Sr. Systems Engineer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 31, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 29, 2026. Advance Auto Parts scores B on the Alion truth index.
Job Description
WHO WE ARE
Come join our Technology Team and start reimagining the future of the automotive aftermarket. We are a highly motivated tech-focused organization, excited to be amid dynamic innovation and transformational change. Driven by Advance’s top-down commitment to empowering our team members, we are focused on delighting our Customers with Care and Speed, through delivery of world class technology solutions and products.
We value and cultivate our culture by seeking to always be collaborative, intellectually curious, fun, open, and diverse. You will be a key member of a growing and passionate group focused on collaborating across business and technology resources to drive forward key programs and projects building enterprise capabilities across Advance Auto Parts.
THE OPPORTUNITY:
Join the AAP team and start reimagining the future of automotive retail. Disrupt the way consumers buy auto parts and take on the industry’s biggest challengers to execute on AAP's top-down commitment to digital expansion.
As a member of the Advance Auto Parts team, you will have an opportunity to disrupt a $150B auto parts industry to bring better and faster solutions to customers. You will be part of a team helping the company live its mission of “Advancing a World in Motion”. The role is part of a merit-based organization with a culture of professional growth and development, and emphasis on the latest tools, platforms and technologies.
We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Unix Administration & Backup/Storage Platform Engineer to lead and manage enterprise Unix/Linux, Backup, Storage, and Recovery platforms across on-premises and cloud environments. This role will serve as a technical leader responsible for platform stability, automation, recovery readiness, storage operations, and infrastructure resiliency across hybrid cloud environments.
The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise in Unix/Linux Administration, Commvault, NetApp, IBM Storage, Nutanix, and cloud-native backup and recovery solutions in Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
Key Responsibilities
- Unix / Linux Administration (Primary Focus)
- Own and manage enterprise Unix/Linux infrastructure across on-premises and cloud environments.
- Administer, configure, harden, patch, upgrade, and troubleshoot Linux platforms.
- Lead OS lifecycle management, security compliance, vulnerability remediation, and performance tuning activities.
- Develop and maintain standard OS builds, automation, and configuration management processes.
- Support application onboarding, middleware integration, and infrastructure services running on Linux platforms.
- Troubleshoot complex operating system, performance, networking, storage, and application-related issues.
- Drive automation using Shell scripting, Python, Ansible, or similar tools.
- Partner with Security, Application, Cloud, and Infrastructure teams to ensure platform resiliency and operational excellence.
- Backup & Storage Administration
- Own and manage enterprise Backup & Storage platforms across on-premises and cloud environments.
- Serve as the primary SME for backup, recovery, replication, storage, and disaster recovery technologies.
- Design, implement, administer, and support backup, recovery, storage, replication, and business continuity solutions.
- Manage and support Commvault Backup & Recovery, including administration, configuration, upgrades, patching, troubleshooting, optimization, and recovery operations.
- Administer enterprise storage platforms including NetApp and IBM Storage.
- Support and manage Nutanix infrastructure and virtualization platforms.
- Implement and optimize Azure Native Backup and GCP Backup & Recovery solutions.
- Define and manage backup policies, retention policies, storage lifecycle management, governance, compliance, and disaster recovery standards.
- Perform storage architecture reviews, capacity planning, performance analysis, optimization, and technology refresh initiatives.
- Lead backup restore testing, disaster recovery exercises, and business continuity validation activities.
- Support backup and recovery operations for enterprise databases including Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, DB2, and MongoDB.
- Troubleshoot complex backup, storage, replication, and recovery issues across hybrid cloud environments.
Required Skills & Experience
- 8+ years of experience in Unix/Linux Administration, Storage, Backup, and Infrastructure Operations.
- Strong hands-on Linux administration experience in enterprise environments.
- Experience managing Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Unix/Linux platforms, patching, upgrades, troubleshooting, and automation.
- Strong expertise with Commvault Backup & Recovery.
- Experience administering NetApp and IBM Storage platforms.
- Experience supporting Nutanix infrastructure and virtualization environments.
- Hands-on experience with Azure Backup and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Backup & Recovery services.
- Strong understanding of storage technologies, backup strategies, retention management, replication, deduplication, ransomware protection, and disaster recovery.
- Experience supporting enterprise databases including Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, DB2, and MongoDB.
- Experience with capacity planning, performance tuning, infrastructure operations, and platform lifecycle management.
- Strong troubleshooting, incident management, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to lead cross-functional technical initiatives and major incident resolution efforts.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with automation tools such as Ansible, Terraform, Shell Scripting, Python, or PowerShell.
- Experience supporting hybrid cloud environments across Azure and GCP.
- Cloud certifications in Azure or Google Cloud Platform.
- Commvault, NetApp, Nutanix, Linux, or Storage-related certifications.
- Experience supporting large-scale enterprise infrastructure platforms.
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