Principal Engineer, Linux and Virtualization Infrastructure

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 projects

Working knowledge of Windows operating systems and Microsoft Office applications

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment

Ability to collaborate effectively across diverse technical teams

Strong independent problem-solving and decision-making skills

Physical Demands & Working Conditions

Regularly required to communicate verbally and in writing

Frequent use of hands for typing, handling equipment, and managing documentation

Ability to lift up to 50 pounds

Requires close vision and the ability to focus

Participation in on-call rotations, including occasional overnight and weekend support

Occasional travel may be required

Why Join WOW!?

At WOW!, you’ll work alongside talented engineers solving large-scale infrastructure challenges while helping shape the future of enterprise technology. We value innovation, collaboration, operational excellence, and continuous improvement - and we empower our teams to make meaningful contributions that drive the business forward.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran