Senior Systems Engineer

The position of Senior Systems Engineer will be based out of our Dallas, TX location!

Summary

The Senior Systems Engineer is responsible for helping create and manage the environments that will set the stage for the next-generation platform that will be scalable, reliable, and highly responsive. Responsible for being at the forefront of designing and improving our critical business platforms, as well as working on scalable distributed systems projects that are reliable and distributed globally.

 

What You'll Do

• Provides hands-on system administration, software installation, deployment activities of Windows Operating systems 
• Participates in proactive monitoring and support to maintain the health of the global server environment, including regular software and firmware patching 
• Prioritizes and works through tasks received, through direct requests and ticketing system 
• Partners with the application teams to design and implement the company’s production, test, development, and load test environments 
• Collaborates with other professionals to ensure high quality deliverables within organization guidelines, policies, and procedures
• Deals with work process, optimization methods, and risk management tools in the given projects for the successful accomplishments according to the requirements of the stakeholders
• Ensures the highest level of systems and infrastructure availability 
• Designs and maintains the DR server environment 
• Participates in on-call rotations and after production hours work as needed 
• Writes scripts for system administration and operational tasks 
• Writes thorough and accurate technical documentation for use by the operations and production support staff
• Plans and implements system automation as required for better efficiency
• Administers external DNS and SSL certificate management 
• Other duties as assigned

 

The information contained in this job description is intended to describe the essential job functions required of those assigned to this job. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to perform the job. Please note that management retains the right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. The ability to competently perform all the essential duties of the position, with or without reasonable accommodation, demonstrated commitment to effective customer service delivery, integrity, and the ability to work productively as a member of a team or work group are basic requirements of all positions at Rexel USA.

What You'll Need

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Computer science degree or equivalent work experience
• VMWARE, or Microsoft Certification
• 8+ years of experience in Operating system administration supporting large scale web and eCommerce sites
• Experienced with Apache & IIS
• Experience with data architecture, system security
• VMWare Experience 
• Strong hands-on experience in managing many mission-critical servers
• Experience with monitoring applications, preferably Nagios
• Proficient Shell scripting experience with at least one of the following: Powershell, Perl, puppet, BASH, KSH 
• Experience with HP x86 based server hardware

 

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Demonstrated abilities in automated patch and configuration management
• Working knowledge of SAN environments, AD, DNS, storage deployment methodologies, kernel Tuning
• Strong working knowledge of Enterprise storage systems such as Hitachi, high availability concepts, and backup methodologies and systems 
• Thorough understanding of Internet protocols such as HTTP, DNS, and TCP
• Ability to recognize critical production and client-facing issues and identify root cause and resolve them in a timely manner
• Ability to communicate at all levels within IT and the various Business Units
• Ability to work independently and within a team, own issues and solve them to customer satisfaction
• Strong decision-making, technical, analytical, and organizational skills,
• Attention to detail
• Knowledge of systems engineering software tools
• Project Management Skills

 

Working Conditions and Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential funct