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Systems Engineer

137k – 164kNew York, NYOnsite2+ YOE
Summary

Design, automate, and maintain reliable infrastructure across cloud and colocation environments. Build monitoring, self-service tools, and standards for distributed systems in a Linux-heavy stack.

About the role

What You'll Do

  • Develop sophisticated systems that automate the building, testing, and operation of our infrastructure so that we can focus our attention on the things that matter.
  • Work with talented software teams to optimize performance, and increase reliability of our applications, ensuring our infrastructure doesn’t skip a beat.
  • Build comprehensive & secure self service functionalities that lets engineering teams move faster.
  • Design and build our tools for monitoring and alerting to administer and comprehend increasing numbers of services.
  • Define a set of standards that services should meet, and implement the capabilities to measure and score us on these.
  • Diagnose and solve problems across the application, network, and infrastructure stacks in a predominantly Linux environment.

What You’ll Have

  • BA/BS in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 2–5 years of experience in a Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Software Engineering (SWE), DevOps, Platform, or related role.
  • Proven experience in designing, building, testing, monitoring, and automating secure distributed systems and networks.
  • Possesses an automation-first mindset when developing and testing infrastructure.
  • Strong interest in Platform Engineering, applying a customer and product-centric approach to building internal platforms.
  • Enjoys knowledge sharing and thrives in a collaborative team environment.

Bonus Points

  • Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Go, Java, or similar.
  • Working knowledge of major cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
  • Experience with container orchestration using Kubernetes.
  • Familiarity with Docker containers.
  • Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (e.g., Ansible, Terraform, Terragrunt).
  • Operations experience with the HashiStack (Nomad, Consul, Vault).
  • Experience with Linux operating systems like RHEL/CentOS.
  • Knowledge of version control systems (e.g., git, GitHub, Bitbucket).
  • Basic understanding of networking concepts.

Compensation & Benefits

  • Annual Base Pay Range: $136,800—$163,500 USD
  • Comprehensive package of benefits including medical, dental and vision benefits; life insurance; short term and long-term disability; 401(k) retirement plan; and vacation and sick leave.
  • Eligible for variable pay programs based on performance relative to goals and targets.
Skills
PythonGoJavaAWSGCPAzureKubernetesDockerAnsibleTerraformTerragruntNomadConsulVaultLinux
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