Sr Systems Engineer (SRE)

Mercury Insurance Services, LLC

100d • $92,154 - $174,681

About The Position

The Systems Engineer, Senior is a senior level position that works independently to design, implement, administer and support critical, high transactional systems that have direct customer, revenue and/or compliance impact. Mentors and shares technical expertise with less experienced systems engineers.

Requirements

• BS Computer Science or a related field or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• 5 to 7 years of prior working experience in systems engineering or related in a medium or large organization.

Nice To Haves

• 3 or more years of experience building, scaling and managing container orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes, EKS, Openshift Container Platform (OCP).
• Demonstrated experience with Infrastructure as code, technologies such as Terraform or Cloud Formation.
• 3 or more years of experience building, deploying and managing AWS services.
• Proficiency in at least 1 scripting language such as Bash, Python, Github Actions – bonus if you have proficiency with NodeJS, Go, and/or Java.

Responsibilities

• Implements infrastructure systems and components in support of business and IT applications such as hardware, servers, software, and appliances.
• Independently conducts implementations that include installation, configuration, update, documentation and knowledge transfer.
• Analyzes, diagnoses, isolates and identifies system problems.
• Creates short term solutions to alleviate problem symptoms and identifies root causes.
• Contributes to compliance related activities such as reporting, baseline and verifications.
• Participates in application development process by reviewing non-functional requirements and proposing, designing, and delivering supporting infrastructure.
• Occasionally manages small scale IT projects or exercises technical leadership to oversee architecture design and validation.
• Shares knowledge and mentors less experienced staff.
• Initiates, promotes, and exemplifies best practices in areas of capacity, asset/inventory, configuration, update, procurement, and vendor engagement.
• Develops, designs, tests, and documents improvement solutions and processes aimed to improve system’s efficiency, reliability, scalability, and cost effectiveness.
• Demonstrates Mercury’s core values of People, Service Excellence, Trustworthiness, Process Simplicity and Product Value.
• Cordially and professionally interacts with customers, vendors, superiors and peers.
• Regular attendance on a full-time schedule of at least 8 hours and 40 hours per week.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Flexibility to work from anywhere in the United States for most positions
• Paid time off (vacation time, sick time, 9 paid Company holidays, volunteer hours)
• Incentive bonus programs (potential for holiday bonus, referral bonus, and performance-based bonus)
• Medical, dental, vision, life, and pet insurance
• 401 (k) retirement savings plan with company match
• Engaging work environment
• Promotional opportunities
• Education assistance
• Professional and personal development opportunities
• Company recognition program
• Health and wellbeing resources, including free mental wellbeing therapy/coaching sessions, child and eldercare resources, and more

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees