About this opportunity
Insight Global lists this Principal Infrastructure Engineer opportunity in columbus, Ohio. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
**MULTIPLE LOCATIONS AVAILABLE: Denver, CO; Tampa, FL; Columbus, OH; West Point, GA; Troy, MI (plus any additional approved WOW! markets)**
Duration: Perm Placemement
Locations : Tampa, FL; Columbus, OH; Troy, MI; Charleston, SC; West Point, GA; more available*
A client of Insight Global is seeking a Principal Engineer, Linux & Virtualization Infrastructure to serve as a senior technical leader responsible for designing, implementing, and supporting enterprise infrastructure platforms across Linux, virtualization, storage, and networking environments. This is a hands-on individual contributor role focused on leading infrastructure projects, mentoring junior engineers, developing technical solutions, and supporting highly available production systems.
The ideal candidate brings deep enterprise Linux expertise combined with strong virtualization, storage, and data center experience. This individual will partner with internal stakeholders to research solutions, develop plans and architecture diagrams, manage implementation efforts, and provide ongoing operational support for critical infrastructure initiatives.
Core Responsibilities
Design and configure greenfield datacenter deployments while modernizing and retrofitting existing environments
Lead system integration efforts for new technologies and infrastructure solutions through research, design, implementation, configuration, and ongoing maintenance
Maintain and manage multiple virtualization clusters with ownership of current and future capacity planning
Monitor enterprise infrastructure platforms and drive actionable recovery and operational improvements
Co-manage Fibre Channel, VxLAN, and NAS environments with a continued focus on: Fault tolerance; High availability; Disaster recovery
Analyze user and application requirements to determine operating system, storage, memory, and CPU needs for both physical and virtual server environments
Lead the design, analysis, configuration, and implementation of enterprise storage architectures, including: Application and end-user storage requirements; IO performance analysis; Storage layout strategy; Disaster recovery profiles
Collaborate closely with networking and security teams to deliver solutions for internal business units and external customers
Ensure all service platforms and applications are backed up according to established policies and procedures
Participate in future technology strategy discussions and provide recommendations based on industry research and engineering expertise
Additional Responsibilities
In this role, you will also:
Serve as an engineering-level escalation resource for the Network Operations Center (NOC) and operational teams during high-level fault analysis and incident isolation
Lead the deployment and configuration of high availability systems and storage architectures
Partner with cross-functional engineering teams on emerging technologies and infrastructure initiatives
Create and maintain detailed systems and application documentation
Provide professional technical support to both internal and external customers
Maintain, enhance, and deploy hardware and software technologies within lab and testing environments
Mentor and support fellow engineers and technical team members
Perform additional duties as assigned
What You Bring
Required Education & Experience
Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
7+ years of experience as a Linux Systems Administrator, Linux Systems Engineer, or related infrastructure engineering role
Expertise with Linux and/or Unix operating systems
Strong understanding of networking fundamentals
Solid knowledge of Storage Area Networks (SANs)
Experience with virtualization and containerization technologies including: VMware, ProxMox, Docker
Experience managing complex systems infrastructure projects
Working knowledge of Windows operating systems and Microsoft Office applications
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Worksite address
columbus, OH, 43224, US
Who can apply
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