Senior IT Systems Engineer – VMware
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Senior Systems Engineer
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full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Chicago • Illinois, New York, Texas • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $108,800 - $136,000 per year
Job Level
Senior
Tech Stack
AnsibleCloudDockerKafkaKubernetesLinuxMongoDBNoSQLPerlPythonRabbitMQSaltStackShell ScriptingTCP/IPVMwareZookeeper
About the role
- 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.
- Design and create automation to execute tasks and/or processes using scripting languages (Shell Scripting, Powershell, PERL, Python).
- 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.
Benefits
- healthcare benefits (medical, dental and vision, EAP)
- competitive PTO
- 401k match
- parental leave
- HSA contribution match
- paid subscription to the Calm app
- generous external learning and tuition reimbursement benefits
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
Linux systems engineeringLinux administrationSaltAnsibleShell ScriptingPowershellPERLPythonKubernetesDocker
Soft skills
troubleshootingdiagnosingplanningchange controltestingcommunicationcollaborationdocumentationperformance tuningproactive maintenance
Certifications
Bachelor's degree in Computer Scienceadvanced degree preferred
