Systems Engineer III

About the role

The successful engineer in this role will understand how commodity servers, operating systems, and networks function, perform, and scale. This position involves driving technical innovation, designing automated monitoring solutions, and resolving complex problems at their root to enhance operational workflow and efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Understand how commodity servers, operating systems and networks function, perform and scale.
• Possess troubleshooting, project management and problem analysis skills.
• Drive technical innovation and efficiency in infrastructure operations via automation.
• Design server monitoring and management solutions using automation and self‑repair.
• Create processes that enhance operational workflow and provide positive customer impact.
• Dive deep to resolve problems at their root, looking for failure patterns amenable to long‑term solutions via simplification and automation.
• Avoid re‑inventing the wheel and prefer appropriately simple, repeatable solutions over more complex and failure‑prone ones.
• Recognize and adopt best practices in documentation, testing, security, operational support at scale, and efficient use of resources.
• Develop appropriate metrics to demonstrate performance at improving operational efficiency.

Required qualifications

• In‑depth knowledge of and experience deploying and operating Linux or other UNIX variants in a datacenter environment.
• Proficiency and experience in automation via Perl/Python programming and shell scripting.
• Good understanding of standard internet protocols (Ethernet, ARP, IP, ICMP, UDP, TCP, SSL, DNS, HTTP, etc.).
• Demonstrable grasp of security best practices in server configuration, tool development, and access controls.
• Experience building SQL queries.

Preferred qualifications

• Knowledge of C, C++ or Java.
• Familiarity with version control systems (Git, Mercurial, SVN).
• Understanding of AWS technologies.
• Experience deploying or managing servers in large‑scale, geographically diverse environments.
• Understanding and experience of managing and monitoring large‑scale disk sub‑systems.
• Operational knowledge of common enterprise switching and routing platforms.

Benefits

Everforth Apex offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans, an employee stock purchase program (ESPP), a 401(k) with company match after 12 months, a Health Savings Account (HSA) on the HDHP plan, and a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to eight free counseling sessions. Additional perks include corporate discount programs, on‑demand training, certification preparation, a library of technical and leadership courses, certification discounts for associations such as CompTIA and IIBA, and access to a dedicated career coach after six months of tenure.