Engineer, Systems Engineering

Job Description:

Job Purpose

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 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 deeply technical discourse.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the design, planning and implementation of server solutions
• Tune and design systems infrastructure for maximum available 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
• Evaluate, test, and integrate new operating system versions, drivers, and patches
• Provide technical analysis, resolve problems, and propose solutions
• Provide support to, and coordinate with, developers, operations staff, release engineers, and end-users
• Automate common tasks in continuing effort to improve efficiency and consistency
• Participate in a weekly on-call rotation for after-hours support

Knowledge and Experience

• 3+ years of experience with Windows Server operating systems
• 2+ years of experience with Linux operating systems (RedHat variants preferred)
• Over 1 years of hands-on experience using Ansible for automation and configuration management, focusing on improving and maintaining Windows and RHEL server operating systems.
• Knowledge of networking infrastructure, configuration, routing, troubleshooting and analysis
• Experience with building and supporting both physical and virtual infrastructure
• Experience in use of PowerShell for Windows administration and task automation
• Understanding of enterprise level storage and backup solutions
• Experience with automation/configuration management using Puppet or Ansible
• Top-tier analytics and problem solving
• Ability to work in a service-oriented team environment
• Excellent skills in Project Management, organization, and time management
• Customer-focused, and dedicated to the best possible user experience
• Communicate effectively with both technical and business resources
• Fluent speaking, reading, and writing in English

Preferred

• Degree in engineering discipline or equivalent experience in Systems Engineering
• Familiar with deployment automation and orchestration (Jenkins preferred)
• Experience packaging windows software with Chocolatey
• Familiarity with source control tools, such as git, Bitbucket, SVN or others
• Experience with container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, etc)