Senior IDCS Systems Engineer - Data Center Automation

SHI; Piscataway Township (NJ); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Vision care

Dental

401K

Flexible spending

Job summary

SHI International Corp. in Piscataway, NJ is seeking an IDCS Systems Engineer with deep Linux, networking, scripting, and data center experience.

This senior role develops automation, supports large-scale deployments, analyzes and validates complex hardware solutions, and collaborates across teams to ensure project success. You will install and troubleshoot data center hardware and software, maintain infrastructure and automation environments, and write scripts for automated builds.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in Systems Engineering and Tier 2/Tier 3 IT Support, with a proven track record of successfully completing complex projects.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience installing, configuring, and troubleshooting servers, switches, routers, firewalls and other data center appliances.
• Extensive experience with infrastructure automation tools such as xCAT, Ansible, Chef or similar technologies.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, validate, and troubleshoot data center hardware and software.
• Maintain internal infrastructure, network, and automation environments, including advanced debugging and troubleshooting of connectivity issues.
• Develop and maintain scripts for complex system automation tasks to perform hardware configuration and verification.
• Collaborate with internal Project Management and Quality Control teams to determine integration requirements, expectations, and timelines.

Skills

Linux

Networking

Scripting

Data Center

Automation

Troubleshooting

CLI

PowerShell

Bash

Python

BIOS/firmware

RESTful APIs

Ansible

xCAT

Chef

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field experience

Tools

xCAT

Ansible

Chef

Job description

SHI International Corp. in Piscataway, NJ is seeking an IDCS Systems Engineer with deep Linux, networking, scripting, and data center experience.

This senior role develops automation, supports large-scale deployments, analyzes and validates complex hardware solutions, and collaborates across teams to ensure project success. You will install and troubleshoot data center hardware and software, maintain infrastructure and automation environments, and write scripts for automated builds.