IT Server & Cloud Computing Engineer

Engineer Server and Cloud Computing

Are you an Information Technology professional looking for a fast-paced, challenging and transformational environment, where you can make a difference? Smithfield Foods, one of the country's top consumer packaged goods companies, is looking for you! Our Information Technology and Transformation (IT&T) team is searching for focused and driven candidates who are excited about communicating new ideas and delivering first-class technical solutions to meet the demands of a growing business. We foster a culture that values everyone's creativity, our environment and the communities in which we live.

The Engineer Server and Cloud Computing will be involved in cloud and server operations, design and build of innovative solutions to bring value. Responsible for the management and maintenance of company-wide deployment of cloud and server technology and standards, orchestration of build management service processes, administration and monitoring capabilities. This position will collaborate with other IT teams and vendors to design and implement technical solutions that align to the Infrastructure strategy, management and governance of business processes and operations with the implementation of infrastructure services.

Core responsibilities include:

• Provide technical expertise and participate on implementation teams deploying new systems and operational processes in accordance with strategic business initiatives and approved projects
• Assist in the development of detailed implementation and contingency plans
• Continuously improve current state by employing performance tuning activities while monitoring, and troubleshoot problems that may arise
• Provides technical expertise and server administration and support for daily operations for both on-premise and cloud systems
• Analyze and evaluate existing or proposed systems and solutions
• Leverage relationships with external service providers to achieve results driving operational excellence
• Participate in the research and evaluation of new enterprise technologies, processes, upgrades to platform infrastructure solutions and enhancements
• Participate in the strategy, management and governance of business process and operations with the implementation of infrastructure services.
• Create and maintain documentation of compute services design and specifications for engineer reference and training fellow team members

Qualifications include:

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited four-year college or university and 5+ years of relevant experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience, required.
• Established technical knowledge and 4+ years of hands on experience in either Windows or Linux Server administration, both a plus (Red Hat Linux a plus)
• Technical understanding of hyperconverged solutions
• Technical knowledge or hands on experience with Active Directory, ADFS, SCCM, VMWare, Cisco UCS, Veeam, and Red Hat Satellite Server
• Experience working with multi cloud enterprises environments and understanding of capabilities and service cost structures of major providers (Azure and AWS Plus)
• Able to find root causes of problems, quickly determine efficient solutions, anticipate risks and mitigate in the moment
• Ability to analyze, translate, and define business requirements into technical solutions
• Knowledge of orchestration tools to automate processes and services
• Knowledge of operational characteristics of infrastructure services, systems, hardware and software
• Ability to adapt to changing technologies and learn functionality of new equipment and systems
• Work independently in the absence of supervision
• Self-motivated, analytical, and possessing excellent problem-solving and follow-through skills
• Knowledge of principles, methods and techniques used in the installation, troubleshooting and maintenance of server and cloud infrastructure and application impacts and dependencies
• Excellent organizational, technical, and business communication skills
• Ability to work well with others in fast paced, dynamic environment.
• Ability to be respectful, approachable and team oriented while building strong working relationships and a positive work environment.

Relocation package available: No

EEO Information: Smithfield is an equal opportunity employer committed to workplace diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, gender identity, protected veterans status, status as a disabled individual or any other protected group status or non-job characteristic as directed by law. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment selection process, please call us at 757-357-1595.