Sr. Infrastructure Engineer

This position is designated as a hybrid role based out of our headquarters near Portland Oregon. The current expectation is for employees to work onsite four days per week subject to change based on business needs. This in-office requirement may be adjusted at the discretion of the company.

OUTGROWN YOUR OWN BACKYARD COME PLAY IN OURS.
At Columbia were as passionate about the outdoors as you are. And while our gear is available worldwide were proud to be based in the Pacific Northwest where natural wonders are our playground.

Every product we make and every task we undertake is inspired by the famous words of our founder Gert Boyle: Its perfect. Now make it better. As pioneers of relentless improvement we are constantly evolving.

We believe the outdoors is ours to protect and strive to keep our planet healthy. We believe in empowering people to experience the outdoors to the fullest.

And we believe in you.

ABOUT THE POSITION
Columbia Sportswear is powered by technology that connects four global brands a worldwide supply chain and 500 retail stores.

We are seeking a Senior Compute and Storage Infrastructure Engineer with strong on-prem expertise experience with Hybrid environments and a focus on virtualized environments Windows and Red Hat Linux operating systems storage global files sharing and replication/ this role you will help keep our Global On-Prem environment reliable secure and well-governed; partnering with and supporting other engineers through operational execution documentation and continuous improvement.

HOW YOULL MAKE A DIFFERENCE

• Deliver engineering solutions across our global Data Center and Hybrid ecosystem that efficiently fit the needs of the business
• Design build and maintain compute storage replication and business recovery ensuring scalable secure and stable environments
• Conduct audits assessments and develop technical documentation
• Support global teams by assisting with incidents and operational escalations and improvements
• Collaborate closely with crossregional partners to execute shared technical roadmaps
• Partner with Finance Platform and Engineering teams to support FinOps practices including cost visibility usage optimization and spend governance
• Participate in on call rotations that follow the sun model with your engineering peers around the globe

This position plays a significant role in building a stable scalable and secure future for Columbias cloud portfolio.

YOU ARE

• A strong Infrastructure engineer passionate about secure scalable and innovative hybrid solutions
• A collaborator who enjoys working with global teammates across cultures and time zones
• A clear and confident communicatorin both spoken and writtenable to work with technical and nontechnical audiences
• Someone who values documentation standards and process-driven engineering
• Familiar with IT Service Management (ITSM / ITIL) operations maturity and enabling service teams
• A proactive self-directed engineer who thrives in a dynamic global environment
• An analytical thinker who emphasizes structure quality and repeatability

YOU HAVE

• Minimum 5 years of hands-on infrastructure engineering and operations with a global environment
• Bachelors degree in computer science Engineering or related STEM fieldor equivalent experience
• Significant hands-on experience with a combination of the following: VMware Windows Server OS RedHat Linux Commvault Dell Pure Qumulo technologies
• Experience working with global or distributed teams (GCC/multinational experience is a plus)
• Experience with Jira Confluence
• Strong automation bias
• Familiarity with GitHub Actions and automation tools such as Ansible and PowerShell
• Experience breaking work down for complex efforts a plus
• Experience with ITSM/ITIL; exposure to Jira Service Manager is a plus
• General knowledge of Azure a plus

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This job description is not meant to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities but constitutes a general definition of the positions scope and function in the company.

Columbia Sportswear Company is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex gender identity sexual orientation race color religion national origin disability protected Veteran status age or any other characteristic protected by law. Columbia Sportswear is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities. If you need reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process please notify your recruiter.

At Columbia Sportswear Company were proud to offer regular full-time employees a benefits package that includes a variety of services and products to help make your life and work more rewarding. Our benefit programs contribute to overall employee well-being by aligning those programs with the fundamental elements of well-being: physical social/emotional financial career and community. Benefits that can protect your familys financial future and help you save money through our 401k plan plus a generous company match. Columbia offers medical dental vision life Insurance disability flexible spending accounts health savings account and an assortment of voluntary benefit offerings (accident critical illness hospital indemnity and legal services). In addition Columbia offers EAP which is free and confidential 24/7/365 counseling services. We have extensive wellness benefits employee discounts and a generous time off program available.

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