Senior Support Engineer
Employment Type: Full-Time
Location: On-site with occasional travel
Department: Information Technology (Food Manufacturing)
Reports To: IT Director and Senior Systems Analyst
The Senior Systems Engineer provides advanced technical support and infrastructure administration across the organization's IT environment. This position serves as a senior escalation resource for complex issues involving servers, Microsoft cloud services, virtualization, networking, identity, security, and enterprise applications.
The role combines hands-on troubleshooting, systems administration, project support, technical documentation, automation, and mentoring. The successful candidate will help maintain the availability, security, performance, and reliability of the organization's technology environment.
Key Responsibilities
Advanced Technical Support:
- Serve as a senior escalation point for complex infrastructure and application issues.
- Diagnose and resolve advanced hardware, software, operating systems, and network problems.
- Perform root cause analysis and document findings, including recommendations for remediation and preventive actions.
- Provide technical guidance and mentoring to other IT support personnel.
- Coordinate with vendors and service providers when additional support is required.
- Develop and maintain troubleshooting procedures and knowledge base articles.
Systems Administration
Administer and support:
- Windows Server Environment (2016/2019/2022+)
- Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS/DHCP, file services, print services, and Remote Desktop Services
- Microsoft 365, Exchange Online, Azure, and Microsoft Entra ID
Additional responsibilities include:
- Monitor system performance, availability, capacity, and operational health.
- Manage server patching, maintenance activities, and lifecycle management.
- Support system backups, recovery procedures, and processes.
- Participate in system recovery testing and business continuity planning.
Virtualization & Cloud
- Support VMware vCenter and ESXi/vSphere environments.
- Provision, configure, maintain, and retire virtual machines.
- Administer cloud infrastructure, including:
- Microsoft Azure
- Microsoft 365
- Microsoft Entra ID
- Microsoft Intune
- Assist with cloud migration, modernization, and infrastructure improvement initiatives.
Network Infrastructure
- Troubleshoot LAN, WAN, wireless, VPN, DNS, and other connectivity issues.
- Support switches, firewalls, VPNs, wireless infrastructure, VLANs, routing, and network security technologies.
- Assist with storage systems and storage area network (SAN) technologies.
- Work with internet service providers, telecommunications providers, and technology vendors to resolve service issues.
Security & Compliance
- Support cybersecurity controls, standards, and operational security practices.
- Administer MFA, authentication systems, certificates, and identity management.
- Assist with security incident response and remediation activities.
- Review and remediate vulnerability findings.
- Support audit requests, compliance reviews, and evidence collection.
- Identify and recommend improvements that reduce operational and security risk.
Automation & Documentation
- Develop automation solutions using PowerShell and other scripting tools to improve efficiency and reliability.
- Create and maintain technical documentation, SOPs, network diagrams, and system configurations.
- Recommend process improvements and technology enhancements.
- Participate in infrastructure projects, system upgrades, migrations, and technology deployments.
- Assist with project planning, testing, implementation, and post-deployment support.
Required Qualifications
Education and Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field preferred.
- Equivalent education, training, and professional experience will be considered.
- 5+ years of experience in IT infrastructure engineering, systems administration, and advanced technical support.
- Experience supporting mission-critical or enterprise production systems.
- Experience with incident management, escalation, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis.
Technical Skills
Strong working knowledge of:
Candidates do not need to be experts in every technology listed below.
- Windows Server Administration
- Active Directory and Group Policy
- Microsoft 365 Administration and Exchange Online
- VMware vCenter, vSphere, and ESXi
- Microsoft Azure and Entra ID
- TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VLANs, routing, and VPN technologies
- Fortinet firewalls and network security technologies
- Storage systems and SAN technologies
- PowerShell scripting
- Endpoint management solutions, including Intune
- Security operations and vulnerability management
- Backup, recovery, and disaster recovery technologies
Relevant Certifications
One or more of the following certifications is preferred:
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
- Microsoft Certified: Identity and Access Administrator
- VMware VCP
- CompTIA Security+
- Cisco CCNA
- Fortinet NSE 4
- ITIL Foundation
Core Competencies
- Advanced troubleshooting and analytical ability
- Strong customer service and communication skills for both technical and non-technical audiences
- Ability to work independently and manage competing priorities
- Project coordination and implementation experience
- Technical documentation and process development skills
- Willingness to mentor and support other IT team members
Work Requirements
- Ability to lift equipment up to 50 pounds.
- Ability to work in server rooms, data centers, and network closets.
- Occasional evening or weekend work may be required for maintenance, upgrades, or incident response.
- Occasional travel to three additional company locations.
- Participation in an on-call rotation is required. On-call responsibilities occur one week out of every five weeks.
Measures of Success
Performance in this role may be measured by:
- Timely resolution of complex incidents
- System availability, reliability, and performance
- Successful delivery of projects
- Reduction in recurring incidents
- Technical documentation quality and completeness
- Patch management, vulnerability remediation, and security performance
- Backup and recovery readiness
- Automation and process improvement contributions
- Knowledge sharing and mentoring of other team members
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee discount
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Professional development assistance
- Relocation assistance
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
Application Question(s):
- Do you have hands-on experience administering Windows Server environments (2016/2019/2022)?
- Are you willing to work on-site and travel occasionally to other company locations?
- Are you willing and able to participate in an on-call rotation (one week every five weeks)?
- Have you configured and managed firewall policies, VPNs, NAT, security rules, and threat-protection features in a Fortinet or equivalent enterprise firewall environment?
- Please describe your experience with firewall technologies, including years of experience and key responsibilities.
- Describe your experience supporting VMware environments, including the approximate number of hosts and virtual machines managed.
Experience:
- IT infrastructure: 5 years (Required)
Ability to Relocate:
- Kenosha, WI 53144: Relocate with an employer provided relocation package (Required)
Work Location: In person
