Senior IT System Engineer

Job Description

Salary: $130,000 - $140,000

Role

We seek a highly motivated Senior System Engineer to contribute to IT infrastructure operations. This role will be the main technical lead for the company's server operations, providing optimal service, monitoring, and administration in collaboration with management. In detail, the role will require architecture/deployment/maintenance of the systems and being part of the IT team contributing to the decisions and directions. As the company grows, we are adopting new innovative technology and scaling the maturity of service, thus requiring extensive experience and knowledge to support our users and infrastructure.

Qualifications

Efficient and in-depth knowledge of Linux & Windows

Upkeep local and cloud systems with analysis and monitoring

Understanding of application, network, and system integrations

Responsibilities

Provide Tier I-III hands-on support for the broad server administration including servers on-prem and cloud, physical and virtual on global operations

Contribute to the implementation of high-availability infrastructure to provide continuous service

Design and participate in the development of strategies for the future direction of the companys information management technology infrastructure

Define and document architectural standards, patterns, and best practices for cloud and on-premises infrastructure solutions

Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business requirements and translate them into technical solutions that leverage security and operational excellence

Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including network, security, and operations, to ensure seamless integration of solutions into the overall IT ecosystem

Conduct technical evaluations and proofs-of-concept to evaluate software and hardware products from external vendors

Work closely with security coordinators and advisers to remediate security risks through technical and procedural endeavors

Initiate and implement architecture and design changes while ensuring that existing infrastructure services are not negatively impacted

Analyzing IT resource utilization and establishing optimization plans

Manage and monitor data replication/protection and disaster recovery strategies to ensure the recoverability of data and systems promptly and for appropriately defined periods of retention

Stay current with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in cloud computing and infrastructure architecture

Contribute to budget forecasting and capacity planning

Ability to create a roadmap for each year and set an expectation of KPI

Participate in the on-call rotation schedule

Collaboration with security alignment of the policy, patch management, baseline, and architecting

Experience

Bachlers degree in the field of IT or a related field

5+ years of relevant industry experience related to systems operations/architecture, Linux, and project management

3+ Cloud Platform operations including deployment, monitoring, and cost-efficiency analysis

Required Skills

A broad and in-depth knowledge base of operating systems related to system and engineering processes including:

RPM and Debian Linux

Microsoft

VMware

Strong background of understanding and experience in administration in:

Storage such as SAN, NAS, SMB, NFS

Puppet or PXE of server imaging

Database, web applications, automation, and scripting

Identity management such as active directory, IPA, and IAM

Job automation tool scheduling such as LSF or similar

Monitoring system for the various historical data collection and alerting

Strong knowledge of cloud-based operation abilities to execute architecture, deployment, automation, monitoring, and cost analysis

Understanding of EDA workload and engineering operations

The ability to identify complex problems, review information to develop and evaluate options, and then propose solutions is imperative

Demonstrate ability to work in a team environment with a positive demeanor, generating innovative solutions to complex challenges

Troubleshooting and organizational skills with a can-do attitude and the ability to adjust to changing requirements are essential

Security work or collaboration with security policy and compliance teams

Up-to-date asset tracking systems & application

Understanding of Network protocols and operations such as IP subnetting, VLANs, DNS, and DHCP

Preferred Skills

GCP / AWS / Azure Related matured level operation certificate

ITIL Certificate or In-depth knowledge of project planning, including a record of completing a large company-wide project as a PM

Chinese Bilingual

Security Orientated

Familiar with engineering processes and collaboration in experience