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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Systems Engineer III - **Company:** Rishabh RPO - **Location:** San Diego, CA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $58,240.0 - $62,400.0 - **Contract:** Temporary to permanent - **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Systems Engineering, Microsoft Azure, Bash Shell, CentOS, Cloud Computing, Domain Name System (DNS), Python (Programming Language), Network Troubleshooting, PostgreSQL, Linux System Administration, Nginx, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Ansible, Prometheus, Service Pack, Policy as Code, Transport Layer Security, Load Balancing, System Availability, Grafana, Mttr, Gitlab, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Puppet, Terraform, Splunk, Servicenow, Artifactory - **Published:** July 11, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/jobad/us04ee200da12052b0de57216474d0be4b ## About the Role * BS in computer science or equivalent experience * 5+ years operating enterprise-scale platforms * 3+ years of GitLab self-managed administration with Geo and HA * 3+ years of Artifactory administration with Hub/Edge architectures * 2+ years of operational Kubernetes experience with Helm or Helmfile * 5+ years of Linux administration experience with RHEL or CentOS * Relevant certifications - AWS/Azure/GCP associate or professional, CKA/CKAD * PostgreSQL HA cluster management experience; Patroni preferred * Experience with load balancers such as F5 or NGINX, DNS, TLS, and network troubleshooting * Monitoring experience with Grafana, Prometheus, and Splunk * Automation experience with Ansible, Puppet, Python, and Bash * Experience with CI/CD pipelines and artifact promotion * FedRAMP IL4 or IL5 experience preferred * Strong collaboration skills and a continuous learning mindset Preferred * JFrog Xray and GitOps experience, including ArgoCD or Flux * Supply chain security experience, including SBOMs and image signing * Policy-as-code experience with OPA * Cloud platform experience across AWS, Azure, or GCP Minimum bar * Do not forward a candidate who fails any of these: * 1 year hands-on public-cloud infrastructure experience (absolute floor for IC3). * Production experience, not just lab/dev/coursework - has built or operated infra that real workloads depend on. * Hands-on infrastructure-as-code exposure (Terraform or equivalent). * Multi-resource / multi-environment scale - has worked beyond a single VM or a single personal account. ## Description Senior Systems Engineer role operating ServiceNow's critical developer platforms: enterprise GitLab (3,000+ users) and JFrog Artifactory across commercial and regulated market environments. Work independently on complex infrastructure challenges and drive operational excellence. 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