Windows Linux Server Admin

About the role

This role provides L2-L3 operational support for global Manufacturing Execution System (MES) infrastructure operating within OT-controlled environments across North American and global manufacturing sites. The role ensures availability, performance, patching, backup/restore, and disaster recovery of MES platform services while operating under strict IT/OT separation, cybersecurity, and production uptime constraints.

Responsibilities

• Ensure availability and performance of MES platform services
• Patch and manage virtualization platforms (VMware and/or HyperV)
• Support high-availability OT workloads
• Perform backup and restore operations for OT/MES systems
• Implement and monitor disaster recovery strategies
• Monitor storage and performance for latency-sensitive MES workloads
• Manage core OT-adjacent infrastructure services including Active Directory, DNS, NTP, and certificate services
• Collaborate with vendors, integrators, OT security, and infrastructure teams
• Document runbooks and ensure knowledge transfer for repeatability and audit readiness
• Contribute to continuous improvement in stability, resilience, and risk reduction

Requirements

• Advanced Windows and Linux server administration in production-critical environments
• Experience with virtualization platforms (VMware and/or HyperV)
• Working knowledge of MES backend components (SQL Server, historians, reporting services)
• Scripting and automation skills (PowerShell and/or Bash)
• Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills under time-critical production pressure
• Clear, calm communication with shopfloor personnel, site leadership, and central OT IT teams
• Experience supporting manufacturing MES or OT-adjacent systems
• Demonstrated experience operating systems where downtime has direct production and financial impact
• Proven track record of operating systems where changes must be coordinated with production schedules, validation requirements, and OT cybersecurity controls

Qualifications

• 8-10 years of hands-on server administration experience
• Tribal knowledge of sitespecific manufacturing behavior
• Experience working within change-controlled security-governed environments

Skills

• Advanced Windows and Linux server administration
• Virtualization platforms (VMware and/or HyperV)
• Backup and restore operations for OT/MES systems
• Disaster recovery strategies
• Storage and performance monitoring
• Identity and access services (Active Directory)
• Endpoint security (EDR)
• Infrastructure monitoring and logging
• Network fundamentals
• Enterprise storage platforms (Unity-class systems)

Benefits

• Comprehensive Medical Plan
• Short Term and Long-Term Disability Coverage
• 401(k) Plan with Company match
• Life Insurance
• Vacation Time, Sick Leave, Paid Holidays
• Paid Paternity and Maternity Leave

Pay

Actual compensation within the range will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, performance, and internal equity.

Schedule

Onsite presence in Minnetonka, Minnesota is mandatory and non-negotiable. The role requires regular physical presence to support plant operations, interface with manufacturing and engineering teams, and respond immediately to production-implementing incidents. Flexibility to support North American multisite operations, including off-hours or extended coverage when production demands require it, is required. Remote-only or hybrid arrangements do not meet the operational requirements of this role.