Senior Systems Engineer

HITECH ADVISORS LLC
Redmond, UT, United States
2 months ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
8 years minimum
Compensation
$17,612.0 - $31,699.0
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Amazon Web Services Systems Engineering Microsoft Azure Backup Devices Bash Shell Ubuntu (Operating System) Cloud Computing Cloud Engineering Document Management Systems Distributed Data Store Monitoring of Systems Virtual Private Networks (VPN)
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Python (Programming Language) Kernel-Based Virtual Machine Network Troubleshooting Linux System Administration Network Service OpenStack Ansible Prometheus Systems Architecture TCP/IP Virtualization Technology Ceph (Software) Transport Layer Security Grafana Reliability of Systems Firewalls (Computer Science) Kubernetes Information Technology Terraform Server Operating Systems & Platforms Jenkins

Job description

We are seeking a highly skilled and energetic Senior Systems Engineer to lead the design, implementation, and management of complex IT systems across diverse environments. This role offers an exciting opportunity to work at the forefront of technology, ensuring system reliability, security, and scalability. As a key member of our technical team, you will drive innovative solutions, optimize infrastructure performance, and contribute to strategic system architecture initiatives that empower our organization’s growth and efficiency., * Build and maintain solutions in public cloud solutions - AWS and Azure.

  • Build and maintain on-premises virtualization platforms (e.g. OpenStack, OpenNebula).
  • Build and maintain Kubernetes infrastructure.
  • Ensure the highest level of systems and infrastructure availability. Manage system performance, monitoring, backups, and troubleshooting.
  • Ensure system security by configuring firewalls, SSL, VPNs, and applying patches and updates.
  • Monitor and resolve hardware, software, and networking issues in a timely manner.
  • Perform routine system upgrades, patching, and security compliance checks.
  • Provide troubleshooting and technical support for escalated issues.
  • Provide emergency responses to critical outages or incidents.
  • Document system configurations, procedures, and troubleshooting steps for internal use.
  • Research emerging tools and technologies that help improve automation, security and performance.
  • Collaborate with other professionals to ensure high-quality deliverables within organization guidelines, policies, and procedures

Requirements

Do you have experience in Tooling?, * 8+ years in Cloud infrastructure administration/engineering and Linux system administration/engineering.

  • Expert level understanding of OpenStack/OpenNebula or similar cloud orchestration solution is required.
  • Expert level understanding of designing and managing Kubernetes clusters is required.
  • Expert level understanding of designing and managing solutions in AWS and Azure is required.
  • Enhanced troubleshooting skills within the server OS, KVM, Kubernetes environments is required.
  • Expert level understanding of TCP/IP, network services, and storage systems is a plus.
  • Experience installing and maintaining distributed storage solutions like CEPH is a strong plus.
  • Automation mastery: Advanced skills in Ansible, Jenkins, Python/bash scripting.
  • Experience with Ubuntu/Canonical tools like MAAS, Landscape etc. is a plus.
  • Experience with Terraform, Helm, or cloud-native monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana).
  • AWS Professional solutions architect certification is a plus.
  • Azure Solutions architect expert certification is a plus.
  • BS or MS in engineering, computer science, a related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Valid passport may be required.

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