Lead Systems Engineer

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SIE Studio IT is seeking a Lead Systems Engineer to lead the design operation and evolution of our production infrastructure and data center platforms. This role provides technical direction for the Systems Administration team and serves as the senior engineering authority for Linux systems enterprise server hardware virtualization storage and high-availability infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design deployment and operational support of Linux and Windows platforms in a production environment.

• Architect and support enterprise server hardware including platform selection RAID configuration firmware lifecycle management hardware diagnostics and performance troubleshooting.

• Lead the design deployment and operation of enterprise and distributed storage platforms including technologies such as Ceph NFS-based NAS and SAN architectures.

• Design and maintainhighavailability and loadbalanced systems including clustered servers.

• Define and own themonitoring alerting and observability strategyfor infrastructure platforms including storage virtualization servers and operating systems.

• Partner with vendors and internal teams on hardware selection and lifecycle planning.

• Establish technical standards patterns and documentation that can be executed by the Systems Administration team.

• Review designs changes and implementations performed by Systems Administrators to ensure quality consistency and reliability.

• Act as the technical lead during infrastructure incidents driving restoration efforts and post-incident review actions.

• Ensure infrastructure designs align with security standards and requirements.

Requirements

• Strong Linux and Windows administration and engineering experience in enterprise or production environments.

• Strong hands-on experience with enterprise server hardware including troubleshooting lifecycle planning and firmware management.

• Strong experience with enterprise storage and distributed storage systems; Ceph experience strongly preferred.

• Strong experience architecting and administeringWindows and Linux server platformsin enterprise or production environments.

• Strong understanding of how storage compute and virtualization interact in performancesensitive production environments.

• Strong scripting and automation skills preferably Python and/or PowerShell.

• Proficiency with Active Directory DNS and DHCP; Infoblox experience is a plus.

• Experience designing or overseeingmonitoring alerting and observability solutions including dashboarding platforms such asGrafana or equivalent tools.

• Ability to lead and mentor Systems Administrators.

• 5 years of relevant enterprise IT experience in a senior or lead infrastructure role.

• Available to work varying hours on-call shifts including evenings weekends and holidays as required.

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