Senior Systems Engineer - Remote Managed Services

Contour Data Solutions, LLC

España

Remote

EUR 71,000 - 107,000

Full time

8 days ago

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Job summary

Contour Data Solutions, LLC is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer- Managed Services to own day-to-day operations for servers, virtualization, storage, and backup in a 24x7 environment. You will design, build, and support VMware vSphere/ESXi clusters, backup with Veeam/Zerto, and automate provisioning and patching using PowerShell, Python, and Ansible/Terraform.

The role requires MSP experience, Windows and Linux administration, and hardening.

Qualifications

MSP experience is required.
Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, MIS, or related field preferred; equivalent work experience accepted.
5+ years in design, implementation, and support of enterprise systems infrastructure.
Strong hands-on expertise with VMware (vSphere/ESXi/vCenter) in production environments; experience with alternative hypervisors (Hyper-V, Nutanix AHV, Proxmox VE, Xen, or KVM) is a plus.
Strong experience with backup and disaster recovery platforms - Veeam and Zerto (or comparable replication/DR tooling).
Solid Windows Server and Linux administration, including core services such as Active Directory, DNS, and DHCP.
Hands-on knowledge of server hardware (e.g., Dell), SAN switching, and SAN storage.
Proven automation experience - scripting with PowerShell/PowerCLI, Bash, or Python, and familiarity with configuration management or infrastructure-as-code tools such as Ansible or Terraform to standardize and scale operations.
Understanding of systems and network security best practices and hardening.

Responsibilities

Own the day-to-day operation, change control, and maintenance of the systems estate - servers, hypervisors, storage, and backup/DR - including patching, upgrades, builds, replacement, and troubleshooting.
Serve as an escalation point and mentor to the Contour Operations Center, and manage the ticket queue to ensure all work is handled appropriately.
Design, build, and administer virtualization environments - primarily VMware vSphere/ESXi (clusters, vCenter, resource pools, HA/DRS, capacity planning), with exposure to alternative hypervisors (Hyper-V, Nutanix AHV, Proxmox VE, Xen, or KVM).
Own backup and disaster recovery using Veeam and Zerto, including replication, failover/failback testing, retention policies, and recovery validation.
Provision, patch, harden, and maintain Windows Server and Linux systems, including Active Directory, DNS/DHCP, and core platform services.
Manage SAN storage and SAN switching - provisioning, zoning, LUN/datastore management, performance, and capacity.
Build and maintain automation for provisioning, patching, configuration, and reporting using scripting and infrastructure-as-code tooling (e.g., PowerShell/PowerCLI, Bash, Python, Ansible/Terraform).
Develop runbooks and scheduled jobs to automate routine maintenance, health checks, and backup/DR validation.
Monitor system health and resource usage, tuning parameters to improve throughput, stability, and efficiency.
Create engineering designs that meet business and operational objectives, including business continuity and disaster recovery solutions.
Define standard designs, templates, and procedures for projects following existing architectures, and develop new patterns where required.
Provide subject matter expertise across the technology lifecycle - risk, refresh, migration, and retirement.
Estimate and plan domain activities to feed end-to-end project plans and advise leadership on architecture and infrastructure planning.
Evaluate and recommend tools with a cost-conscious approach, drawing on industry best practices and prior project executions.