's Degree (BA/BS)

Tools

AWS

Azure

VMware

Networking

Job description

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is North America’s largest transportation network, serving 15.3 million people across a vast region. This role designs, builds, and maintains IT infrastructure, providing technical guidance and support, and collaborating across IT teams to ensure project success.

Responsibilities include leading infrastructure proposals, disaster recovery planning, and ensuring system performance and security across Windows, Linux, and virtualization environments.