Systems Engineer - Systems Engineer III

Everforth Apex is a world‑class IT services company serving thousands of clients globally. The firm values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning, offering career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Responsibilities

• Understand how commodity servers, operating systems, and networks function, perform, and scale.
• Possess superb 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, identifying failure patterns for long‑term, simplified, automated solutions.
• Avoid reinventing the wheel; prefer simple, repeatable solutions over complex, 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 improvements in operational efficiency.

Core Requirements

• In‑depth knowledge of and experience deploying and operating Linux or other UNIX variants in a datacenter environment.
• Relentless passion for frugality and out‑of‑the‑box engineering.
• Strong system troubleshooting skills.
• 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 in building SQL queries.

Highly Desirable Attributes

• 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 subsystems.
• Operational knowledge of common enterprise switching and routing platforms.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other supplemental insurance plans.
• Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP) and 401(k) with company match after 12 months of tenure.
• Health Savings Account (HSA) on the HDHP plan.
• SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to eight free counseling sessions.
• Corporate discount savings program and additional discounts.
• On‑demand training program with access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses, books, and seminars (available after six months of tenure).
• Certification discounts and perks for professional associations such as CompTIA and IIBA.
• Dedicated customer‑service team for consultants and a certified Career Coach.
• Comprehensive “Welcome Packet” detailing all benefits, programs, support teams, and resources.