Senior Systems Engineer, Enterprise IT & Cloud Lead

Rural King

Mattoon (IL)

Hybrid

USD 100,000 - 110,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match program

Healthcare plans

Virtual doctor visits

Centers of Excellence access

15% Associate Discount

SmartDollar Program

Associate Assistance Program

Chaplaincy services

YMCA membership

Job summary

Rural King, America’s Farm and Home Store, seeks an experienced Enterprise Systems Engineer to lead the core compute, storage, and virtualization landscape. You will supervise a small team, shape roadmaps, and partner with stakeholders to improve reliability, security, and supportability of enterprise platforms.

You’ll manage Windows Server, AD/GP, Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, and Teams, plus modern identity (Entra ID/AzureAD) and Intune.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in IT/CS or equivalent experience.
10+ years in enterprise systems engineering/administration with 2+ years supervising staff.
Certifications in Windows Server, Azure, VCP, ITIL are a plus.

Responsibilities

Provide technical leadership across core compute, storage, virtualization, backup, and Microsoft platforms.
Supervise a small team, set goals, prioritize work, and handle on-call duties.
Engineer and operate Windows Server, AD DS, GP, DNS/DHCP, and Entra ID/Azure AD.
Administer Exchange Online, SharePoint Online/OneDrive, and Teams; manage licensing and policies.
Drive Intune for imaging, policy, and updates; maintain secure baselines.
Own VMware vSphere/vCenter on Cisco UCS-X; manage clusters and performance tuning.
Operate Pure Storage and Isilon/PowerScale with backups, quotas and SMB/NFS.
Administer Cohesity; test RPO/RTO, restore drills, and keep runbooks current.
Use PowerShell, Python for automation; maintain diagrams, CMDB, and runbooks.
Align with CIS/NIST hardening; monitor patch cadence and incident response.