Systems Engineer - Infrastructure

Company Overview

With distribution centers nationwide, McNICHOLS is the leading and trusted supplier of metal products including perforated, grating, mesh, expanded, and designer metals. Our products are used in applications all around you, helping to shape architectural designs, entertainment venues, and more. Family-founded and customer obsessed, we have a purpose driven team inspired to support our customers in building America.

This position is onsite and located at our corporate headquarters overlooking the waters of Tampa Bay.

Position Overview

McNICHOLS is seeking a Systems Engineer to join our growing IT team as we modernize our infrastructure and move toward a hybrid on-premises/cloud environment. This role is ideal for a hands-on technical professional with deep expertise in systems engineering who thrives in cross-functional collaboration and is passionate about building and improving enterprise infrastructure.

As a Systems Engineer, you'll play a key role in maintaining, enhancing, and supporting critical IT systems with a focus on Linux, storage, and virtualization. You'll work closely with other engineers and departments to troubleshoot complex issues, implement improvements, and support project-based initiatives.

Your Responsibilities

• Build, support, and maintain enterprise infrastructure across compute, storage, and virtualization platforms (primarily on-premise with increasing hybrid integration)
• Troubleshoot complex issues across systems and environments; provide root cause analysis and solutions
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Network, Security, Applications, and Helpdesk to ensure system stability and high availability
• Lead improvements in system performance, reliability, automation, and scalability
• Provide guidance and mentorship to junior systems administrators and engineers
• Participate in planning and executing infrastructure projects including upgrades, migrations, and new deployments
• Maintain detailed documentation of system configurations, processes, and procedures
• Support compliance, security, and patching efforts across systems
• Interface with vendors for hardware/software support and procurement
• Assist with budget planning and technology selection for IT initiatives and lifecycle

Required Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience with Linux administration (Red Hat, Ubuntu preferred), including scripting, automation, and common services like Postfix and Bind
• In-depth knowledge of enterprise storage systems (SAN, NAS), storage provisioning, and performance tuning
• Experience managing PKI infrastructure and email security protocols (DMARC, DKIM, SPF)
• Experience supporting Microsoft Exchange (on-premise) and other Windows-based infrastructure
• Solid understanding of vSphere virtualization
• Experience working in or supporting a hybrid cloud architecture
• Comfortable working in a team-oriented environment with the ability to prioritize tasks and work independently
• Ability to travel to local data centers and respond to urgent system issues as needed

Preferred Skills

• Familiarity with backup/recovery systems and disaster recovery planning
• Experience with automation tools such as Ansible or PowerShell
• Exposure to Microsoft 365, Azure AD, AWS, and other cloud services is a plus

Benefits

At McNICHOLS we reward our team with quarterly incentives, great health and wellness benefits, generous 401k matching, 15 days of PTO, as well as 100% company paid life insurance, disability, wellness, and financial health benefits.

Join Us

Join McNICHOLS - Where Inspired People and Inspired Service are our mission. Visit us at mcnichols.com/careers to learn more!