System Engineer

Overview: Our telecommunications client is seeking a Systems Engineer III to serve as a DNS Subject Matter Expert (SME) within the lab environment. This is a high visibility, long-term contract role focused on the ownership, stability, and operational excellence of DNS services.

This engineer will be the primary owner of DNS, ensuring the environment is reliable, scalable, and resilient across the enterprise lab. While the broader team supports multiple infrastructure platforms, this role's primary focus is DNS, filling a critical ownership gap identified during a recent IPAM/DNS migration., Serve as the primary owner of DNS services within the lab environment

Provide operational support for DNS, including monitoring, troubleshooting, and break/fix resolution

Support daily DNS requests such as domain and subdomain creation, updates, and configuration changes

Investigate and resolve DNSrelated issues impacting application reachability, name resolution, and traffic flow

Determine whether DNS is the root cause during incidents and validate configuration accuracy

Learn and maintain a deep understanding of the end-to-end DNS architecture, including routing, traffic flow, and infrastructure dependencies

Interpret and work from architectural diagrams to support issue resolution and future stability

Help eliminate single points of failure and reduce risk through thoughtful operational practices

Partner with senior engineers during complex troubleshooting and outages

Lead or contribute to DNSrelated initiatives and enhancements, meeting commitments and deadlines

Collaborate closely with network, systems, and application teams to support enterprise infrastructure needs

Work with project managers to align DNS activities with broader project timelines

Participate in additional team projects as needed once DNS ownership is established

Act as a senior technical resource for DNS related questions

Mentor and support junior engineers (without expectation to fully cross train them to SME depth

Communicate clearly and confidently during incidents, including updates to impacted teams

Demonstrate ownership, accountability, and a proactive mindset in high-pressure situations

Disclaimer: Brooksource, Medasource, and Calculated Hire are part of the Eight Eleven Group family of companies and operate under Eight Eleven Group, LLC. All employees receive the same benefits, policies, and terms of employment.

This is a senior level, hands-on role that requires deep DNS expertise, strong communication skills, and comfort operating in a large, enterprise environment where DNS issues can have widespread impact.

Desired Skill Set:

4-5+ years of hands-on experience owning and managing DNS in a production environment (not just supporting it incidentally)

Strong understanding of DNS architecture, operations, and troubleshooting

Experience supporting DNS in large, enterprise or corporate environments

Solid Linux administration experience

Ability to trace traffic, analyze failures, and resolve complex DNS related issues

Proven experience leading technical work or projects

Strong communication skills and comfort operating in high visibility environments

Willingness to take ownership and jump into issues when they arise

Day to Day

Benefits & Perks: Brooksource offers competitive medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Dependent Care FSA, and supplemental coverage with plans that can fit each employee's needs. We offer a 401k plan that includes a company match and is fully vested after you become eligible, paid time off, sick time, and paid company holidays. We also offer an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) that provides services like virtual counseling, financial services, legal services, life coaching, etc.

Pay Disclaimer: The pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

Pay: $40.00 - $45.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40.0 per week

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Vision insurance