Infrastructure Engineer

Company Overview:

MACOM designs and manufactures semiconductor products for Data Center, Telecommunication and Industrial and Defense applications. Headquartered in Lowell, Massachusetts, MACOM has design centers and sales offices throughout North America, Europe and Asia. MACOM is certified to the ISO9001 international quality standard and ISO14001 environmental management standard.

MACOM has more than 70 years of application expertise with multiple design centers, Si, GaAs and InP fabrication, manufacturing, assembly and test, and operational facilities throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. In addition, MACOM offers foundry services that represents a key core competency within our business.

MACOM sells and distributes products globally via a sales channel comprised of a direct field sales force, authorized sales representatives and leading industry distributors. Our sales team is trained across all of our products to give our customers insights into our entire portfolio.

MACOM is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a diverse workforce. MACOM will not discriminate against any worker or job applicant on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age, sexual orientation, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy, disability, genetic information, veteran status, military obligations, or membership in any other category protected under applicable law.

Job Description:

We are seeking an individual with strong expertise related to various aspects of system administration supporting MACOM offices and data centers globally. This role will be responsible for provisioning, installation/configuration, operation, and maintenance of systems hardware and software related to infrastructure services. Also, they need to participate in research and development to drive innovation and efficiency within IT infrastructure.

Primary Job Responsibilities:

• Manage MACOM's IT infrastructure and related services.
• Provide technical recommendations for services performance and reliability improvements.
• Provide technical leadership to run function team.

Roles and Responsibilities (not limited to):

• Installing, configuring, maintaining, performing upgrades and downgrades, troubleshooting, documenting for systems, servers, and infrastructure devices and related services.
• Recommends and develops mission critical solutions; makes recommendations to address capacity constraints and performance limitations on a wide range of technologies.
• Evaluate performance, monitor workloads, and analyze results to ensure optimal operations.
• Develop and improve upon operational procedures and standards.
• Lead/coordinate projects including new installations, upgrades, retrofits, etc.
• Enterprise business and engineering applications support
• Partner with the business to gather requirements and ensure needs are being met.

Required Qualities:

• Intermediate to advanced Windows / Linux administration skills.
• Architecture: Recommends and develops mission critical solutions; makes recommendations to address capacity constraints and performance limitations on a wide range of technologies.
• Excellent documentation and analytical skills.
• Project management: Ability to provide a thorough planning approach to large scale projects. The ability to define physical and logical resources is needed to complete a project and meet deadlines. Experience leading project teams.
• Inter-personal and communication skills: Capable of writing proposals or papers, acting as a supplier liaison, making presentations to customers, clients, and professional peers. Act as a technical leader and mentor.

Technologies / Competencies

Must Have Skills:

• Linux and / or Windows administration
• Virtualization: VMWare / Nutanix
• Backup and recovery: Veeam

Good to Have Skills:

• Hardware installation and management: HP, Dell, Netapp etc.
• Data Center management: Power, rack space, cooling etc.
• Cloud: AWS / Azure
• Storage: NFS, CIFS, iSCSI etc.
• Proficiency in scripting languages (Powershell, Python, etc.)

Job Qualifications (Required):

• 8+ years related IT System Administration experience
• 10+ years of IT related experience
• Relevant certifications
• Bachelor's or advanced degree
• Experience working within the Semiconductor Industry is a plus
• Ability to work independently and in teams reaching high levels of productivity
• Comfortable managing multiple tasks simultaneously
• Demonstrate strong work ethics