{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"779cce09fbcd4e0dd0f61e4f","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/779cce09fbcd4e0dd0f61e4f","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/779cce09fbcd4e0dd0f61e4f","title":"Systems Engineer","description":"NBBJ is an award-winning design firm recognized as a TIME100 Most Influential Company, a Fast Company Most Innovative Architecture Firm and a two-time 2025 AIA National Honor Award recipient. These recognitions reflect our purpose-driven approach that, fueled by ideas and a culture of collaboration, creates healthy buildings, strong communities and a resilient environment. That’s where you come in. With leading clients, diverse colleagues and offices in creative capitals around the globe, a career at NBBJ will inspire you to be extraordinary. You can learn more about our firm, see what it’s like to work here and explore recent projects and ideas at NBBJ.com. Join us to make an impact today!\n\nThe role at a glance:\n\nNBBJ Columbus is seeking an experienced Systems Engineer to join our talented Digital Infrastructure team. Our ideal candidate is highly organized, possesses strong project management and time management skills. Candidates should possess and demonstrate a successful track record of collaborating with internal and external resources to design and implement scalable solutions and troubleshooting complex problems while meeting deadlines and budget constraints. The desire and ability to work in a fast paced, ever-changing, collaborative environment is essential.\n\nIn your new role, you will:\n\nResponsibilities and essential job functions include but are not limited to the following:\n\nManage enterprise virtualization and storage platforms including VMware, HPE storage systems, and related capacity, performance, replication, and lifecycle planning.\nMonitor storage health, utilization, throughput, latency, and growth trends; identify risks early and recommend remediation before business operations are affected.\nAdminister and improve backup, recovery, and retention services using Commvault, with emphasis on restore validation, ransomware resilience, and disaster recovery readiness.\nTroubleshoot complex infrastructure problems and develop practical, sustainable solutions.\nProvide escalation support for systems administrators, engineers, and internal support teams.\nLead, coach, mentor, and cross-train team members to improve knowledge sharing and operational resilience.\nPlan, design, build, and maintain highly available, reliable, and scalable virtualized server platforms.\nLearn, evaluate, and integrate evolving infrastructure technologies with existing systems.\nPartner with vendors to evaluate product offerings, resolve technical issues, and support procurement decisions.\nDocument workflows, processes, procedures, configurations, and infrastructure service use cases.\nParticipate in a team on-call rotation.\nWork extended hours when needed for critical outages, serious incidents, or disaster recovery events.\nTravel occasionally, generally less than two weeks per year.\n\nWhat you will need to succeed:\n\nAt least seven years of relevant systems engineering experience in a mid-sized, multilocation enterprise environment.\nDirect, recent, hands-on professional experience with the following:\nVirtualization platforms, preferably VMware, and HPE GreenLake.\nMicrosoft Windows Server management, failover clusters, and file servers on currently supported versions.\nEnterprise storage administration, preferably VMware, and HPE storage platforms.\nBackup and recovery platforms, preferably Commvault, including backup policy design, restore validation, retention, and disaster recovery support.\nMicrosoft Active Directory and Entra ID in a multisite environment.\nServer security hardening, patching, and vulnerability remediation.\nUnderstanding of TCP/IP fundamentals and related protocols, including DNS, DHCP, HTTP, FTP, SSH, and SSL.\nMethodical, analytical approach to troubleshooting.\nStrong interpersonal, organizational, and project management skills.\nHigh degree of autonomy, attention to detail, and ability to work effectively with peers and customers.\nAbility to prioritize tasks in a high-pressure, fast-paced, collaborative environment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n\nCommvault administration, reporting, automation, and troubleshooting.\nLinux server administration, including storage-oriented administration and ZFS concepts.\nHPE server, storage, and firmware lifecycle management.\nMicrosoft Azure infrastructure services.\nMicrosoft SQL Server administration or support.\nMicrosoft PKI management.\nCitrix Virtual Apps and Desktops and Citrix ADC.\nAtlassian Jira and Agile project management practices.\n\nThis role requires the individual to be based in the United States. This role is fully remote*, and the ideal candidate is located within a 2 hour radius of either the Columbus, Ohio office located at: 250 S. High Street, Suite 300, Columbus, Ohio 43215 or the Charlotte, North Carolina office located at: 1018 Jay Street, Suite 470, Charlotte, North Carolina 28208.\n\nThe annual base pay range for this role is anticipated to be between $100,000 and $120,000 for Columbus, Ohio candidates, and between $100,000 and $130,000 for Charlotte or Raleigh, North Carolina candidates. Actual compensation for successful candidates will be carefully determined based on a number of factors, including their skills, qualifications and experience.\n\n*Some travel may be requested due to studio and office needs - all travel will be coordinated with NBBJ's internal travel team, and the team member will discuss travel arrangements in advance with their studio team and leaders.","company":"Nbbj","rawCompany":"nbbj","city":"Charlotte","state":"NC","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-09-12T10:36:27.977Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1299.08","title":"Computer Systems Engineers/Architects","slug":"computer-systems-engineers-architects"},{"code":"15-1244.00","title":"Network and Computer Systems Administrators","slug":"network-and-computer-systems-administrators"},{"code":"15-1211.00","title":"Computer Systems Analysts","slug":"computer-systems-analysts"}],"industries":[{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"},{"code":"541519","title":"Other Computer Related Services","slug":"other-computer-related-services"},{"code":"518210","title":"Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services","slug":"computing-infrastructure-providers-data-processing-web-hosting-and-related-services"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Systems Engineer","description":"NBBJ is an award-winning design firm recognized as a TIME100 Most Influential Company, a Fast Company Most Innovative Architecture Firm and a two-time 2025 AIA National Honor Award recipient. These recognitions reflect our purpose-driven approach that, fueled by ideas and a culture of collaboration, creates healthy buildings, strong communities and a resilient environment. That’s where you come in. With leading clients, diverse colleagues and offices in creative capitals around the globe, a career at NBBJ will inspire you to be extraordinary. You can learn more about our firm, see what it’s like to work here and explore recent projects and ideas at NBBJ.com. Join us to make an impact today!\n\nThe role at a glance:\n\nNBBJ Columbus is seeking an experienced Systems Engineer to join our talented Digital Infrastructure team. Our ideal candidate is highly organized, possesses strong project management and time management skills. Candidates should possess and demonstrate a successful track record of collaborating with internal and external resources to design and implement scalable solutions and troubleshooting complex problems while meeting deadlines and budget constraints. The desire and ability to work in a fast paced, ever-changing, collaborative environment is essential.\n\nIn your new role, you will:\n\nResponsibilities and essential job functions include but are not limited to the following:\n\nManage enterprise virtualization and storage platforms including VMware, HPE storage systems, and related capacity, performance, replication, and lifecycle planning.\nMonitor storage health, utilization, throughput, latency, and growth trends; identify risks early and recommend remediation before business operations are affected.\nAdminister and improve backup, recovery, and retention services using Commvault, with emphasis on restore validation, ransomware resilience, and disaster recovery readiness.\nTroubleshoot complex infrastructure problems and develop practical, sustainable solutions.\nProvide escalation support for systems administrators, engineers, and internal support teams.\nLead, coach, mentor, and cross-train team members to improve knowledge sharing and operational resilience.\nPlan, design, build, and maintain highly available, reliable, and scalable virtualized server platforms.\nLearn, evaluate, and integrate evolving infrastructure technologies with existing systems.\nPartner with vendors to evaluate product offerings, resolve technical issues, and support procurement decisions.\nDocument workflows, processes, procedures, configurations, and infrastructure service use cases.\nParticipate in a team on-call rotation.\nWork extended hours when needed for critical outages, serious incidents, or disaster recovery events.\nTravel occasionally, generally less than two weeks per year.\n\nWhat you will need to succeed:\n\nAt least seven years of relevant systems engineering experience in a mid-sized, multilocation enterprise environment.\nDirect, recent, hands-on professional experience with the following:\nVirtualization platforms, preferably VMware, and HPE GreenLake.\nMicrosoft Windows Server management, failover clusters, and file servers on currently supported versions.\nEnterprise storage administration, preferably VMware, and HPE storage platforms.\nBackup and recovery platforms, preferably Commvault, including backup policy design, restore validation, retention, and disaster recovery support.\nMicrosoft Active Directory and Entra ID in a multisite environment.\nServer security hardening, patching, and vulnerability remediation.\nUnderstanding of TCP/IP fundamentals and related protocols, including DNS, DHCP, HTTP, FTP, SSH, and SSL.\nMethodical, analytical approach to troubleshooting.\nStrong interpersonal, organizational, and project management skills.\nHigh degree of autonomy, attention to detail, and ability to work effectively with peers and customers.\nAbility to prioritize tasks in a high-pressure, fast-paced, collaborative environment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n\nCommvault administration, reporting, automation, and troubleshooting.\nLinux server administration, including storage-oriented administration and ZFS concepts.\nHPE server, storage, and firmware lifecycle management.\nMicrosoft Azure infrastructure services.\nMicrosoft SQL Server administration or support.\nMicrosoft PKI management.\nCitrix Virtual Apps and Desktops and Citrix ADC.\nAtlassian Jira and Agile project management practices.\n\nThis role requires the individual to be based in the United States. This role is fully remote*, and the ideal candidate is located within a 2 hour radius of either the Columbus, Ohio office located at: 250 S. High Street, Suite 300, Columbus, Ohio 43215 or the Charlotte, North Carolina office located at: 1018 Jay Street, Suite 470, Charlotte, North Carolina 28208.\n\nThe annual base pay range for this role is anticipated to be between $100,000 and $120,000 for Columbus, Ohio candidates, and between $100,000 and $130,000 for Charlotte or Raleigh, North Carolina candidates. Actual compensation for successful candidates will be carefully determined based on a number of factors, including their skills, qualifications and experience.\n\n*Some travel may be requested due to studio and office needs - all travel will be coordinated with NBBJ's internal travel team, and the team member will discuss travel arrangements in advance with their studio team and leaders.","datePosted":"2026-09-12T10:36:27.977Z","dateModified":"2026-09-12T10:36:27.977Z","hiringOrganization":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Nbbj","sameAs":"https://jobsearcher.com"},"jobLocation":{"@type":"Place","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","addressLocality":"Charlotte","addressRegion":"NC","addressCountry":"US"}},"identifier":{"@type":"PropertyValue","name":"JobSearcher","value":"779cce09fbcd4e0dd0f61e4f"},"url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/779cce09fbcd4e0dd0f61e4f"}}