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Principal Infrastructure Engineer
Versant3 · Englewood Cliffs, NEW JERSEY, United States · Hybrid · Active · $175,000–$217,000 / year · SmartRecruiters
Job facts
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Company | Versant3 |
| Title | Principal Infrastructure Engineer |
| Normalized title | - |
| Department / team | Information Technology |
| Location | Englewood Cliffs, NJ, United States |
| Work model | Hybrid / Hybrid |
| Employment type | Full Time |
| Salary | $175,000–$217,000 / year |
| Status | active |
| ATS provider | SmartRecruiters |
| Posted / first seen | 2026-06-12 / 2026-06-13 |
| Changed / last seen | 2026-06-13 / 2026-06-18 |
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Description
VERSANT (Nasdaq: VSNT) is an industry-changing media and entertainment business and home to trusted brands that shape culture, inform audiences, and build lasting connections. It operates across four core markets: political news and opinion, business news and personal finance, golf, and sports and genre entertainment. These markets are served through a powerful portfolio of iconic and innovative brands, including CNBC, MS NOW, USA Network, Golf Channel, Oxygen, E!, SYFY, and Versant’s sports division USA Sports, along with complementary digital assets including Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, GolfNow and GolfPass.
The Principal Infrastructure Engineer is a senior technical leader responsible for the design, implementation, and ongoing operation of VERSANT’s on-premise infrastructure platforms supporting business-critical and media-centric applications.
This role serves as a hands-on subject matter expert for VMware virtualization platforms managing Windows and Linux virtual machines, enterprise databases (Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL), and enterprise storage systems including Pure Storage, NetApp, and EMC Isilon.
The Principal Infrastructure Engineer ensures infrastructure environments are highly available, performance-optimized, secure, and scalable, meeting the throughput and reliability requirements of production systems.
Responsibilities
Design, implement, and manage VMware clusters in on-premise production environments.
Administer Windows and Linux virtual machines supporting enterprise and media workloads.
Support and optimize Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, and PostgreSQL database platforms.
Architect and manage Pure Storage, NetApp, and EMC Isilon storage environments.
Perform capacity planning, patching, upgrades, and hardware lifecycle management.
Troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues across compute, storage, and database layers.
Define standards for performance tuning, backup, and disaster recovery.
Spearhead efforts to automate infrastructure tasks
Collaborate with security, networking, and application teams to ensure stable operations.
Document infrastructure architecture and operational procedures.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
8+ years of experience in infrastructure or systems engineering.
Deep hands-on expertise with VMware vSphere and vCenter.
Strong experience with Windows and Linux server administration.
Experience managing Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, and PostgreSQL databases.
Extensive experience with Pure Storage, NetApp, and EMC Isilon platforms.
Strong understanding of high-availability design and storage protocols.
Excellent troubleshooting and cross-team collaboration skills.
As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with a VERSANT Media employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. VERSANT Media's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.
If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require support throughout the application and/or recruitment process as a result of your disability, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation. You can submit your request to [email protected] .
VERSANT Media is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. We include a good faith pay range for each position to comply with applicable state and local pay transparency laws and to promote equity across our organization. Actual compensation will be based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, experience, and location and may include additional forms of compensation and benefits such as health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, etc.
VERSANT Media is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at VERSANT via-email, the Internet, or in any form and/or method without a valid written Statement of Work in place for this position from VERSANT's Talent Acquisition team will be deemed the sole property of VERSANT. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by VERSANT as a result of the referral or through other means.
Full job record
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| Status | active |
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| Location Text | Englewood Cliffs, NEW JERSEY, United States |
| Department | Information Technology |
| Team | — |
| Employment Type | full_time |
| Workplace Type | hybrid |
| Remote Policy | hybrid |
| Country | United States |
| Region | NJ |
| City | Englewood Cliffs |
| Salary Raw | USD 175000-217000 year |
| Salary Min | 175,000 |
| Salary Max | 217,000 |
| Salary Currency | USD |
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| Source URL | https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/Versant3/744000131966734-principal-infrastructure-engineer |
| Apply URL | https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/Versant3/744000131966734-principal-infrastructure-engineer?oga=true |
| First Seen At | 2026-06-13 11:12:26Z |
| Last Seen At | 2026-06-18 11:01:04Z |
| Last Checked At | 2026-06-18 11:01:04Z |
| Last Changed At | 2026-06-13 11:12:26Z |
| Inactive At | — |
| Source Posted At | 2026-06-12 18:45:25Z |
| Source Updated At | — |
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