Senior Systems Engineer

Ready Foods • Denver, CO

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

Ready Foods is a Denver-based, family-owned company with over 50 years of excellence in food manufacturing. We are committed to quality, innovation, and continuous improvement. Our culture promotes inclusion, respect, and servant leadership, and we operate with lean manufacturing principles inspired by the Toyota Production System. As an integral part of Ready Foods’ vision for a leading-edge infrastructure and smart manufacturing ecosystem, the Senior Systems Engineer will play a key role in driving the company’s Industry 4.0 focused digital transformation across business and manufacturing. This position is charged with building and overseeing IT cloud and on-premises systems infrastructure and ensuring that enterprise and end-user systems function autonomously, efficiently, and securely. The ideal candidate brings expertise in standards-based infrastructure systems, robust cybersecurity practices, and effective troubleshooting within multi-vendor systems, along with a genuine interest in manufacturing and engineering. This full-time role reports directly to the Technology Manager.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering or related area, or equivalent work experience.
• 7+ years’ experience administering, engineering, planning and supporting IT infrastructure systems in a networked environment with hybrid cloud infrastructure.
• Experience in manufacturing and industrial environments.
• Thorough knowledge of Microsoft Azure, Windows server and desktop operating systems and administration in both cloud and on-prem environments, and associated hardware.
• Experience with cloud resource cost management and optimization.
• Working knowledge of IT security policies and integration into network, devices, appliances, and server systems.
• Experience with automation of repetitive processes and visual problem solving.
• Excellent documentation, communication, and leadership skills.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with cloud technologies, Microsoft Azure, SCADA, and MES are a plus.
• Good understanding and experience applying manufacturing systems technologies and industrial telemetry.
• A broad understanding of IT standards and demonstrated knowledge across infrastructure disciplines and technologies with methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Design, engineer, and operationalize cloud computing technologies and server infrastructure to support enterprise and manufacturing applications, cloud system integrations, enterprise fleet automation, and smart workflow to achieve Industry 4.0 transformation.
• Provide technical support for offices and manufacturing plants in a hybrid environment and support cybersecurity compliance and other enterprise initiatives.
• Work closely with functional departments and IT service providers to implement operational requirements for IT systems.
• Ensure that IT infrastructure standards and policies for hardware, software, communications, data, and security meet infrastructure compliance requirements.
• Ability to innovate, evaluate, and implement emerging technologies.
• Manage edge and mobile devices, cloud administration, API security, monitor performance, and infrastructure security.
• Conduct data backups and disaster recovery planning and testing.
• Maintain accurate documentation of system architectures, configurations, procedures, and troubleshooting steps.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior