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Are you ready to join a community where your work matters and your potential is unlimited?
Purdue University is seeking a Senior Hosting Systems Engineer who thrives in a collaborative environment and is passionate about designing, maintaining, and optimizing hosting systems that support groundbreaking research and student success. This role offers the opportunity to contribute to Purdue’s culture of innovation, excellence, and Boilermaker pride.
About the Role
As a Senior Hosting Systems Engineer, you will:
- Design, install, maintain, test, and configure hosting systems, including hardware, network, and software infrastructure components
- Monitor system performance and security while fine-tuning parameters to optimize functionality
- Maintain hypervisor infrastructure for internal and customer-facing components
- Recommend and implement procedures for effective resource utilization in capacity planning
- Educate customers on virtual resource usage and tailor solutions to their needs
- Coach junior team members and review their work, fostering growth within the team
Who We’re Looking For
We’re seeking seasoned professionals with:
- Advanced knowledge of hosting systems engineering
- Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills
- Leadership abilities to mentor team members effectively
- Join us at Purdue University—where your expertise will help shape the future of higher education while advancing your career. Together, we’ll continue moving forward with pride and purpose
This is a remote position.
About Us:
Why Purdue?
At Purdue University, we believe in Unrivaled Pride and Unlimited Potential. Here’s what sets us apart:
- Tight-knit Community: Share experiences with colleagues who cherish collaboration
- Global Perspective: Work in an environment that connects you to the world
- Boilermaker Pride: Be part of an institution with staying power and star power
- Endless Opportunities: Pursue professional growth through learning and development programs
What You’ll Gain
- When you join Purdue University, you become part of a forward-moving community that values your contributions. Enjoy benefits like:
- Access to wellness programs through the Healthy Boiler initiative
- Tuition reimbursement for your family
- Competitive health plans with flat premiums for five consecutive years
- Opportunities to learn, grow, and bring purpose to your work
When you join Purdue University, you join a community that keeps moving forward. For more than 150 years, we’ve been known for not only our groundbreaking work in STEM research, but also for our collective imagination, ingenuity and innovation.
What We're Looking For:
Education and Experience Needed:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related field required
- A minimum of four (4) years of related IT experience below:
- At least three (3) years of systems administrator experience in a LAN networking/distributed computing environment supporting operating systems or enterprise infrastructure systems required
- At least three (3) years of experience supporting enterprise systems involving components designed for service delivery to customer bases in excess of 1000 client systems
- Enterprise experience will include supporting interoperation of servers, storage, and networking infrastructure underlying complex multi-tiered applications
- VMware ESX, Nutanix AHV, or other hypervisor experience
- An equivalent combination of education and work experience may be accepted
Skills Needed:
- Combination of enterprise experience in storage administration, network administration, systems monitoring, and capacity planning
- Advanced knowledge of complex multi-tiered computer operations
- A record of successfully influencing and technically contributing, at a high level and as part of a team, to projects that are difficult and complex
- Advanced knowledge of complex multi-tiered computer operations
- Self-motivation and the ability to work with limited supervision on daily tasks and projects
- Strong written and verbal communication and customer service skills
Preferred:
- Ability to learn and use programming and scripting languages used in the automation, design, and maintenance of systems administration
- Experience with:
- ITIL frameworks
- ITSM tooling
Additional Information:
- Purdue University will not sponsor employment authorization for this position
- A background check will be required for employment in this position
- FLSA: Exempt (Not Eligible for Overtime)
- Retirement Eligibility: Defined Contribution Waiting Period
- Benefit Statement: Purdue University offers a substantial Benefit Package including medical, dental, and vision insurance as well as a generous paid time off package for sick and vacation days
Career Stream
Professional 3
- Pay Band S070
- Job Code #20003635
Career pathmaker: https://www.purdue.edu/hr/careerpathmaker/
Who We Are:
Purdue is a community built on collaboration, with global perspectives, Boilermaker pride and endless opportunity to live, learn and grow. Join us and contribute to our culture.
EOE / AA
Purdue University is an EOE/AA employer.
