Sr. Staff Systems Engineer - Linux

At Early Warning, we’ve powered and protected the U.S. financial system for over thirty years with cutting-edge solutions like Zelle®, Paze℠, and so much more. As a trusted name in payments, we partner with thousands of institutions to increase access to financial services and protect transactions for hundreds of millions of consumers and small businesses.

Positions located in Scottsdale, San Francisco, Chicago, or New York follow a hybrid work model to allow for a more collaborative working environment.

Candidates responding to this posting must independently possess the eligibility to work in the United States, for any employer, at the date of hire. This position is ineligible for employment Visa sponsorship.

Overall Purpose

This position assists in creating processes and performing tasks needed to maintain the overall integrity and reliability of Early Warning Services systems and network.

Essential Functions

• Create and build out new VMWare VMs with RHEL Linux 8.x/9.x,10.x including file system, application specific OS level configurations.

• Perform administration, installation, configuration and maintenance of Linux/UNIX Operating system on VM on physical and virtual servers.

• Diagnose, perform RCA, tune/maintain, and resolve hardware/software related server problems (OS, services, disks, network modules, resources etc.)

• Support existing server infrastructure in an on-call capacity as part of a team rotation.

• Implement defined standards and updates to existing hardware and operating system infrastructure including Patching, users, file systems and kernel parameters.

• Interact with multiple internal customers and external vendors to provide quality support for product line.

• Create and/or edit policies, standards, work instructions, and any associated server documentation.

• Maintain and update operating system versions and toolsets to improve security and stability.

• Support the company’s commitment to protect the integrity and confidentiality of systems and data.

• Stay up to date with merging technologies and industry trends to enhance the organization’s technical capabilities.

Minimum Qualifications

• Education or experience typically obtained through completion of a bachelor’s degree in information systems, Computer Science, or related field.

• 8+ years of experience in Red Hat system administration with strong understanding of the Linux kernel.

• Proven experience in medium to large scale enterprise environment.

• Advanced (L3/L4) troubleshooting skills, including root cause analysis for performance bottlenecks and systems issues.

• Proven experience in automation framework (Ansible automation platform, terraform, packer)

• Strong knowledge of AWS services (EC2.S3, RDS, VPC, cloud watch etc.)

• Strong understanding of encryption technologies (data-at-rest, TLS/SSL, AES etc.) and key management practices.

• Strong scripting abilities (Bash, Python, Perl) for automating system administration tasks.

·        Strong knowledge of CI/CD pipelines methodology

• Effective verbal and written communication skills and attention to detail.

• Familiar with virtualization and containerization technologies (VMware, podman, docker, Kubernetes)

• Background and drug screen.

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS certified solutions Architect Professional

• Deep experience with various Linux distributions (RHEL, OEL, Ubuntu), virtualization

• Red hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)

• Additional related education and/or experience preferred

The base pay scale for this position in:
Phoenix, AZ/ Chicago, IL in USD per year is: $144,000 - $180,000.
San Francisco, CA in USD per year is: $173,000 - $216,000.
Additionally, candidates are eligible for a discretionary incentive plan and benefits.

This pay scale is subject to change and is not necessarily reflective of actual compensation that may be earned, nor a promise of any specific pay for any specific candidate, which is always dependent on legitimate factors considered at the time of job offer. Early Warning Services takes into consideration a variety of factors when determining a competitive salary offer, including, but not limited to, the job scope, market rates and geographic location of a position, candidate’s education, experience, training, and specialized skills or certification(s) in relation to the job requirements and compared with internal