Senior IT Systems Engineer - Hybrid Cloud & Automation

extrahopnetworks; United States; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

ExtraHop is seeking a Sr. IT Systems Engineer to ensure the 24x7 availability of our infrastructure through secure, scalable cloud solutions and automation. You will design and manage production monitoring, contribute to documentation, and write efficient code in a hybrid architectural role.

With 8+ years of Unix/Linux experience and networking knowledge, you will collaborate across teams to improve reliability, address security risks, and tackle new challenges in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of Unix/Linux systems administration and software development.
• Proficiency with Shell/Bash and automation tools.
• Experience with Git in a distributed workflow.
• Web infrastructure operations, deployment and management.
• Cloud and serverless infrastructure experience.
• Understanding of enterprise networking and protocols.
• Security-focused mindset across operations.

Responsibilities

• Ensure 24x7 responsiveness of services and on-call rotation.
• Design and manage production system monitoring using ExtraHop tools and conventional tools.
• Contribute to knowledge bases, design documents, and runbooks.
• Design and construct secure, hybrid/multi-cloud services and networks.
• Implement and improve automated workflows for operations and support.
• Write maintainable, scalable code to solve current and future problems.
• Collaborate across network, security, and development teams.

Skills

Unix/Linux admin

Shell/Bash

Git

Cloud & serverless

Networking TCP/IP

Security mindset

Communication skills

Automation tooling

Problem solving

Tools

Ansible

Puppet

Chef

Linux KVM

Job description

ExtraHop is seeking a Sr. IT Systems Engineer to ensure the 24x7 availability of our infrastructure through secure, scalable cloud solutions and automation. You will design and manage production monitoring, contribute to documentation, and write efficient code in a hybrid architectural role.

With 8+ years of Unix/Linux experience and networking knowledge, you will collaborate across teams to improve reliability, address security risks, and tackle new challenges in a fast-paced environment.