ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY:

The Sr. Systems Automation Engineer is responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining software to promote efficient and scalable datacenter operations. Supported datacenter systems focus on globally distributed highly available web applications and infrastructure in both physical and cloud deployments.

PRIMARY DUTIES:

• Develop and test internal applications focused on streamlining datacenter processes.

• Promote system scalability, reliability, and efficiency while minimizing errors through automation.

• Develop cost controls and IT governance utilities around operational tasks.

• Create and maintain automated scripts that will deploy, configure, and test applications.

• Maintain an on-call schedule to support automation tools.

• Collaborate with other IT Infrastructure and application teams.

• Enforce Systems Engineering and DevOps standards and best practices.

• Assist with determining standards for deploying to cloud infrastructure.

• Work with key stakeholders in Project Management, Engineering, Development and QA to ensure high quality delivery of software projects.

 

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• 5+ years of experience supporting a Windows or Linux server systems in an enterprise environment

• 3+ years of scripting and object-oriented programming.

• Must have a B.S. or a B.A. college degree or commensurate work experience.

PREFERRED SKILLS:

• Proficient in developing Systems Engineering solutions to help achieve highly available, highly scalable systems

• Proficient in working with Windows environments

• Prior exposure to a hosted application environment

• Proficient in scripting using PowerShell

• Experience in object-oriented languages; preferably C#

• Experience in web programming technologies; preferably ReactJS, ASP.Net, JavaScript, and HTML

• Experience working with and developing against APIs

• Ability to develop code effectively in a team environment

• Proficient in source control methods and technologies

• Comfortable working in an Agile programming methodology

• Experience in AWS technologies including but not limited to EC2, S3, VPCs, SNS, SQS, SES, and Lambda

• Experience in Azure technologies including but not limited to Azure Tables, Queues, Functions, Sites, and Automation.

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code including Packer, Terraform, and CloudFormation

• Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously

• Ability to quickly take on new technologies and concepts

• Excellent written and verbal communications skills.

• Proven solid analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Ability to develop and maintain strong relationships with others.

• Comfortable supporting fast-paced development teams.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• AWS certification

• Microsoft certification

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