We are seeking a seasoned Senior Infrastructure Engineer with 10+ years of experience to own and modernize the hybrid and on-premises infrastructure for a leading U.S. livestock equipment and manufacturing company.
In this role, you will act as the principal infrastructure lead: driving data center operations, network engineering, security, and storage architecture.Because physical hardware resides at the client's manufacturing facilities, you will orchestrate on-site execution remotely by specifying hardware configurations, writing step-by-step runbooks, and directing local IT staff and vendors.
Additionally, you will partner with business leadership to advise on core IT decisions and pilot forward-looking initiatives, including on-premises Kubernetes deployment and self-hosted AI models.On-Call: Periodic on-call availability for major outage resolution and critical maintenance windows.Language: Strong written and spoken English proficiency for asynchronous and real-time collaboration.Key Responsibilities1.
Systems, Virtualization & Data Center OwnershipVirtualization: Architect, maintain, and tune a virtualized data center comprising dozens of physical and virtual servers across Hyper-V (Windows Server Datacenter) and KVM (Linux).
Directory Services & Storage: Administer Active Directory, Group Policy (GPO), company-wide file shares and permissions.
Oversee enterprise storage arrays (Pure Storage SAN/NAS).
Backup & DR: Own business continuity and disaster recovery strategies (using Bareos, Azure Backup, or similar), including automated backup monitoring, routine restore testing and detailed DR runbooks.Automation & Maintenance: Streamline server, network, and access management using Ansible and Bash scripts.
Maintain core internal tooling (GitLab EE, Passbolt).




Patch and lifecycle-manage legacy systems with zero to minimal production downtime.2.
Network Infrastructure & CybersecurityNetwork Operations: Design, optimize, and manage LAN, subnets, VLANs, routing, and secure VPNs across manufacturing plant and office locations.Traffic & Security Analysis: Monitor and analyze network traffic (Wireshark, NetFlow) across plant subnets to detect anomalies and optimize throughput.Vulnerability Management: Perform vulnerability scans, fix security gaps, enforce firewall policies and collaborate directly with the client's in‐house cybersecurity specialist.3.
Remote Physical Operations & Vendor DirectionHardware & Cabling Specifications: Define hardware configurations (servers, workstations, network switches, IP camera systems) and draft precise step‐by‐step setup guides for on‐site staff.Structured Cabling & Surveillance: Design Ethernet/fiber cabling alterations, evaluate vendor proposals and verify completed installations.
Plan and configure IP surveillance systems (NVR/VMS) and their dedicated subnets.Remote Hands Orchestration: Utilize out‐of‐band management tools (iDRAC, iLO, IPMI) to troubleshoot,recover and provision bare‐metal systems remotely.4.
Strategic Advising & Emerging Tech PilotsInfrastructure Consulting: Evaluate and advise executive leadership on architecture decisions, such as on‐premises vs. cloud models for document management.Platform Innovation: Pilot next‐generation infrastructure platforms,



including on‐premises Kubernetes clusters and locally hosted AI/LLM models (e.G., for automated code generation).
Documentation & Asset Management: Maintain thorough technical documentation, including network topologies, system architecture diagrams, asset inventories and credential/access management records.ExperienceExperience: 10+ years in systems, network engineering and infrastructure administration within complex on‐premises or hybrid environment setups.Remote Leadership: Proven track record of managing physical data centers and network infrastructure remotely,including directing on‐site remote hands and third‐party vendors.Virtualization: Solid hands‐on expertise with Hyper-V and KVM (or Red Hat Virtualization / oVirt).
OS & Directory Services: Senior‐level administration of Windows Server (Active Directory, Group Policy, file permissions) and enterprise Linux distributions.Networking & Security: Deep knowledge of network design (VLANs, subnets, routing, VPNs), firewall policies and traffic/vulnerability analysis.Storage & DR: Proficiency with enterprise SAN/NAS hardware (Pure Storage or similar) and backup/DR tooling (Bareos/Bacula, Azure Backup, or Commvault).
Automation: Practical experience automating system configuration and deployment with Ansible and shell scripts.Hardware & Out-of-Band Management: Strong background using iDRAC, iLO, or IPMI for out-of-band recovery, with sufficient hardware knowledge to specify physical rack equipment, structured cabling and power requirements.Communication: Exceptional written English skills and strong documentation habits to support asynchronous, cross-border workflows.Nice to HaveNetwork Hardware: Experience with Juniper s#J-*****-Ljbffr

📌 Senior Infrastructure Engineer (Jalisco)
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