JOIN THE TEAM THAT’S POWERING PROGRESS
Building cities. Driving commerce. Fueling Progress. For over 100 years, Allison has powered the vehicles and technology that move our world forward.
What powers us? Our employees. From the first person hired by James Allison in 1915 to the thousands across the globe who work for Allison today, we're driving progress everywhere because we employ top talent worldwide. In both the Allison Transmission and Allison Off-Highway Drive and Motion Systems business units, our team strives to Improve the Way the World Works.
Learn more about this role and how you can begin driving your career forward!
Benefits:
The below list features some of the benefits currently available. Eligibility may be subject to the terms and conditions of governing documents and available benefits may be subject to change at the company’s discretion.
Choice of medical plans with prescription coverage
Employer HSA contribution
Dental & Vision Insurance
Paid Parental Leave
Short & Long-Term Disability
Other voluntary benefits including: Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, Identity Theft Protection and Pet Insurance
401K with generous Company match & contribution
Accrued Paid Time Off
12 Paid Holidays + 1 Floating Holiday
Robust employee wellness program
Tuition assistance program
Job Description:
Primary Purpose of Role:
Provides foundational engineering and operational support for datacenter and cloud infrastructure services. This role assists with day-to-day administration, monitoring, patching, backup, and troubleshooting activities while developing technical depth across server, storage, virtualization, cloud, and automation platforms.
Key Responsibilities:
Support daily operation of datacenter and cloud infrastructure under established standards and procedures.
Perform routine server administration, including provisioning, patching, access changes, and basic troubleshooting.
Assist with management of virtualization, storage, backup, file services, and core infrastructure services such as DHCP, DNS, and NTP.
Monitor infrastructure and application alerts, respond to issues, and escalate complex problems appropriately.
Execute operational tasks related to lifecycle management, system health checks, capacity reviews, and compliance activities.
Assist with backup validation, disaster recovery testing, and recovery documentation updates.
Contribute to configuration management and basic automation activities using scripts and standard tools.
Maintain accurate technical documentation, asset/configuration records, and operating procedures.
Key Performance Measures:
Infrastructure incidents resolved within assigned SLA targets.
Patch compliance levels for assigned systems and platforms.
Backup job success rate and completion of restore validation tasks.
Timeliness and accuracy of documentation and configuration updates.
Reduction in repeat incidents through proper issue identification and escalation.
Competencies and Behaviors:
Accountability – Foundational: Follows through on assigned work, meets commitments, and raises issues early.
Collaboration – Foundational: Works effectively with peers, service desk, security, and application teams.
Customer Focus – Foundational: Understands the impact of outages and responds with urgency and professionalism.
Continuous Improvement – Foundational: Looks for small process, documentation, and automation improvements.
Technical Learning Agility – Foundational: Builds technical breadth quickly and applies feedback to improve performance.
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field preferred.
Associate degree with relevant experience may be considered.
Foundational technical certification preferred (Microsoft, VMware, Azure, AWS, Linux, or similar).
Understanding of enterprise infrastructure support practices preferred.
Experience:
1–3 years of experience in infrastructure, server, cloud, or datacenter support.
Basic knowledge of Windows and/or Linux server administration.
Exposure to virtualization, storage, backup, or monitoring tools.
Familiarity with patching, incident management, and change management processes.
Basic scripting or automation exposure in PowerShell, Python, or similar.
Experience working in a structured IT operational environment preferred.
Scope Factors:
Supports enterprise infrastructure services with guidance from senior engineers.
Primarily responsible for execution of defined operational tasks and standard changes.
No direct people management responsibility.
Supports regional or global services as part of a larger team.
Limited decision-making authority; escalates non-standard technical issues.
No direct budget ownership; may influence small operational purchases or renewals through recommendations.
Allison Transmission is an equal opportunity employer. We have opportunities for all qualified applicants regardless of age, race, color, sex, religion, creed, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression or veteran status.
If you are an individual with a disability or a disabled veteran requiring assistance and/or reasonable accommodations reviewing any of the careers information, please contact us at [email protected].
Please note that Allison Transmission will make an offer of employment only to individuals who have applied for a position using our official application. Be on alert for possible fraudulent offers of employment. Allison Transmission will not solicit money or banking information from applicants.
Skills Required
- 1-3 years of experience in infrastructure, server, cloud, or datacenter support.
- Basic knowledge of Windows and/or Linux server administration.
- Exposure to virtualization, storage, backup, or monitoring tools.
- Familiarity with patching, incident management, and change management processes.
- Basic scripting or automation exposure (PowerShell, Python, or similar).
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field.
- Associate degree with relevant experience may be considered.
- Foundational technical certification (Microsoft, VMware, Azure, AWS, Linux, or similar).
- Understanding of enterprise infrastructure support practices.
- Experience working in a structured IT operational environment.
Allison Transmission Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Allison Transmission and has not been reviewed or approved by Allison Transmission.
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Healthcare Strength — Access to comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage is available, alongside life and disability insurance and an employee assistance program. A wellness platform (Virgin Pulse) supports prevention and healthy habits.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) program with generous company contributions or match is highlighted, with additional offerings like profit sharing and an employee stock purchase plan. Certain groups reference pension or defined contribution retirement components.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid holidays, vacation, and sick time are provided, with some roles noting flex days and sizable holiday allotments. Paid parental leave is also described.
Allison Transmission Insights
What We Do
Allison Transmission is the world’s largest manufacturer of commercial-duty automatic transmissions and hybrid propulsion systems. Our products are specified by more than 300 of the world’s leading vehicle manufacturers and are used in a range of market sectors—from bus, refuse and emergency to construction, distribution and defense. Allison was founded in 1915 in Indianapolis, Indiana, where the company’s global headquarters is still located. We have approximately 1,400 dealer and distributor locations, employ more than 2,700 people around the world and our international presence spans more than 80 countries. OUR VISION In addition to being the world’s leading provider of commercial-duty automatic transmissions and hybrid propulsion systems, we also strive to be the foremost provider of parts and services for our customers. Whether you drive, sell, service or distribute on-highway vehicles, defense vehicles or off-highway equipment, Allison provides you with the highest quality products and the best customer care. We work to win your trust and enthusiasm through continuous improvement driven by the integrity, teamwork and innovation from our employees and authorized partners. OUR PROMISE Allison promises our customers an automatic experience like they’ve never had: an unrivaled combination of Quality, Reliability, Durability, Vocational Value and Customer Service.
