Systems Engineer II
Chesapeake, VAFull-time$100–116K/yrSeen 2 days agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago
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Job overview
Dollar Tree seeks a Senior Infrastructure Engineer for its Systems Engineering team to design, modernize, and support enterprise infrastructure. The role spans virtualization, storage, Linux, cloud, automation, observability, reliability, and security, with responsibility for highly available platforms and hybrid-cloud architectures. The engineer will lead upgrades and migrations, improve resilience, and develop scalable automation. The posting lists a start rate of $100,000 to $116,000, plus a 20% bonus and equity.
Skills & qualifications
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Full job description
We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Infrastructure Engineer to join our Systems Engineering team. This role is ideal for a well-rounded professional with deep expertise in one or more domains and broad experience across storage, virtualization, Linux, cloud, and automation.
You will play a key role in designing, modernizing, and supporting enterprise infrastructure while driving reliability, scalability, and automation.
Key Responsibilities
Virtualization & Hybrid Infrastructure
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Architect and support highly available on prem virtualization platforms
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Lead upgrades, migrations, and lifecycle management
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Drive modernization for scalability and performance
Infrastructure, Storage & Business Continuity
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Manage enterprise storage systems supporting file and block.
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Design backup, DR, and replication solutions
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Lead recovery testing and improve resilience
Linux Engineering & Platform Services
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Administer enterprise Linux platforms
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Establish standards for patching, security, and lifecycle
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Support complex troubleshooting and critical services
Cloud & Platform Engineering
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Design and support solutions across 3 major cloud providers
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Build hybrid-cloud architectures and drive governance and cost optimization
Automation & Infrastructure as Code
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Promote automation-first practices
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Develop solutions using Terraform, Ansible, Git, APIs, and CI/CD
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Reduce manual processes through scalable automation
Observability, Reliability & Security
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Improve monitoring, alerting, and observability
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Partner on security, compliance, and vulnerability remediation
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Enhance platform reliability and performance
Key Responsibilities
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Architect and support virtualization platforms; lead upgrades and migrations
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Manage enterprise storage and DR solutions
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Administer Linux environments and enforce standards
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Design and support cloud solutions across multiple public cloud providers; enable hybrid architectures
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Develop Infrastructure-as-Code and automation using Terraform, Ansible, Git, CI/CD
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Enhance monitoring, observability, and platform reliability
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Support security, compliance, and vulnerability remediation
Required Qualifications
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10+ years in Infrastructure, Systems, Platform, or SRE engineering
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Enterprise environment experience
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Proven solution design and implementation skills
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Strong troubleshooting across multiple domains
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Strong communication and collaboration
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Ability to balance strategy with hands-on execution
Technical Experience
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VMware vSphere/ESXi, OLVM
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NetApp ONTAP and enterprise storage
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Backup, DR, and business continuity
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Linux (RHEL, Oracle Linux)
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Cloud (Azure, GCP, OCI)
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Terraform, Ansible, Git, CI/CD
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Monitoring, observability, and security practices
Preferred Qualifications
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Retail or distributed environment experience
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Relevant certifications (NetApp, VMware, Red Hat, Cloud, Terraform)
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Python or PowerShell scripting
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Observability/logging platforms
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Exposure to AI/ML infrastructure concepts
What Sets You Apart
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Strong systems thinking across infrastructure, cloud, and security
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Deep expertise with broad technical range
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Passion for solving complex challenges
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Focus on automation and continuous improvement
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Ability to lead, execute, and collaborate effectively
Start Rate = $100,000 to $116,000 based on experience plus a 20% bonus and equity. The company offers Health, Dental, & Vision, a flexible spending account, life and disability insurance benefits, a 401k plan, PTO, paid holidays annually, and an employee stock purchase plan.
Full time
Chesapeake, Virginia
IT Engineering
Dollar Tree
How this job compares
Set against the 11,131 open Systems Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 2, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$100–116K/yr
- Virginia median$120–182K/yr801 salary ranges
- US median$116–188K/yr8,183 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $108K, is 29% below the Virginia median midpoint ($152K) — in the lowest quarter of Systems Engineer salary ranges in Virginia.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 1,017 open Systems Engineer jobs in Virginia and 11,131 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Virginia
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 10 years of experience — more than three in four Systems Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 9,387 postings).
- Education
- 4,587 of the 11,131 open Systems Engineer jobs (41%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 2, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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