Senior Systems Engineer
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Job description
The Senior Systems Engineer is a hands-on, operationally accountable role at the heart of Verifone's Americas IT Infrastructure team. You will serve as a key technical contributor to Verifone's VMware-to-KVM/CloudStack migration programme and broader platform operations - bringing depth across Linux, Windows, storage, and DevOps tooling while operating within a PCI DSS environment., + Lead the design and execution of KVM/libvirt hypervisor deployments across US data centers.
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Drive VMware-to-KVM/CloudStack workload migrations end-to-end, including planning, VM conversion, storage migration, and cutover coordination.
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Administer CloudStack zones, clusters, templates, and storage pools; own VM lifecycle operations at scale.
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Independently troubleshoot complex hypervisor, networking, and storage performance issues. DevOps Tooling & Automation
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Own and maintain Ansible playbooks for infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and patching at scale.
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Build and manage Jenkins CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure-as-code workflows and automated deployments.
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Lead adoption of Git-based IaC practices across the team and guide junior engineers' automation contributions.
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Develop Python and Bash automation to reduce operational toil and improve consistency across environments. Windows & Linux Server Operations
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Administer RHEL/Rocky/Ubuntu Linux and Windows Server environments - provisioning, patching, hardening, and lifecycle management.
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Support Active Directory domain decommission and consolidation, including legacy Windows Server migration activities.
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Enforce OS security baselines aligned to PCI DSS v4.0 and provide evidence for audit cycles.
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Serve as Tier 3 escalation for OS-level incidents across Linux and Windows platforms. Storage
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Manage SAN/NAS environments including LUN provisioning, zoning, multipath I/O, and iSCSI/FC configuration.
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Support Pure Storage FlashArray and VMAX operations, migrations, and performance troubleshooting.
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Integrate block and file storage with KVM/CloudStack primary and secondary storage pools. Team & Cross-Functional Collaboration
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Provide guidance and day-to-day support to junior engineers; assist with onboarding and informal training.
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Liaise with networking, security, and storage teams to coordinate complex cross-domain changes.
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Participate in on-call rotation as a senior escalation resource.
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Document runbooks, architecture decisions, and procedures in Confluence; manage work via ServiceNow and Jira.
Requirements
Do you have experience in Windows support?