Senior Systems Engineer: Network Operations & Automation

Alta Fiber; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Alta Fiber in Cincinnati, OH, is seeking a Systems Engineer III to support Network Operations by deploying and administering the systems infrastructure that enables reliable monitoring, automation, and service delivery.

You will work with Windows and Linux servers, virtualization, storage, and cloud integrations, provide advanced troubleshooting, contribute to runbooks, and mentor peers in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Requires a Bachelor's degree or equivalent.
• Experience administering Windows and Linux servers in enterprise environments.
• Strong knowledge of virtualization, storage, and network fundamentals.

Responsibilities

• Deploy, maintain, and support server, virtualization, storage, and operating system platforms that host Network Operations tools and services.
• Administer systems supporting monitoring, alerting, logging, authentication, automation, inventory, configuration management, and network device management workflows.
• Provide advanced troubleshooting and escalation support for system issues affecting network visibility, service availability, tool performance, and operational response.
• Manage lifecycle activities including installation, patching, upgrades, access administration, backup validation, capacity review, hardware refresh, and platform retirement.
• Design, configure, test, and implement infrastructure changes that support Network Operations projects, service improvements, and operational resiliency.
• Develop and maintain procedures, runbooks, diagrams, and support documentation for repeatable Network Operations processes.
• Collaborate with network engineering, security, database, application, vendor, and operations teams to resolve incidents and deliver cross-functional infrastructure projects.
• Identify opportunities to improve reliability, observability, automation, and operational efficiency across network-facing systems and support platforms.

Skills

Windows Server

Linux Server

Virtualization

Automation (Ansible)

Scripting

Networking fundamentals

Monitoring/Observability

DevOps tooling

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent

Tools

Ansible

VMware

Windows/Linux admin tooling

Job description

Alta Fiber in Cincinnati, OH, is seeking a Systems Engineer III to support Network Operations by deploying and administering the systems infrastructure that enables reliable monitoring, automation, and service delivery.

You will work with Windows and Linux servers, virtualization, storage, and cloud integrations, provide advanced troubleshooting, contribute to runbooks, and mentor peers in a fast-paced environment.