Sr Systems Engineer

About the role

We have an exciting opening for a bright, talented and passionate Senior Systems Engineer to join our infrastructure team. In this role you will build, implement and maintain Linux based application systems in a developing DevOps culture. You will collaborate with other members of our team to ensure availability, performance, reliability, and security for our users and clients.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Operate and continuously improve Linux systems engineering and administration.
• Deployment and automation of applications via Salt & Ansible.
• Troubleshoot, diagnose and resolve server events and user incidents relating to Linux systems.
• Engage in detailed planning, change control and thorough testing to ensure performance, availability and stability.
• Security related activities, system hardening, patching, vulnerability threat management and mitigation.
• Manage and deploy system monitoring and management tools such as DataDog, LogicMonitor, Sentinel One, SNMP, etc.
• Create and maintain clear and accurate system documentation.
• Ensure high performance and reliability of production systems by performing system monitoring and analysis, performance tuning, and troubleshooting system hardware, software, and applications.
• Partner with Software Engineering teams to develop proactive maintenance plans, schedule maintenance windows, implement the changes, and follow-up.
• Maintain non-proprietary application stack (Kubernetes, Docker, Kafka, MongoDB, RabbitMQ, Zookeeper).
• Oversee infrastructure environment (VMWare, Storage, Backups, etc).

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or other technical field (or equivalent work experience) required; advanced degree preferred.
• 5+ years of experience in a similar role with experience in Cloud environments (i.e. cloud migration, cloud management, cloud architecture) and hand on Linux Engineering and Administration.
• Experience with infrastructure related software, including VMWare, noSQL databases (e.g. MongoDB), containerization (e.g. docker), orchestration (e.g. Kubernetes), SAN storage and backup.
• Experience with code management tools such as Git.
• Experience with TCP/IP networking troubleshooting and tools.
• Experience with configuration management tools (Ansible and SaltStack).
• Experience writing and maintaining python/powershell/shell scripts/other scripts that automate tech operations.
• Experience with Dell server hardware.

Qualifications

• Excellent organizational and follow-up skills with strong attention to detail.
• Ability learn new skills to keep up with cutting edge technologies and evolving skill sets.
• Ability to work in a team environment with much collaboration.
• Ability to operate with a sense of purpose and urgency.
• Be passionate about troubleshooting, debugging, and automation.
• Must possess excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Expected to respond to alerts and outages; participate in periodic 24x7 on-call schedule.
• Skill in providing top notch, responsive customer service to internal and external clients.

Skills

• Excellent organizational and follow-up skills with strong attention to detail.
• Ability to learn new skills to keep up with cutting edge technologies and evolving skill sets.
• Ability to work in a team environment with much collaboration.
• Ability to operate with a sense of purpose and urgency.
• Passion for troubleshooting, debugging, and automation.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Respond to alerts and outages; participate in periodic 24x7 on-call schedule.
• Provide top notch, responsive customer service to internal and external clients.

Benefits

• Competitive PTO.
• 401k match.
• Paid subscription to the Calm app.
• External learning and tuition reimbursement benefits.

Pay

$115,000-$143,750

Schedule

This job operates in a hybrid, office environment 3 days per week. This job may require flexible shifts and days of the week including weekends and holidays, as needed. This job may require travel, as needed (up to 10%).

Equal Opportunity Employer

Apex Fintech Solutions is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, or any other protected characteristic.