Systems Engineer IV - Software Developer

JOB SCOPE

Systems Engineer IV on this team is responsible for developing critical applications, automating work flows and managing large data sets. This role will also be responsible for designing, deploying and maintaining an environment that will support automated workloads for Network Operations. Role will primarily consist of software development duties, with a focus on Python. This position will work almost exclusively in a containerized environment. Identifying inefficiencies across the network landscape and automating solutions to optimize man hours is of the most upmost importance. Developing internal products sourced from a variety of network telemetry data is commonplace, utilizing our centralized Postgres SQL database. In addition, position has an opportunity to architect our underlying environment, bringing our automation platform to a next generation state. In summary, an ideal candidate should have a proven track record automating workflows, developing for efficiency and administrating large databases.

DUTIES AND RESPONSBILITIES

• Develop and maintain python scripts (or similar language) for internal application builds.
• Work closely with a team of developers to most efficiently design and develop solutions to resolve business challenges
• Provide operational support for VMware, Kubnertes, Docker and linux servers.
• Adminster a large Postgres SQL database and optimize for query efficiencey.
• Regularly attend team meetings to discuss projects, brainstorm ideas, and put forward solutions to issues.
• Estimate scope of work and implement software proposals.
• Adhere to best practices for code development, version control, continuous integration/delivery, and test/build automation.
• Actively and consistently support all efforts to simplify and enhance the customer experience.
• Responsibilities include: designing, deploying, managing, and ensuring stability of the application and platform ecosystem and related back office infrastructure and data centers to provide network security, high availability, fault tolerance, and scalability to effectively and efficiently support mission critical business systems.
• Demonstrates a high level of competence in IT operations, application monitoring, deployment and configuration management, availability and performance optimization, capacity management and forecasting, cloud computing, datacenter operations troubleshooting critical issues, and coordination of implementation
• Become a trusted partner of our engineering team through the delivery of excellent customer service and knowledge that will allow our business to grow.
• Assists and leads efforts for design, redesign, and operational efficiencies as business objective and strategies evolve.
• Mentors and trains other Engineering personnel in key elements of software development and provides technical presentations to instruct co-workers on best practices.
• Research and identify technology opportunities and their application to the business.
• Test and validate all new hardware and software for proper configuration and performance.
• Adhere to industry specific local, state, and federal regulations, as applicable.
• Knows, understands and follows company policy
• Performs other duties as requested by supervisor.

BASIC / MINIMUM QUALIFICATION

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field or equivalent work experience; May require Industry Standard Certifications
• Minimum six (6) years of System or Server Administration experience

REQUIRED JOB QUALIFICATIONS

• Ability to read, write and speak the English language to communicate with employees, customers, suppliers, in person, on the phone, and by written communications in a clear, straight-forward, and professional manner
• Ability to use personal computer and software applications
• Systems knowledge (Linux, Unix)
• Infrastructure knowledge (Raw Iron, Steel Cloud, ElasticCloud, OpenStack, AWS)
• Ability to work in a team environment
• In-depth knowledge in areas of specialty for specific applications, and general knowledge of supporting or integrating applications creating platform ecosystems.
• Basic Knowledge in TCP/IP and the OSI Model
• Expert knowledge in using ticketing and software tools to support the current operations.
• Expert knowledge of software designing software, such as Visio
• Ability to perform duties in a very fast pace environment and ability to learn new technology quickly
• Ability to use the following office equipment telephone, copier, fax, and calculator
• Ability to use personal computer and software applications
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office
• General knowledge of OSI stack and application architectures

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Resilient and agile to change, working in a fast paced environment
• Data visualization using Grafana
• Thorough understanding of proper monitoring and documentation best practices
• Infrastructure knowledge Kubernetes, Salt stack, Apache Airflow
• Knowledge of company products and services

• CKA (Certified Kubernetes Administrator)

• Ansible

• Redhat

WORKING CONDITIONS

• Office Environment
• 24X7 Network Operations environment
• Occasional travel as required