Senior System Engineer

Allison Transmission; United States; On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical plans

Employer HSA contribution

Dental & Vision Insurance

Paid Parental Leave

Short & Long-Term Disability

401K with company match

Job summary

Allison Transmission seeks an experienced Infrastructure Engineer to lead the engineering, optimization, and resiliency of core datacenter and cloud platforms supporting global operations.

You will drive standards, automation, and IaC, acting as a senior escalation point for complex incidents and performance challenges, while mentoring engineers and ensuring operational readiness.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in IT, CS, engineering or related field preferred.
• Advanced certification in cloud, virtualization, automation, storage, or OS preferred.
• ITIL or similar operational governance knowledge preferred.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills required.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and support robust infrastructure across servers, virtualization, storage, backup, and cloud platforms.
• Lead troubleshooting and serve as senior escalation point for incidents and performance issues.
• Drive automation and Infrastructure as Code to improve consistency and speed.
• Lead lifecycle planning, capacity management, and technical refresh for infrastructure.
• Develop and enforce engineering standards for patching, resiliency, observability, and readiness.
• Support containerization and orchestration platforms and integration with teams.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to runbooks and operational maturity.

Skills

Infrastructure

Cloud & Hybrid

Automation

IaC

Scripting

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT/CS/Engineering

Tools

PowerShell

Python

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

JOIN THE TEAM THAT’S POWERING PROGRESS Building cities. Driving commerce. Fueling Progress. For over 100 years, Allison has powered the vehicles and technology that move our world forward. What powers us? Our employees. From the first person hired by James Allison in 1915 to the thousands across the globe who work for Allison today, we're driving progress everywhere because we employ top talent worldwide. In both the Allison Transmission and Allison Off-Highway Drive and Motion Systems business units, our team strives to Improve the Way the World Works. Learn more about this role and how you can begin driving your career forward!

Benefits

Benefits: The below list features some of the benefits currently available. Eligibility may be subject to the terms and conditions of governing documents and available benefits may be subject to change at the company’s discretion.

• Choice of medical plans with prescription coverage
• Employer HSA contribution
• Dental & Vision Insurance
• Paid Parental Leave
• Short & Long-Term Disability
• Other voluntary benefits including:
• Critical Illness,
• Hospital Indemnity,
• Identity Theft Protection and Pet Insurance
• 401K with generous
• Company match & contribution
• Accrued Paid Time Off
• 12 Paid Holidays + 1 Floating Holiday
• Robust employee wellness program
• Tuition assistance program

Job Description

Primary Purpose of Role: Leads the engineering, optimization, and resiliency of core datacenter and cloud platforms supporting global operations. This role provides advanced technical expertise, drives standards and automation, and serves as a senior escalation point for complex infrastructure, performance, and recovery challenges.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and support robust infrastructure solutions across server, virtualization, storage, backup, file services, and cloud platforms.
• Lead complex troubleshooting and serve as a senior escalation point for major incidents, performance issues, and recurring platform instability.
• Drive automation, configuration management, and Infrastructure as Code practices to improve consistency, speed, and reliability.
• Lead lifecycle planning, capacity management, and technical refresh activities for infrastructure platforms.
• Develop and enforce engineering standards for compliance, patching, resiliency, observability, and operational readiness.
• Support containerization and orchestration platforms where applicable, including standards, operations, and integration.
• Partner with database, application, security, and network teams to optimize platform performance and ensure recoverability.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to technical documentation, runbooks, and operational maturity.

Key Performance Measures

• Platform availability, stability, and reduction in severity 1 and 2 incidents.
• Delivery of lifecycle, capacity, and resiliency initiatives on time and within scope.
• Improvement in automation coverage and reduction in manual operational effort.
• Disaster recovery test success and recovery time achievement for supported platforms.
• Compliance posture for patching, standards, and audit remediation items.

Competencies and Behaviors

• Technical Expertise – Advanced: Applies deep knowledge across infrastructure platforms and solves difficult technical problems.
• Ownership – Advanced: Takes responsibility for platform health, technical debt, and long-term reliability.
• Influence – Advanced: Gains alignment across teams on standards, design decisions, and operational improvements.
• Coaching – Intermediate/Advanced: Develops less experienced engineers through mentoring and knowledge sharing.
• Continuous Improvement – Advanced: Turns operational pain points into scalable solutions, standards, and automation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field preferred.
• Advanced technical certification(s) preferred in cloud, virtualization, automation, storage, or operating systems.
• ITIL or similar operational governance knowledge preferred.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills required.

Experience

• 5–8 years of progressive infrastructure engineering experience.
• Deep experience in hybrid infrastructure, including datacenter and cloud operations.
• Strong experience with automation, scripting, and/or IaC tools such as PowerShell, Python, Terraform, Ansible, or similar.
• Experience leading technical implementation efforts or platform upgrades.
• Experience with disaster recovery, backup strategy, and capacity/performance management.
• Exposure to enterprise compliance, audit support, and infrastructure standards governance.

Scope Factors

• Supports highly critical enterprise services with broad business and operational impact.
• Regularly handles complex technical decisions with limited oversight.
• No direct people management required, but often leads technical work across teams.
• Serves as a mentor and senior escalation resource within the engineering team.
• Supports global environments and participates in major initiatives affecting multiple regions or business units.
• Influences medium-scale project spend, refresh planning, and technical roadmaps.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Allison Transmission is an equal opportunity employer. We have opportunities for all qualified applicants regardless of age, race, color, sex, religion, creed, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression or veteran status. If you are an individual with a disability or a disabled veteran requiring assistance and/or reasonable accommodations reviewing any of the careers information, please contact us at [e-mail].

Additional Information

Allison Transmission will make an offer of employment only to individuals who have applied for a position using our official application. Be on alert for possible fraudulent offers of employment. Allison Transmission will not solicit money or banking information from applicants. Allison Transmission is the world’s largest manufacturer of commercial-duty automatic transmissions and hybrid propulsion systems. Our products are specified by more than 300 of the world’s leading vehicle manufacturers and are used in a range of market sectors—from bus, refuse and emergency to construction, distribution and defense. Allison was founded in 1915 in Indianapolis, Indiana, where the company’s global headquarters is still located. We have approximately 1,400 dealer and distributor locations, employ more than 2,700 people around the world and our international presence spans more than 80 countries.