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Job Overview
As an Infrastructure Engineer at Komatsu, you’ll be at the forefront of driving transformation across a global enterprise—shaping the future of how we deliver secure, scalable, and resilient IT services. This role gives you the opportunity to work hands-on with cutting-edge technologies like Nutanix AHV, cloud-native platforms, and infrastructure-as-code, while also influencing modernization strategies that impact the entire organization. Beyond the technical challenge, you’ll thrive in a collaborative, people-first culture that values inclusivity, professional growth, and innovation. If you’re passionate about solving complex problems, mentoring others, and making a lasting impact on how technology empowers the business, this is the role for you.
Key Job Responsibilities
- Drive strategic modernization initiatives by leading the design, implementation, and adoption of infrastructure-as-code, automation, and cloud-native practices across the enterprise.
- Provide oversight and leadership for operational support of critical infrastructure in both cloud platforms and co-located data centers, ensuring service reliability and guiding junior staff where appropriate.
- Lead proof-of-concept (POC) efforts with vertical teams to evaluate emerging technologies, develop business cases, and influence enterprise adoption strategies.
- Act as a thought leader on infrastructure trends, bringing forward innovative solutions and advising leadership on opportunities to enhance scalability, security, and efficiency.
- Foster cross-team collaboration with security, service delivery, applications, and business units, serving as a connector who breaks down silos and champions inclusive, team-oriented problem solving.
- Mentor and coach peers and junior engineers, contributing to team development, knowledge sharing, and a culture of continuous improvement.
Preferred Skills:
- PKI / Cloud PKI expertise: Hands-on experience designing, implementing, and operating Public Key Infrastructure solutions in both on-premises and cloud environments—emphasizing secure certificate lifecycle management, trust models, key rotation, and integration with infrastructure automation.
- Nutanix AHV hypervisor proficiency: Deep working knowledge of Nutanix’s native, Type-1 hypervisor (Acropolis Hypervisor), including integrated virtualization with Nutanix HCI, Prism management, automation via APIs, live migration, HA, and performance/resiliency optimizations.
- Storage optimization & tiering strategies: Applied understanding of hierarchical data tiering—moving data across hot, warm, and cold storage based on access patterns to maximize performance and minimize cost. Familiarity with both hardware-based and cloud/object-tiering models (e.g. SSD to HDD to object/blob storage) .
- Infrastructure-as-code (IaC): Advanced use of tools like Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation (or equivalents) to define, provision, and manage infrastructure through code—enabling repeatability, compliance, version control, and automation.
- Deployment orchestration: Proficiency in coordinating and automating multi-stage deployments across environments using orchestrators such as Kubernetes (incl. K8s-native workloads on AHV), GitOps toolchains, or equivalent technologies to streamline CI/CD pipelines and delivery workflows.
Qualifications/Requirements
Required Skills:
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field preferred. Equivalent hands-on experience in infrastructure engineering or related technical roles will be considered in lieu of formal education.
- Experience:
- 5+ years in infrastructure engineering, systems administration, or cloud operations, with progressive responsibility.
- Demonstrated experience in modernization efforts such as automation, infrastructure-as-code, or cloud migrations.
- Strong track record of cross-team collaboration and working effectively in diverse technical environments.
- Certifications: None required. Industry certifications (e.g., AWS, Azure, VMware, Cisco, Terraform) are highly valued but not mandatory.
- Travel Requirements: Occasional travel expected (up to 10–15%), including regional site visits and domestic travel for team or project collaboration.
Additional Information
Hiring Range
At Komatsu, your base pay is one part of your total compensation package. This role pays $80,000-110,000. The actual offer will consider a wide range of factors, including experience and location.
Company Benefits
Komatsu provides an extensive and robust employee benefits package that is designed to enhance the well-being of our employees and family members. We embrace a positive and empowering employee experience with a culture that prides itself on a diverse and inclusive environment.
- Health benefits: Medical, dental, vision, HSA, wellness programs, etc.
- 401k and/or employee savings programs
- Employee time off (vacation and designated holidays)
- Employee and family assistance programs
- Disability benefits
- Life insurance
- Employee learning and development programs
Diversity & Inclusion Commitment
At Komatsu, we come from diverse backgrounds, with unique perspectives, experiences and contributions. We believe that our people are part of our shared purpose. Connected by our core values of ambition, perseverance, collaboration and authenticity, we are committed to continually advancing in our support of diversity and inclusion. United, we are on a journey towards a sustainable future that creates value together.
Company Information
Komatsu develops and supplies technologies, equipment and services for the construction, mining, forklift, industrial and forestry markets. Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, Komatsu employs more than 64,000 people worldwide, operating in more than 140 countries. For more than a century, the company has been creating value for its customers through manufacturing and technology innovation, partnering with others to empower a sustainable future where people, business and the planet thrive together. Since the company’s founding in 1921, Komatsu has been committed to supporting individuals and communities through job training, skills development and giving back. As a Komatsu employee, you will be encouraged to grow alongside our global company, contributing to a more sustainable future for all. If you are looking for a company that values your talent and potential, join Komatsu to be a part of something big and help advance modern society. Learn more at www.komatsu.com.
EEO Statement
Komatsu is an Equal Opportunity Workplace and an Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.