Senior Cloud & Systems Engineer (Hybrid/On‑Call)

ExtraHop; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 135,000 - 149,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Flexible PTO

Educational Reimbursement

401(k) match

Hybrid/Remote model

Job summary

ExtraHop is seeking a Sr. IT Systems Engineer to ensure 24x7 availability of our infrastructure with scalable cloud solutions and automation. You will design production monitoring, contribute to docs, and write maintainable code in a hybrid environment.

With 8+ years in Unix/Linux and networking, you will work with a team of engineers shaping secure, observable systems. This role offers growth in a fast-paced, technology-driven company that values integrity and ownership.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in Unix/Linux systems administration and software development.
• Proficiency in Shell/Bash and other automation tools within a Linux/Unix environment.
• Familiarity with distributed version-control (Git) in a team setting.
• Web infrastructure operations, including development and deployment.
• Experience with cloud and serverless infrastructure.
• Understanding of Linux KVM virtualization.
• Knowledge of TCP/IP, HTTP, SSH, DNS, LDAP, TLS.
• Strong communication and collaboration across teams.
• Self-directed problem solving and consensus building.
• Security-focused mindset across operations.

Responsibilities

• Ensure 24x7 responsiveness of services and infrastructure, including on-call rotation for production services.
• Design and manage production system monitoring, using ExtraHop wire data products and conventional tools.
• Add to our internal and stakeholder-facing knowledge bases, including design documents, playbooks, diagrams, and documentation.
• Design and construct secure, future-proof, hybrid/multi-cloud services and networks.
• Implement and improve human and automated workflows for operations and support.
• Write elegant, extensible, sustainable code to solve current and future problems as simply as possible, but no simpler.
• Learn and grow as an engineer and as a colleague.

Skills

Unix/Linux administration

Shell/Bash scripting

Git

Cloud/Serverless

Monitoring/Observability

Networking protocols

Security

Communication

On-call readiness

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Ansible

Puppet

Chef

Job description

ExtraHop is seeking a Sr. IT Systems Engineer to ensure 24x7 availability of our infrastructure with scalable cloud solutions and automation. You will design production monitoring, contribute to docs, and write maintainable code in a hybrid environment.

With 8+ years in Unix/Linux and networking, you will work with a team of engineers shaping secure, observable systems. This role offers growth in a fast-paced, technology-driven company that values integrity and ownership.