Principal Engineer, Linux and Virtualization Infrastructure

Wide Open West

Denver, Colorado(remote)

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SKILLS

Administrative Skills, Analysis Skills, Architectural Design, Broadband, CPU (Central Processing Unit), Capacity Management, Channel Management, Computer Science, Cross-Functional, Customer Relations, Customer/Client Research, Dental Insurance, Disaster Recovery, Docker, Emerging Technology, Enterprise Architecture, Fibre Channel, Hardware Virtualization, High Availability, Information Technology & Information Systems, Laboratory Testing, Linux Administration, Linux Operating System, Memory Hardware, Mentoring, Network Attached Storage (NAS), Network Operations Center, Network Security, Operating Systems, Operational Improvement, Performance Analysis, Production Systems, Retrofit, Software Engineering, Storage Architecture, Storage Area Network (SAN), System Integration (SI), Systems Administration/Management, Systems Engineering, Technical Strategy, Technical Support, Tuition Reimbursement, Unix Operating Systems, VMWare, Virtualization, Vision Plan

LOCATION

Denver, Colorado

POSTED

18 days ago

The Opportunity

Location Requirement:This position operates on a hybrid schedule (3 days in-office, 2 days remote). Candidates must be within 45 minutes of an office and able to regularly commute to work as required. This is not a fully remote opportunity.

At WOW! we're building and evolving the infrastructure that powers critical business and customer-facing technologies - and we're looking for a Principal

Engineer, Linux & Virtualization Infrastructure to help lead that transformation.

This is a highly visible engineering role within our enterprise infrastructure organization, supporting multiple datacenters and environments while driving the design, architecture, implementation, and optimization of modern infrastructure solutions. You'll play a key role in both greenfield deployments and the evolution of existing production environments, helping ensure our platforms remain scalable, resilient, secure, and future-ready.

What WOW! Offers

Base salary up to $175,000 annually, commensurate with experience, plus short-term incentive plan, and comprehensive benefits including:
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- 401(k) with company match
- Paid time off & company holidays
- Tuition reimbursement for continued development
- Employee broadband discounts

What You'll Do

As a Principal Engineer, you will be responsible for the management and evolution of compute, storage, and virtualization platforms across the enterprise.

Core Responsibilities

Design and configure greenfield datacenter deployments while modernizing and retrofitting existing environments
Lead system integration efforts for new technologies and infrastructure solutions through research, design, implementation, configuration, and ongoing maintenance
Maintain and manage multiple virtualization clusters with ownership of current and future capacity planning
Monitor enterprise infrastructure platforms and drive actionable recovery and operational improvements
Co-manage Fibre Channel, VxLAN, and NAS environments with a continued focus on:
- Fault tolerance
- High availability
- Disaster recovery
Analyze user and application requirements to determine operating system, storage, memory, and CPU needs for both physical and virtual server environments
Lead the design, analysis, configuration, and implementation of enterprise storage architectures, including:
- Application and end-user storage requirements
- IO performance analysis
- Storage layout strategy
- Disaster recovery profiles
Collaborate closely with networking and security teams to deliver solutions for internal business units and external customers
Ensure all service platforms and applications are backed up according to established policies and procedures
Participate in future technology strategy discussions and provide recommendations based on industry research and engineering expertise

Additional Responsibilities

In this role, you will also:

Serve as an engineering-level escalation resource for the Network Operations Center (NOC) and operational teams during high-level fault analysis and incident isolation
Lead the deployment and configuration of high availability systems and storage architectures
Partner with cross-functional engineering teams on emerging technologies and infrastructure initiatives
Create and maintain detailed systems and application documentation
Provide professional technical support to both internal and external customers
Maintain, enhance, and deploy hardware and software technologies within lab and testing environments
Mentor and support fellow engineers and technical team members
Perform additional duties as assigned

What You Bring

Required Education & Experience

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
7+ years of experience as a Linux Systems Administrator, Linux Systems Engineer, or related infrastructure engineering role
Expertise with Linux and/or Unix operating systems
Strong understanding of networking fundamentals
Solid knowledge of Storage Area Networks (SANs)
Experience with virtualization and containerization technologies including:
- VMware
- ProxMox
- Docker
- Kubernetes
Experience managing complex systems infrastructure project

Principal Engineer, Linux and Virtualization Infrastructure

Wide Open West

Denver, Colorado(remote)

About the Company

Wide Open West

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