Engineer, Systems Engineering

Job Posting

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The Systems Engineer is responsible for building, maintaining, and optimizing highly available, high performance Linux systems across development, nonproduction, and production environments. Working within a results driven service delivery team, this role partners closely with developers, operations teams, and business stakeholders to support core ICE Exchange platforms globally. Responsibilities include infrastructure design, platform automation, root cause analysis, and active participation in technical discussions, with a strong focus on system tuning, fault tolerance, regulatory compliance, and industry best practices for low latency, high performance workloads.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the design, planning and implementation of server solutions, ensuring maximum performance and reliability
• Automate manual tasks using scripting and application development
• Investigate and adopt new technologies & tools as needs arise
• Respond to and assist in production operations in a 24/7 environment
• Work efficiently in a fast-paced environment and handle priorities effectively
• Ensure meticulous attention to detail and maintain excellent organizational skills
• Evaluate, test, and integrate new operating system versions, drivers, and patches
• Provide technical analysis, resolve problems, and propose solutions
• Coordinate and execute internal infrastructure initiatives including patching, refreshes, upgrades, and decommissions
• Provide support to, and coordinate with, developers, operations staff, release engineers, and end-users
• Collaborate effectively with team members to achieve project goals and maintain system integrity
• Take part in periodic, scheduled weekend assignments to support essential project deliveries
• Participate in a weekly on-call rotation for after-hours support

Knowledge and Experience

• 3+ years of experience with Linux operating systems (RedHat variants preferred)
• Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, Bash, GoLang, etc.
• Experience with automation/configuration management using either Puppet, Ansible, Chef, or equivalent
• Familiarity with git, foreman, Jenkins, or equivalent tooling
• Demonstrable knowledge of multi-tiered, highly available, and resilient application design
• Working knowledge of horizontal and vertical scaling for performance and high availability
• Ability to specify hardware requirements and make recommendations based on application needs
• Demonstrable experience leveraging AI tooling to improve work quality and efficiency
• Thorough understanding of core system security & hardening concepts and processes
• Top-tier analytics and problem solving
• Ability to work in a service-oriented team environment
• Excellent project management, organization, and time management skills
• Customer-focused, and dedicated to the best possible user experience
• Communicate effectively with both technical and business resources
• Fluent speaking, reading, and writing in English

Desired Knowledge and Experience

• Degree in engineering discipline or equivalent experience in Systems Engineering
• 1+ years' experience building and supporting Windows server infrastructure
• Experience building and supporting bare-metal enterprise servers such as HPE, DELL, IBM, etc.
• Experience with server virtualization technologies (VMWare, Proxmox, etc.)
• Familiarity and experience with container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, Tanzu, etc.)
• Strong understanding of networking protocols and configuration (TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, InfiniBand, etc.)
• Hands-on experience building and maintaining low-latency computing ecosystems