Systems Engineer, Hybrid Cloud & Automation

Moderna; Norwood (MA); On-site; USD 109,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive healthcare

Well-being resources

Family planning benefits

Paid time off

Savings and investments

Location-specific perks

Job summary

Moderna is seeking an Infrastructure Support professional to join our Global Infrastructure team. You will deliver hands-on on-site IT infrastructure services across our global footprint, ensuring secure, reliable, and standardized operations in a hybrid environment.

You’ll work on compute, storage, virtualization, and automation in both on-prem and cloud contexts, collaborating with senior engineers and application teams to keep systems resilient and scalable.

Qualifications

• 4–6 years of systems engineering experience focused on compute, virtualization, and storage.
• Proficiency with virtualization platforms and automation tools.
• Experience in Linux patching and configuration.
• Familiarity with backup, recovery, and monitoring systems.
• Familiarity with public cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Strong scripting and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage virtualization platforms (VMware, Red Hat, Nutanix).
• Manage Cisco UCS and Dell server platforms.
• Manage and enhance enterprise container platforms, such as Red Hat OpenShift, enabling containerized workloads, platform automation, monitoring, and lifecycle management while ensuring security, scalability, and performance.
• Provision, monitor, and maintain virtual machines across on-prem and cloud environments.
• Apply patches and security updates; ensure platform reliability and performance.
• Automate patching and system updates using configuration management tools such as Ansible.
• Collaborate with senior engineers and application teams.
• Operate monitoring and automation tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Elastic Stack, Aria Operations, SaltStack, Ansible).
• Implement automated configuration and deployment using agent-based or agentless tools.
• Administer enterprise storage platforms (Pure Storage, NetApp, Dell EMC, or similar).
• Perform capacity planning, performance tuning, and routine storage management.
• Support hybrid backup strategies using tools like Veeam, Commvault, Rubrik or similar.
• Maintain SAN technologies including zoning and connectivity (e.g., Brocade, Cisco MDS, or similar).
• Perform patching and configuration on Linux-based systems.
• Automate updates and compliance tasks using Ansible, SaltStack, or equivalent.
• Develop automation scripts using Python, PowerShell, YAML, or JSON.
• Support integration with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Manage cloud resources via portals and CLI tools.
• Serve as an escalation point for infrastructure incidents.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues effectively.
• Document SOPs, operational runbooks, and recovery procedures.
• Participate in a global 24/7 on-call rotation.

Skills

Systems engineering

Virtualization tools

Linux patching

Backup & recovery

Public cloud

Scripting skills

Tools

VMware

Red Hat

Nutanix

OpenShift

Job description

Moderna is seeking an Infrastructure Support professional to join our Global Infrastructure team. You will deliver hands-on on-site IT infrastructure services across our global footprint, ensuring secure, reliable, and standardized operations in a hybrid environment.

You’ll work on compute, storage, virtualization, and automation in both on-prem and cloud contexts, collaborating with senior engineers and application teams to keep systems resilient and scalable.