We rely on Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and DevOps practices to manage our enterprise IT infrastructure that supports critical business functions. The successful candidate will join a dynamic multidiscipline team responsible for design, implementation, integration, and support of the enterprise IT platform, which includes secure cloud-hosted and on-premises environments. As part of the team, the Senior Systems Engineer's responsibilities will include (but will not be limited to) the following:
- Researching available technology options and their respective functional, performance, security, and interoperability characteristics; testing and evaluation of technology components;
- Working with system architects and lead engineer to maintain and improve the architecture and design of the infrastructure as code (IaC) solutions
- Designing, developing, and maintaining technology-specific, configurable, and reusable automation modules for network and systems infrastructure, data storage, messaging, and cybersecurity components and services;
- Designing, developing, and maintaining infrastructure configuration code for new and existing enterprise IT solutions;
- Maintaining and improving DevOps infrastructure, including source code repository (Git), deployment pipelines, and related components;
- Plan, evaluate and execute capacity optimization, updates, upgrades and other lifecycle activities associated with the solution; troubleshooting of functional and performance problems;
- Create and maintain detailed and accurate system documentation, including design and configuration plans, design diagrams, task-oriented procedures, operations and maintenance plans, etc.
Specific qualification requirements for the position include the following:
- 2-4 years of progressive experience performing comparable systems engineering, implementation, and support functions;
- Advanced knowledge of infrastructure as code (IaC) and DevOps architectures, processes, and best practices;
- Advanced knowledge and extensive experience with automation frameworks (e.g., Terraform, Ansible), libraries, development tools (e.g., Visual Studio), source code management systems (e.g., Git), build servers, artifact repositories, and related components;
- Working knowledge and administration experience with application lifecycle management systems, such as Atlassian Jira (and related components), Azure DevOps, GitLab, etc.
- Working knowledge of MS Windows platform and services, including Active Directory / EntraID, Group Policy Objects (GPO), virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), application deployment frameworks and components, networking, and storage services, and their associated cybersecurity characteristics, logging, monitoring, and auditing capabilities;
- Working knowledge and hands-on experience with MS Azure and cloud services and technologies, including compute, database, storage, network virtualization, and security services;
- Working understanding of network infrastructure, concepts of operation, and protocols such as TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, SNMP, Syslog, etc.
General:
- Demonstrated time management and organization skills while working in a fast-paced, multidiscipline team environment;
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills;
- Strong communication (oral and written) skills;
- Proficiency with workflow and lifecycle management systems (e.g. Atlassian Jira)
Education and Certification:
- Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a Related Engineering Discipline
- Certification:
- Microsoft Certified Professional / Systems Sngineer certification is strongly desired
- Security+ or CISSP certification is strongly desired
Other:
- US Citizenship is a requirement for this position.
Abilities:
- Exposure to computer screens for an extended period of time.
- Sitting for extended periods of time.
- Reach by extending hands or arms in any direction.
- Have finger dexterity in order to manipulate objects with fingers rather than whole hands or arms, for example, using a keyboard.
- Listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
- Communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
- Read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
- Apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
- Identify and understand the speech of another person.
