Staff Systems Engineer

About Lucid

At Lucid we are creating exceptional mobility experiences through innovation to drive the world forward. Built on Lucids proprietary technology and software-defined vehicle architecture our award-winning vehicles bring our Compromise Nothing approach to the global automotive market. That means refusing to choose between performance and sustainability design and engineering ambition and Lucid Air and Lucid Gravity we have designed and built vehicles that have redefined their segments combining exceptional range performance design and expansive space in a single experience.

We achieve this through deep vertical integration with design engineering and productionhappening in-houseacross our global offices the world united by a shared commitment to refusing to settle youcanhelpredefinewhatspossible andshape the future of mobility.

• Serve as a senior technical expert for enterprise Windows and VMware infrastructure projects.
• Deploy configure administer and troubleshoot VMware vSphere 8 ESXi hosts vCenter Server Windows Server Active Directory DNS DHCP Group Policy and Entra ID (Azure AD).
• Design and support highly available virtualization platforms and Windows-based infrastructure services.
• Perform advanced troubleshooting and root cause analysis for infrastructure performance and availability issues.
• Automate operational tasks and infrastructure management using PowerShell.
• Support enterprise services including Active Directory DNS DHCP file services print services Microsoft 365 and identity services.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation standards and operational procedures.
• Lead infrastructure improvement initiatives focused on reliability scalability security and operational efficiency.
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership across the infrastructure team.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend improvements based on business requirements and industry best practices.

• Bachelors degree in Information Technology Computer Science Engineering or equivalent experience.
• 9 years of Windows Server administration experience in a large enterprise environment.
• 9 years of hands-on VMware administration experience including vSphere ESXi and vCenter.
• 9 years supporting enterprise Active Directory environments including Group Policy DNS DHCP authentication and identity management.
• Strong experience supporting Microsoft 365 and Entra ID (Azure AD).
• Strong PowerShell scripting experience for automation and systems administration.
• Experience supporting highly available production environments with hundreds or thousands of virtual machines.
• Strong troubleshooting problem-solving and documentation skills.

• VMware Horizon administration and support experience.
• Experience with Microsoft clustering failover technologies and disaster recovery solutions.
• Experience with enterprise backup and recovery platforms.
• Experience with storage platforms supporting VMware environments.
• Familiarity with infrastructure automation tools such as Ansible or Terraform.
• VMware Certified Professional (VCP) certification preferred.
• Microsoft certifications related to Windows Server Active Directory or Azure preferred.

This version reads much more like a true senior VMware/Windows engineer rather than a general infrastructure engineer. It makes Active Directory VMware vCenter PowerShell DNS/DHCP and Windows Server the core competencies and leaves everything else secondary. That should attract a much stronger candidate pool for the type of role youre likely building.