Senior Engineer, Systems Engineering

Job Purpose We are seeking an experienced and motivated Systems Engineer to join our team. In this role, you will work alongside other engineers on multiple items – projects, operations, and on-call duties. You are required to have a good understanding of systems architecture and design, strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, and excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

Managing and monitoring all systems and infrastructure

Installing, configuring, testing, and maintaining operating systems, application software and system management tools across several Windows VMs

Understand application workflows to assist with performance issues and propose solutions to ensure highest levels of availability

Identify and automate operational tasks

Patch management on Windows and Linux

Participate in an on-call rotation.

Create and maintain documentation of the infrastructure and configurations

Assist in the design, planning and implementation of server solutions

Tune and design systems infrastructure for maximum available performance

Automation of manual tasks using scripting and application development

Investigate and adopt new technologies / tools as needs arise as well as implement said tools quickly and efficiently

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, and End-Users

Provide education and / or mentorship where needed to Teammates, Operations, Development and QA

Ensure streamlined application deployments

Knowledge and Experience

8+ years building and managing infrastructure systems

Experience with virtualization

Working experience in installing, configuring, and troubleshooting Windows based systems, Linux a plus

Previous scripting experience is required – PowerShell, Python etc.

Experience with Configuration Management tools like Ansible, Puppet etc.

Must be a self-starter

Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment

Ability to communicate and effectively collaborate with internal departments and other outside parties in a professional manner

Working knowledge of git, Jenkins or equivalent

Working knowledge of horizontal and vertical scaling for performance and high availability

Top-tier analytics and problem solving

Organization, and time management skills