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Salary: USD 100,000 - 130,000 / annual
Terabase Energy seeks an Infrastructure Engineer to serve as the long-term technical owner of virtualization, server, storage, backup, and network infrastructure supporting critical SCADA and engineering systems. This is a hands-on senior individual contributor role responsible for operational reliability, high availability, cybersecurity alignment, and disaster recovery readiness across VMware and Hyper-V environments.
Key responsibilities include:
**Infrastructure & Virtualization Ownership:** Own lifecycle management of VMware ESXi/vCenter and Microsoft Hyper-V environments. Design, maintain, and optimize HA clusters (VMware HA/DRS and Hyper-V Failover Clustering). Perform hypervisor patching, upgrades, and lifecycle management. Optimize virtual machine performance and resource allocation. Maintain standardized templates and configuration governance.
**Backup & Disaster Recovery:** Administer and optimize Veeam Backup & Replication. Define and maintain RPO/RTO targets for critical systems. Perform periodic restore validation and disaster recovery testing. Maintain documented recovery procedures and DR runbooks. Manage multi-site backup strategies, including full and incremental backups.
**Networking & Security:** Deploy and troubleshoot enterprise networks, including firewalling, routing, and switching/VLAN architecture. Support routing fundamentals and firewall rule governance. Maintain secure IT/OT segmentation design. Support patch compliance and vulnerability remediation initiatives. Participate in firewall reviews and security hardening efforts. Familiarity with industrial protocols (Modbus, DNP3, OPC-UA) preferred.
**Operational Excellence & Incident Response:** Serve as a senior escalation point during infrastructure incidents. Lead root cause analysis (RCA) following outages or service degradation. Monitor infrastructure performance, storage health, and system capacity. Proactively identify risks and implement mitigation strategies. Develop and maintain infrastructure standards, SOPs, and documentation.
**Availability & Support:** Participate in on-call rotation. Support scheduled maintenance during plant outage windows. Support occasional off-hours deployments as required. Ensure minimal operational disruption during maintenance activities.
Expected travel: 10%.
**Requirements:**
Must have permanent authorization to work in the United States. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field required. 7+ years of infrastructure engineering experience in production environments. Strong hands-on experience with VMware ESXi and vCenter, Microsoft Hyper-V (Failover Clustering, Live Migration), Veeam Backup & Replication, and enterprise networking (firewalling, switching, VLANs, routing fundamentals). Experience managing high-availability production systems. In-depth experience with network devices (firewalls, routers, switches). Strong troubleshooting skills across compute, storage, and network layers. Experience participating in on-call escalation rotations. Strong documentation and operational discipline.
**Preferred Qualifications:** Experience supporting SCADA, industrial, or regulated environments. Familiarity with NERC CIP or similar compliance frameworks. Experience with SAN/NAS storage technologies. Scripting experience (PowerShell preferred). Cloud and hybrid deployments. Automation experience with Terraform, Ansible, or equivalent. Experience supporting hybrid IT/OT infrastructure.
