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Requisition Number: Req-260212

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External Description: Title: Sr Systems Engineer

               

Location: Kennewick, WA

               

Job Requisition ID: Req-260212

               

Time Type: Full time

               

About Lamb Weston

You’ve probably enjoyed our fries without even knowing it! As a leading manufacturer in our industry, and public Fortune 500 company, we inspire and bring people together with foods they love and trust. Our customer base includes international food service providers, restaurants, and households in over 100 countries around the world.

A highly innovative global corporation with a start-up mindset, we empower every individual to make a genuine difference. You’ll gain access to hands-on training to fuel your growth and success, explore opportunities for new solutions, and you’ll join a winning team of 10,000+ people all dedicated to raising the bar – together.

If you have a strong drive for results, a desire to help us bring the world together through our fries, and are ready for a fresh challenge, we want to hear from you.

Job Description Summary

               

Lamb Weston is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Systems Engineer to join our global infrastructure team. In this role, you will serve as a subject matter expert across our core systems stack — including VMware virtualization, Nutanix HCI, Windows and Linux server platforms, Rubrik data protection, and infrastructure automation using Ansible — and will be responsible to help support the design, implementation, and operational excellence of our on-premises, hybrid and cloud systems environments. You will collaborate closely with network, security, and cloud engineering teams to deliver reliable, scalable, and well-automated infrastructure solutions.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities 

  • Virtualization & Hyperconverged Infrastructure: SME in VMware and Nutanix design, deploy and support and their supporting software and hardware 

  • Windows Server Administration: SME Windows Server environments (2016/2019/2022/2025) including Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, and PKI/certificate services and Microsoft licensing 

  • Linux Server Administration: Deploy, secure, and manage/troubleshoot enterprise Linux environments 

  • Cloud: Deep understanding of infrastructure in the cloud, particularly Azure and AWS 

  • Backup & DR: Implement and manage enterprise backup and data protection solutions including Rubrik, with experience in policy management, SLA configuration, live mount/instant recovery, and cloud archival 

  • Automation: Lead infrastructure automation initiatives using Ansible, including development of playbooks, roles, and collections for configuration management, patching, provisioning, and compliance enforcement 

  • Maintain and expand the Ansible automation framework, including Ansible Tower/AWX for centralized job scheduling and role-based access 

  • Develop automation workflows that span cross-platform environments (Windows, Linux, VMware, Nutanix) 

  • Promote automation best practices, code review standards, and version control (Git) usage across the systems team 

  • Documentation: Design and maintain systems infrastructure documentation including high- and low-level design, runbooks and diagrams 

Basic & Preferred Qualifications

  • 10+ years of experience in global, enterprise-level systems engineering 

  • Deep expertise in VMware and Nutanix ecosystems, with Proven hands-on experience 

  • Strong proficiency in Windows Server administration including Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS/DHCP, and hybrid identity (Entra ID) 

  • Solid Linux administration skills including scripting, hardening, and service management 

  • Hands-on experience with Ansible for configuration management and automation, including playbook and role development 

  • Familiarity with Git-based version control workflows for managing infrastructure code 

  • Strong understanding of storage concepts including SAN, NAS, NFS, etc. 

  • Hands-on experience with enterprise backup and data protection platforms, particularly Rubrik and Commvault (SLA policies, live mount, cloud archival) 

  • Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure) and hybrid infrastructure integration 

  • Experience with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, Rancher) and how they intersect with traditional infrastructure 

  • A deep desire to automate everything 

Industry-Competitive Benefits

Coupled with our compensation and bonus incentive programs, our benefits deliver rewards that are market competitive.  Some of the most attractive elements of our benefit programs include:

  • Health Insurance Benefits - Medical, Dental, Vision

  • Flexible Spending Accounts for Health and Dependent Care, and Health Reimbursement Accounts

  • Well-being programs including companywide events and a wellness incentive program

  • Paid Time Off

  • Financial Wellness – Industry leading 401(k) plan with generous company contributions, Financial Planning Services, Employee Stock purchase program, and Health Savings Accounts, Life and Accident insurance

  • Family-Friendly Employee events

  • Employee Assistance Program services – mental health and other concierge type services

Benefits may vary based on location, job role/level, job status, and/or the terms of any applicable collective bargaining agreements.

               

Anticipated Close Date

The anticipated close date is a good faith estimate for when this job will be closed. Some jobs may be unposted or filled earlier or later than the Anticipated Close Date depending on interview processes and business needs.

               

Anticipated Close Date: 05/03/2026

               

Pay Transparency

In compliance with applicable state and local laws, Lamb Weston has opted to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation for this role. This compensation is specific to this position and takes into account a number of variables. Actual compensation may be higher or lower in the range posted based on various factors, including, but not limited to, job duties, experience and expertise. A candidate's work location could also impact the actual compensation being outside of the range to reflect local cost of labor. A reasonable annual estimate of the range for this role is listed below.

               

Pay Rate or Range: $101,730.00 - $152,600.00

               

Equal Opportunity Employer

Lamb Weston is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law

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Company Profile:

Lamb Weston is a leading supplier of frozen potato, sweet potato, appetizer and vegetable products to restaurants and retailers around the world.

For more than 60 years, Lamb Weston has led the industry in innovation, introducing inventive products that simplify back-of-house management for our customer and make things more delicious for their customers.

It’s all about seeing the possibilities in potatoes and never, ever settling.

Learn more about us at lambweston.com.

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