IT Systems Engineer

Responsibilities

• Building, managing, and supporting complex application stacks on Windows and Linux Servers.
• Providing Windows and Linux troubleshooting and technical support.
• Deploy, configure and support VMware technologies, including vCenter, ESX and Horizon.
• Use Puppet Enterprise to automate and manage configurations.
• Working with other engineering teams and third-party vendors to implement scalable solutions.
• Ensuring compliance by collaborating with internal audit and compliance teams.
• Developing and maintaining standard operating procedures.
• Participating in a 24/7 on-call support rotation.
• Managing and monitoring all installed Windows and Linux systems and infrastructure.
• Installing, configuring, testing, and maintaining operating systems and system management tools.
• Proactively ensuring high levels of system availability and reliability.
• Monitoring and optimizing application performance, identifying bottlenecks, and collaborating with developers to implement solutions.
• Writing and maintaining custom scripts to improve system efficiency and automation.

Required Qualifications

Highly skilled IT Systems Engineer with deep understanding of infrastructure management and automation. Ideal candidate has:

• 3 to 5 years of experience in:
  • Systems Engineering for Corporate Infrastructure.
  • Managing large-scale Windows and Linux server environments.
  • Virtualization at scale.
  • Configuration Management.
  • Managing scalable storage solutions, preferably NetApp.
  • Developing and maintaining performance metrics for systems.
  • Strong understanding of Puppet Enterprise and Puppet Open Source.
• Strong understanding of basic networking concepts.
• Proficient with using Puppet to automate and manage configurations.
• Ability to translate business needs into technical solutions.
• Outstanding analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience writing technical design documents and maintaining documentation.
• Familiarity with working in a source-controlled environment.
• Proficiency in scripting languages such as Bash, Python, or Perl.
• Experience with VMware services, including VMware data center virtualization and VMware Horizon.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with DevOps practices and CI/CD tools.
• Knowledge of orchestration tools.

Annual Salary Range

$162,000 - $226,000

Benefits

Base salary is just one part of total rewards package, which also includes equity, comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short & long-term disability insurance, life insurance, and various other discounts and perks.