Senior Systems Engineer

Avispa Technology; New York (NY); Remote; USD 110,000 - 117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Group Medical

Dental

Vision

Life Insurance

Retirement Savings Program

PSL

Job summary

A leading music streaming company is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to maintain uptime, performance, and capacity of production servers. The role covers system administration, automation, troubleshooting, and infrastructure support, with 40 hours/week and a 6‑month assignment.

Remote work is available for candidates in the United States. Requirements include 5+ years of UNIX/Linux administration, Python/BASH scripting, Ansible, and experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and OpenShift.

Qualifications

• 5+ years UNIX/Linux administration experience.
• Experience with Python or BASH scripting.
• Expertise in Ansible-based configuration management.
• Experience with Linux distributions (Debian/Red Hat).
• Familiarity with virtualization (VMware, OpenShift KubeVirt, KVM).
• Proficiency with Docker, Kubernetes, and OpenShift.
• Knowledge of logging/monitoring (ELK, Prometheus, Grafana).
• Experience with Git/Bitbucket and CI/CD tooling.
• LDAP and Kerberos administration experience.
• Familiarity with HashiCorp tools and cloud (AWS/GCP).

Responsibilities

• Maintain uptime, performance, and capacity of production servers and services.
• Perform patching, migrations, upgrades, and change management activities.
• Develop system automation, scripting, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Manage infrastructure, including DNS, LDAP, Kerberos, and logging.
• Participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation and collaborate across teams.

Skills

Unix/Linux admin

Python/Bash scripting

Ansible

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenShift

CI/CD pipelines

Git/Bitbucket

LDAP/Kerberos

ELK logging

Prometheus/Grafana

VMware

AWS/GCP

Storage: Ceph/NAS/SAN

HashiCorp tools

Education

BA/BS in CS or related field

Tools

Git

BitBucket

Elasticsearch/ELK

OpenShift KubeVirt

Nomad/Vault/Consul

Job description

Senior Systems Engineer 3095

• Hourly pay: $80-$85/hr
• Worksite: Leading music streaming company (Remote, open to candidates in the United States)
• W2 Employment, Group Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement Savings Program, PSL
• 40 hours/week, 6 Month Assignment

A leading music streaming company seeks a Senior Systems Engineer to maintain the uptime, performance, and capacity of production servers and services, with responsibilities spanning system administration, monitoring, automation, troubleshooting, infrastructure maintenance, and architectural support.

Senior Systems Engineer Responsibilities:

• Maintain the uptime, performance, and capacity of production servers and services through ticket and alert triage, monitoring and alerting, system maintenance, troubleshooting, and performance analysis.
• Manage system configuration and infrastructure, including Linux administration, configuration management, server hardware selection, virtualization platforms, storage architectures, DNS, LDAP, and Kerberos, centralized logging, and containerized systems.
• Perform patching, migrations, upgrades, and change management activities while supporting version control and infrastructure tools, including Git, BitBucket, Ansible, Elasticsearch/ELK, and the HashiCorp suite.
• Develop and maintain system automation, scripting, and CI/CD build pipelines using Python or BASH and participate in infrastructure monitoring, metrics gathering, and capacity planning activities across production environments.
• Participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation while independently and collaboratively managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment, providing internal client and customer service, documenting technical information, communicating with staff at all levels, and following through on projects.

Senior Systems Engineer Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience with UNIX/Linux administration.
• BA/BS or higher degree in Computer Science or a related field is preferred.
• Expertise in Linux system administration, including Debian and Red Hat, with experience troubleshooting Linux subsystems and internals.
• Ability to create scripts using Python or BASH.
• Significant experience with Ansible-based configuration management.
• Experience specifying and selecting server hardware platforms based on application requirements.
• Familiarity with virtualization hypervisors, including OpenShift KubeVirt, KVM, Nutanix, and VMware.
• Experience with monitoring and metrics gathering tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and SysStat.
• Ability to triage tickets and issues when only partial information is available, including obtaining additional information from requestors.
• Experience with change management and version control, including Git and BitBucket.
• Experience with CI/CD build pipeline development.
• Experience with LDAP and Kerberos administration.
• Familiarity with centralized logging through Elasticsearch/ELK.
• Experience with DNS zone files and DNS administration.
• Experience with SAN, NAS, Ceph, and ZFS storage architectures.
• Experience managing containerized systems, including Docker, Nomad, Kubernetes, and OpenShift.
• Experience with HashiCorp products, including Consul, Nomad, and Vault.
• Familiarity with AWS and GCP cloud environments.

Shift:

• Remote: Participation in a 24/7 on-call rotation is required.