Systems Engineer II - Platform

WHO WE ARE 

We’re a global team of over 20,000 engineering, manufacturing, supply chain and sustaining service experts who partner with customers to bring their products to life through inspired innovation and world-class customer service. 

From surgical devices and health monitors to warehouse robotics and space products, we partner with our customers to help create the products that build a better world.

Whether you’re looking to start, make a change or advance your career, find your path at Plexus Corp. and make an impact.

WHY WE LOVE IT 

Engaging and challenging projects that fulfill and develop you. People that inspire and empower you to realize your full potential. Leadership and development programs to support your career goals.

We believe that our people create our best Plexus. At Plexus, we value the ideas generated by our collective uniqueness and recognize that the diverse backgrounds, life experiences and perspectives of our team members enable us to create the innovative products that build a better world. Because of this, we encourage people of all backgrounds to apply to our positions, and will look at candidates holistically, balancing work, education and additional experiences.

HOW YOU WILL DO IT

Purpose Statement: The System Engineer role has responsibility for designing, implementing, managing, and optimizing scalable infrastructure solutions. The delivery of these sustainable and reliable technology solutions is accomplished through close collaboration with other IT personnel, business partners and vendors. Innovation, continuous improvement, and automation are core competencies valued in this role.Key Job Accountabilities:

• Design and implement infrastructure technologies, solutions, and services. 
  • Core technologies: VMware, Kubernetes, CommVault, Cisco UCS, Netapp, Linux
  • Beneficial knowledge: Active Directory, Citrix, GCP, Azure, AWS 
• Monitor system performance and capacity, and troubleshoot system issues.
• Proficient use, general understanding or ability to learn scripting and automation tools to improve efficiencies or effectiveness of the Systems Engineer role: Powershell, Ansible, Terraform, and other infrastructure as code.
• Undertakes or supervises complex installations and de-installations of systems or components. Identifies and describes the design goals for systems, products, services and devices.
• Configures system software for required functionality and performance. Investigates and resolves system software problems, requesting action from the supplier if required.
• Provisions/installs, configures and maintains infrastructure services and components to include performance and security events. Operational ownership of key infrastructure components. Investigates minor security breaches in accordance with established procedures. Assists users in defining their access rights and privileges.
• Designs system components using appropriate modeling techniques following agreed architectures, design standards, patterns and methodology. Produces detailed design specifications to form the basis for the construction of systems.
• Develops and adapts innovation tools, processes and infrastructures to drive the process of innovation. Identifies resources and capabilities needed to support innovation. Manages and facilitates the communication and open flow of creative ideas between interested parties.

Education/Experience Qualifications:

• Bachelors preferred
• Four (4) years of related experience is required; six (6) or more years of related experience is preferred.
• An equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the key job accountabilities may be considered.
• Experience with on-premise, hosted and cloud infrastructure.

Other Qualifications:

• Maintain the confidentiality of all departments, company and customer information while working safely at all times.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Ability to work independently and take initiative to drive complex projects
• Ability to interact effectively with technical and non-technical team members
• The ability to support around the clock monitoring and management and may result in support or activities after normal business hours.
• Develops, maintains and tests incident management procedures in agreement with service owners.
• Investigates escalated, non-routine and high-impact incidents to responsible service owners and seeks resolution.
• Facilitates recovery, following resolution of incidents. Ensures that resolved incidents are properly documented and closed.
• Analyses causes of incidents, and informs service owners to minimize probability of recurrence, and contributes to service improvement. Analyses metrics and reports on the performance of the incident management process.
• This role requires “US Persons” status.

Physical Requirements:

• N/A

Travel Requirements:

• N/A

This document does not represent a contract of employment and is not intended to capture every possible assignment the incumbent could be asked to perform.

We are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities or special requirements. If you need an application accommodation, please contact us by email at [email protected]. Please include your contact information and clearly describe how we can help you.

The email address above is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.

Some offers of employment are contingent upon successfully passing a drug screen and upon completion of a confidentiality agreement.
Our Values and How We Lead behaviors guide our processes. Plexus does not make employment decisions based on race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or veteran status. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) and encourage all to apply today!