Engineer II

Job Title: Engineer II

Location: Phoenix AZ 85353/Onsite

Duration: 183 days

Note: Interview Process - phone screening then an onsite interview.

Summary of Job:

We are seeking a motivated and proactive Junior IT Operations Engineer to support the reliability performance and security of IT systems at our solar manufacturing facility. This role is ideal for someone with a solid foundation in systems administration networking and automation who is eager to grow their skills while contributing to the stability and continuous improvement of a production-critical environment. The successful candidate will work closely with operations MES and security teams to ensure high availability scalability and compliance of both on and off premises infrastructure.

Must-have/Required skills:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Technology or a related field (or equivalent practical experience and/or certifications)
• 1 3 years of experience in IT operations systems administration or a DevOps-related role
• Working knowledge of Linux and Windows server environments
• Experience supporting VMware-based virtualization environments
• Exposure to cloud platforms such as AWS Azure or GCP
• Basic to intermediate scripting skills (e.g. Bash PowerShell Python)
• Familiarity with infrastructure monitoring and alerting tools (e.g. Prometheus Grafana Zabbix SolarWinds)
• Solid understanding of networking fundamentals including TCP/IP DNS VPNs and firewalls
• Introductory experience with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g. Terraform Ansible)

Nice-to-have skills:

• Industry certifications such as AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator VMware VCP or CompTIA Server
• Familiarity with ITIL practices and service management concepts
• Experience with Aruba networking equipment and FortiGate firewalls
• Strong analytical troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to collaborate across teams

Key responsibilities and duties:

• Monitor maintain and troubleshoot on-premises and cloud-based servers networks and infrastructure
• Implement and manage system upgrades patches backups and recovery processes
• Automate routine operational tasks using scripting and configuration management tools
• Collaborate with MES and SecOps teams to ensure integrity security and compliance of production-line systems and supporting infrastructure
• Assist with incident response root cause analysis and remediation of system outages or performance degradation
• Maintain accurate documentation for systems processes configurations and standard operating procedures
• Support the deployment integration and validation of new technologies and tools
• Ensure high availability and disaster recovery readiness for critical systems (e.g. MES DNS authentication services)
• Participate in an on-call rotation and provide after-hours support as required