Houston Systems Engineer: Infra, Integrations & Automation

Otovo; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Otovo in Houston is seeking a hands-on engineer who enjoys building software, understanding networks, and making business systems work together. This broad role covers internal applications, infrastructure, integrations, and automation; you will work with and own parts of our self-hosted stack and connect services across teams.

The ideal candidate has strong Linux and networking skills, experience administering physical servers, and the ability to translate business needs into practical

Qualifications

• Strong fundamentals and experience building and operating real systems.
• Practical experience administering physical servers and self-hosted infra.
• Strong Linux and networking skills (TCP/IP, DNS, routing, VPNs, firewalls).
• Familiarity with storage, virtualization, containers, monitoring, backups, and recovery testing.
• Software development and scripting across app and infra (TypeScript, web frameworks, APIs, relational databases).
• Security mindset for production changes and access management.
• Ability to translate loosely defined business needs into technical solutions.
• Clear communication, curiosity, and follow-through.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain internal applications, services, and integrations.
• Operate and troubleshoot physical servers, OS, storage, and virtualization.
• Maintain networks, DNS, VPNs, firewalls, and secure remote access.
• Improve monitoring and reliability.
• Automate infrastructure administration and workflows; connect platforms via APIs and data integrations.
• Collaborate with marketing and sales on lead routing and attribution.
• Leverage AI development tools while ensuring correctness and maintainability.

Skills

Engineering fundamentals

Linux systems

Networking basics

Self-hosted infra

Storage & virtualization

Monitoring & backups

Scripting/TypeScript

Security & changes

Requirements analysis

Communication & collaboration

Education

Electrical engineering background

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

APIs

Identity providers

Job description

Otovo in Houston is seeking a hands-on engineer who enjoys building software, understanding networks, and making business systems work together. This broad role covers internal applications, infrastructure, integrations, and automation; you will work with and own parts of our self-hosted stack and connect services across teams.

The ideal candidate has strong Linux and networking skills, experience administering physical servers, and the ability to translate business needs into practical