Engineer, Systems Engineering
About The Position
The Systems Engineer is responsible for creating and maintaining availability and high-performance in mixed Linux and Windows development, non-production, and production environments. This individual works as part of a results-oriented, service-delivery team and assists in configuration analysts, release engineers, developers, and operations teams. Additionally, the Systems Engineer performs root cause analysis of problems, selects, and implements automation tools, and actively participates in deep technical discourse. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of system tuning and fault-tolerant design principles as used in high-performance, low-latency computing workloads.
Requirements
- Bachelor Degree in engineering discipline or equivalent experience in Systems Engineering
- 4+ years of experience with Linux operating systems (RedHat variants preferred)
- Experience with automation/configuration management using either Puppet, Ansible, Chef, or equivalent
- Familiarity with git, foreman, Jenkins, or equivalent tooling
- Demonstrable knowledge of multi-tiered, highly available, and resilient application design
- Working knowledge of horizontal and vertical scaling for performance and high availability
- Ability to specify hardware requirements and make recommendations based on application needs
- Demonstrable experience leveraging AI tooling to improve work quality and efficiency
- Thorough understanding of core system security & hardening concepts and processes
- Top-tier analytics and problem solving
- Ability to work in a service-oriented team environment
- Excellent project management, organization, and time management skills
- Customer-focused, and dedicated to the best possible user experience
- Communicate effectively with both technical and business resources
Nice To Haves
- Experience building and supporting bare-metal enterprise servers such as HPE, DELL, IBM, etc.
- Experience with server virtualization technologies (VMWare, Proxmox, etc)
- Familiarity and experience with container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, Tanzu, etc)
- Experience with Linux systems networking protocols and configuration (TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, InfiniBand, etc.)
- Hands-on experience building and maintaining low-latency computing ecosystems
Responsibilities
- Assist in the design, planning and implementation of server solutions, ensuring maximum performance and reliability
- Automate manual tasks using scripting and application development
- Investigate and adopt new technologies/tools as needs arise
- Respond to and assist in production operations in a 24/7 environment
- Work efficiently in a fast-paced environment and handle priorities effectively
- Ensure meticulous attention to detail and maintain excellent organizational skills
- Evaluate, test, and integrate new operating system versions, drivers, and patches
- Provide technical analysis, resolve problems, and propose solutions
- Support internal infrastructure initiatives including patching, refreshes, upgrades, and decommissions
- Provide support to, and coordinate with, developers, operations staff, release engineers, and end-users
- Collaborate effectively with team members to achieve project goals and maintain system integrity
- Educate and mentor team members and operations staff
- Participate in a weekly on-call rotation for after-hours support
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
