Empowered Sr Systems Engineer

Job Duties \ Senior Systems Engineer

FLSA: Exempt

Division: Technology and Operations

Department: Infrastructure

The Senior Systems Engineer assumes primary ownership of installing and maintaining servers and databases on a Linux platform, evaluating and recommending new technologies, developing deployment and maintenance scripts, assuming code change management duties, practicing proactive risk assessment and developing risk mitigation strategies. He/She must be able to mentor and coordinate with a team, show personal initiative and have excellent communication and time management skills.

Primary responsibilities

14. Knowledge of Ansible configuration and management
15. Deploy and maintain RHEV hosts
16. Engage in proactive risk assessment and development of risk mitigation strategies
17. Assume change duties within containers environment
18. Maintain and keep IDM up to date
19. Help build/implement CI/CD pipelines with Gitlab and Jenkins
20. Work with outside vendors to introduce new technologies/solutions based on need
21. Mentor other systems engineers
22. Show personal initiative and assume primary ownership for these duties

Skills/Knowledge

14. Advanced knowledge in RHEL and containers
15. Ability to work in virtualization environments
16. Strong communication skills – verbal and written
17. Basic networking skills
18. Time management skills
19. Ability to resolve problems quickly
20. Can coordinate with a team

Education/Experience

14. Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems or related field, or have equivalent work experience
15. 6+ years experience as a systems engineer in a Linux environment (RHEL, Centos, Ubuntu)
16. 2+ years experience with proxy/web server administration 
17. 2+ years administration experience with Virtual Machines
18. Experience with RHEV virtualization management, LDAP, Ansible, Kubernetes, Jenkins, ElasticSearch, Nginx, Satellite, Gluster, Selinux, Amazon Web Services and/or Container-based virtualization a plus

Core organizational and functional competencies

Action oriented: Enjoys working hard. Is action oriented and full of energy for the things he/she sees as challenging. Is not fearful of acting with minimal planning. Seizes more opportunity than others

Customer focus: Dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers. Drives to resolve customer issues. Acts with customers in mind

Adaptability: Effectively copes with change. Shifts gears comfortably

Listening: Attentive and active listening with colleagues and customers

Ethics and values: Consistently adheres to appropriate and effective core set of values and beliefs

Integrity and trust: Widely trusted. Accepts mistakes. Truthful. Avoids misrepresentation

Decision quality: Makes good decisions based upon analysis, wisdom, experience and judgement. Sought out by others for advice and solutions

Drive for results: Counted on to achieve goals successfully. Is constantly and consistently one of the top performers. Very bottom-line oriented. Steadfastly pushes self and others for results

Functional/Technical: Has the functional and technical knowledge and skills to be highly accomplished at the job

Problem solving: Uses rigorous and logic and methods to solve difficult problems with effective solutions. Probes all fruitful sources for answers. Looks beyond the obvious

Working conditions

14. Normal office environment
15. Some travel may be required

The statements above describe the general nature and level of the work and are not an exhaustive list of the responsibilities, duties and skills required. 

Rev 7.2019