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This Senior IT Systems Engineer is responsible for coding/development, monitoring, installation, configuration, administration, troubleshooting and maintenance of technology solutions. Senior IT Systems Engineer’s provide technical support and troubleshoot problems and perform scripting/programming to ensure stable and efficient operation of technology solutions. Senior IT Systems Engineers drive and implement automation enhancements and process improvement efforts, are assigned to multiple complex systems/applications. They lead initiatives, oversee work results, provide training and serve as a technical resource for other Systems Engineers.
- Performs installation, monitoring, testing, configuration, migration, maintenance and troubleshooting of assigned technology
- Leads development of policies, plans and schedules
- Manages system/application environment and ongoing operations
- Ensures that the technologies are updated with current, stable, and compliant architecture and applications that meet enterprise standards
- Researches, designs, implements and tests of technology solutions
- Proactively monitors and reports performance utilization of assigned technologies
- Troubleshoots software and/or hardware issues/failures
- Resolves alerts and perform remediation activities
- Manages problem or escalated tickets and tasks and out of cycle requests from systems/software owners
- Collects and presents data for reporting and planning
- Determines best tactical and/or long-term solution, formulate, implement and maintain solutions
- Determines migration and upgrade impacts and diagnose/resolve complex technology/application errors
- Leads workgroups and initiatives with IT and business area partners
- Determines best course of action for meeting business needs and provides consultative expertise to customers on how to best use systems/infrastructure capabilities
- Key participant in capacity planning, design and implementation of technical project management related to systems administration
- May provide input into infrastructure architecture designs
- Drive and implement process and automation improvements
- Proactively monitors and identifies broader, more complex issues across multiple, integrated, connecting technologies and communicate as appropriate
- Writes programming/scripting
- Develops processes and procedures related to systems/application administration
- May participate in Disaster Recovery planning and exercises
- Contributes input into infrastructure architecture and ensures infrastructure architecture is implemented as intended. Ensures execution and alignment to architectural standards and blueprints.
- Assists in training and mentoring staff
- Performs on-call activities as needed for the environment and technologies
- Leads initiatives, oversee work results, provide training and serve as a technical resource for other Systems Engineers
Requirements:
Required:
- 7 or more years demonstrated proficiency and experience in Coding/Development of Java, Python with at least 2 or more years of DevOps experience.
- Bachelor’s degree in an IT related field or equivalent work experience
- 2 or more years of design, implementation, monitoring and troubleshooting technical infrastructure or development.
- Proficiency in Jenkins, Gitlab and 2 or more years of working in private and public cloud experience.
- 2 or more years of automation scripting
- Extensive coding experience of Java or other languages and their interfaces and integration.
- Competent working in one or more environments highly integrated with an operating system.
- Experience implementing and administering/managing technical solutions in major, large-scale system implementations
- High critical thinking skills to evaluate alternatives and present solutions that are consistent with business objectives and strategy.
- Ability to manage tasks independently and take ownership of responsibilities
- Ability to learn from mistakes and apply constructive feedback to improve performance
- Ability to adapt to a rapidly changing environment
- Proven leadership abilities including effective knowledge sharing, conflict resolution, facilitation of open discussions, fairness and displaying appropriate levels of assertiveness.
- Ability to communicate highly complex technical information clearly and articulately for all levels and audiences.
Preferred:
- Experience in coding and development of Java and Python along with administration knowledge.
- Experience in Unix and shell scripting.
- Experience with Node.js, Tomcat, OpenShift and WebSphere based environments.