Systems Engineer - IT Infrastructure and Cloud Services

TKC Holdings • UNAVAILABLE, Texas

2d

About The Position

The Systems Engineer supports rapidly growing infrastructure of Linux servers and deployment/maintenance of custom ICS applications via automation. This person will also assist with planning and deploying resources to cloud platforms as needed to support the business.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience maintaining production Linux infrastructure in a leading role.
• Familiarity with various automation platforms for on-prem and cloud based infrastructure (e.g. Ansible, AWX, Terraform).
• Familiarity with deploying and maintaining cloud based infrastructure, specifically Google Cloud Platform with a strong emphasis on following best practices regarding security and scaling.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Strong attention to detail and well-honed troubleshooting skills.
• Strong ability to work independently and efficiently.
• Strong communication skills to work directly with manager to plan/deploy/maintain new projects.
• Familiarity with creating and maintaining CICD workflows and webhooks/integrations within Gitlab.
• Advanced knowledge of Linux operating systems, preferably Rocky or other RHEL based distributions.
• Advanced ability to accomplish tasks via a Linux command line.
• Experience using a trouble ticket system, such as Service Now.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with SQL and maintaining systems that host Postgres or MySQL databases.
• Experience with containers and on-prem virtualization platforms (e.g. Kubernetes, VMWare).
• Experience with Datadog as it relates to integrations, log management, metrics and alerts.
• Experience with server management tools. (e.g. Satellite/Foreman, IdM/FreeIPA).
• Experience managing web, caching and load balancing servers (e.g. Apache, Valkey/Redis, HAProxy).
• Experience with OpenBao or Hashicorp Vault.
• Experience with creating and maintaining automations to insure compliance with NIST 800-53.
• Experience with FedRAMP within various cloud platforms, preferably GCP.
• Experience supporting server class hardware and storage.(e.g. 45Drives Ceph clusters and Dell PowerProtect Data Domain).

Responsibilities

• Writing and maintaining code for the purposes of automating various functions of the organization.
• Monitor logs and dashboards to proactively identify and resolve troubles.
• Break/fix escalations from various departments.
• Patching security vulnerabilities and bugs via server management platform.
• Identify and implement new tools to improve operations.
• Maintain existing project documentation and create new documentation as needed.
• Other duties as determined by the needs of the business.

Benefits

• Medical w/prescription coverage
• Benefit Credit received when enrolled in a TKC medical plan, to help offset your benefit costs. Benefit Credit of $750 annually, will be divided evenly among your paychecks throughout the Plan Year.
• Dental
• Vision
• Basic Life and Basic Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance
• Short Term Disability
• Long Term Disability
• Voluntary benefits that can be selected to create the right package for you
• Paid time off
• Company Match for the 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
• DailyPay providing you immediate access to earned wages.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed