Automation-Driven Systems Engineer III

Kforce Inc; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Kforce Inc. in Bellevue, WA seeks a Systems Engineer III to advance infrastructure operations through automation. You design server monitoring, self-repair solutions, and processes that improve operational workflow and customer impact.

You will root-cause problems, pursue simple, repeatable solutions, and apply security and documentation best practices to support at scale. Strong scripting and networking skills are essential.

Qualifications

• In-depth knowledge deploying and operating Linux/UNIX in a datacenter environment.
• Experience in building SQL queries.
• Good understanding of standard internet protocols (Ethernet, IP, TCP, HTTP, DNS, SSL).
• Understand how commodity servers, operating systems and networks function, perform and scale.
• Strong system troubleshooting skills.
• Proficiency with automation via Perl/Python programming and shell scripting.
• Demonstrable grasp of security best practices in server configuration and access controls.
• Relentless passion for frugality and out-of-the-box engineering.

Responsibilities

• Drive automation to improve infrastructure operations.
• Design server monitoring and self-repair solutions.
• Create processes to improve operational workflow and customer impact.
• Root-cause problems and identify long-term fixes via simplification and automation.
• Favor simple, repeatable solutions over complex and failure‑prone ones.
• Apply best practices in documentation, testing, security, and scalable support.
• Develop metrics to demonstrate performance improvements in operations.

Skills

Linux/UNIX

SQL queries

Networking

Troubleshooting

Automation (Perl/Python)

Shell scripting

Security best practices

Documentation

Tools

Git

Mercurial

Subversion

Job description

Kforce Inc. in Bellevue, WA seeks a Systems Engineer III to advance infrastructure operations through automation. You design server monitoring, self-repair solutions, and processes that improve operational workflow and customer impact.

You will root-cause problems, pursue simple, repeatable solutions, and apply security and documentation best practices to support at scale. Strong scripting and networking skills are essential.