System Engineer - IT

System Engineer - IT

Office Location

Western Operation Center

6400 IH-10

Seguin, Texas 78155

Hybrid Remote Work Available

What We Are Looking For

GVEC is looking to hire you for the position of System Engineer - IT to deliver the unexpected with a willingness to continuously develop yourself, your department, and our organization. As a System Engineer - IT you will help design, implement, and support enterprise virtualization and hybrid cloud solutions with a strong emphasis on active-active, multi-site availability. The System Engineer - IT role focuses on VMware, Hyper-V and Proxmox environments, automation, data protection and infrastructure optimization. The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and is passionate about operational excellence, security and continuous improvement.

Your Pay

The minimum starting pay for this role is $91,000 plus bonuses that are tied to a multitude of organizational benchmarks set forth annually. Pay will be determined by skills, qualifications and experience.

How You’ll Help

- Design, implement and operate active-active virtualization architectures across multiple data centers for high availability and near zero-downtime failover

- Manage virtualization lifecycle: upgrades, migrations, capacity planning and performance tuning

- Implement automation and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools like PowerShell, PowerCLI, Terraform, or Ansible

- Ensure high availability, disaster recovery and business continuity using Veeam, Rubrik, Zerto, or cloud-native DR solutions

- Establish and regularly test failover/failback runbooks, validate RPO/RTO objectives and orchestrate non-disruptive maintenance using live migration

- Architect and manage backup infrastructure and management (e.g., Veeam) including job design, repositories, immutability, testing and recovery

- Monitor and optimize infrastructure using modern observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, DynaTrace)

- Enforce security best practices, including Zero Trust principles, patch management and compliance standards

- Provide Tier 2/3 support and mentor junior team members

- Participate in on-call rotation for 24/7 operations

Experience/Skills You’ll Need

- 4+ years of experience with VMware technologies (ESXi, vCenter, vSphere)

- Strong knowledge of virtualization, storage and networking concepts (VLANs, DVS, SAN/NAS)

- Storage & Networking: Solid knowledge of enterprise storage (SAN/NAS), storage policies and virtualization networking (VLANs, LAGs, Distributed Virtual Switches)

- Active-Active Expertise: Hands-on experience with multi-site active-active designs

- Proficiency in scripting and automation (PowerShell, PowerCLI, or similar)

- Solid understanding of security frameworks and compliance requirements

- Excellent troubleshooting skills across computer?, storage and network layers. Strong verbal and written communication skills to convey information clearly and confidently

- Ability to effectively evaluate and manage conflicting priorities in a fast-paced, high-growth environment

- Self-motivation, a strong work ethic and impeccable integrity

- A team player open to constructive criticism to help evolve the team

- Ability to lift items such as servers or networking equipment

Preferred Experience/Skills

- Experience with VMware Horizon or modern VDI solutions

- Familiarity with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)

- Knowledge of converged/hyperconverged infrastructure (Cisco UCS, Nutanix)

- Exposure to CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices

- Vendor management and budgeting experience

- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field (or equivalent experience)

- VMware certifications (VCP-DCV or higher) preferred

- Cloud certifications (Azure Administrator, AWS Solutions Architect) a plus

- Veeam Certified Engineer (VMCE) preferred

Our Purpose and Culture

GVEC proudly provides Electric, Internet, HVAC, Solar and Battery Storage, and Electrician services in and around South-Central Texas. We have high expectations for our team members and in turn, support them with an excellent total rewards package and advancement opportunities. We want people who offer talent, a positive attitude, creative ideas and strong work ethic to deliver unexpected results.

We are a team of high achievers who hold each other accountable in exceeding our customers’ expectations and empowering the communities we serve. That accountability culture is what has helped us build an environment of honesty, teamwork, and support, resulting in employees surrounded by coworkers who are dependable. We focus on accomplishing our goals with an outward mindset: being mindful of how our work and actions impact others, as well as seeing people for who they are and the unique value their perspective brings to us as a whole.

Your Benefits

- Medical Plans

- 10% 401K Match

- Financial Incentives and Rewards

- Wellness Program

- Paid Vacation

- Paid Holidays

- Employee Development

- Community Impact

- Work-Life Balance

Application Deadline: Open Until Filled

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