Cloud Systems Engineer

The role

The Systems Engineer will manage, test, and maintain enterprise virtualized infrastructure including servers, storage, and networking. This role involves deploying and configuring virtualization platforms and building private cloud environments from physical hardware to hypervisors.

What you will do

• Install, rack, cable, and configure new server, storage, and network hardware
• Deploy, configure, and maintain virtualized systems
• Evaluate virtual system architecture and create metrics for test environments
• Execute system enhancements following change management policies
• Assist in executing cloud/virtualization workflows and capacity planning
• Partner with Security Engineers to ensure compliance with security policies
• Analyze and document Distribution IT process workflows
• Create technical documentation, procedures, and training materials
• Communicate operational status and respond to critical system issues on a 24x7 basis

Required qualifications

• 3+ years of professional experience supporting, maintaining, troubleshooting, and administering servers and networking within a data center environment
• 2+ years of hands-on experience in the planning, design, deployment, and management of enterprise virtualized cloud infrastructure
• Hands-on experience with physical data center hardware, including racking and cabling servers, configuring out-of-band
• Competence in DNS administration
• Experience with IP address management (IPAM) and DHCP services
• Experience with configuration management
• Experience creating agentless automation workflows
• Experience with Mail Transfer Agent administration (Exim)
• Working knowledge of Windows Server administration (2022+) alongside core directory and networking protocols
• Practical experience supporting enterprise storage (NetApp or TrueNAS)
• Comfortable with networking configuration of hosts, switches, and routers
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, OR equivalent practical work experience

Nice to have

• BIND preferred
• Puppet preferred
• Ansible preferred
• Experience with Unix/Linux networking configuration and Cisco switches and routers (Catalyst or Nexus/NX-OS)
• Familiarity with scripting languages (Python, PowerShell, or JavaScript)
• Experience with enterprise backup/recovery solutions (e.g., Veeam)
• Experience with HPE ProLiant or Dell PowerEdge server hardware
• Knowledge of Linux operating systems and relevant industry certifications (VMware VCP, Microsoft, or AWS)

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• life/accidental death and dismemberment
• long-term disability
• short-term disability
• voluntary retirement savings
• health and wellness
• paid time off
• financial well-being

About the company

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