Senior Systems Engineer

IdenTrust, Inc.; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

HID Global in Salt Lake City, UT is seeking an experienced Senior Systems Engineer to design, deploy, and maintain production-grade server, storage, and cloud infrastructure.

You will optimize performance, lead automation, manage backups and DR, support on-call rotations, and collaborate across Security, DevOps, Network, and Applications teams to ensure platform stability and rapid incident remediation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related technical field.
• 5+ years of systems engineering or operations experience.
• Strong expertise with Linux and/or Windows server administration.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain server, storage, and cloud infrastructure across environments.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize system performance to meet SLAs.
• Automate provisioning, configuration management, monitoring, and incident handling.
• Serve as escalation point for complex issues, drive RCAs and remediation.
• Develop and maintain detailed system architecture docs, runbooks, and standards.
• Implement and manage backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity strategies.
• Collaborate with Security, DevOps, Network Engineering, and Applications teams for stability.
• Drive lifecycle management including patching, upgrades, and capacity planning.
• Participate in on-call rotations and lead incident response.
• Evaluate and recommend new technologies and processes to improve operations.
• Design and deploying new infrastructure solutions.
• Automating workflows, provisioning, and system management tasks.
• Lead root-cause analysis and remediation strategies.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams for platform improvements.
• Support SAFe/Agile ceremonies and iterative delivery cycles.
• Participate in capacity planning and roadmapping.

Skills

Linux

Windows Server Administration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related technical field

Job description

An Amazing Career Opportunity for Senior Systems Engineer!!

Location: Salt Lake City, Utah

Job ID: 48497

Responsibilities

• Engaging in the design, deployment, and maintenance of server, storage, and cloud infrastructure across production and non-production environments.
• Monitoring, troubleshooting, and optimizing system performance, ensuring high availability and adherence to SLAs.
• Building and maintaining automation for system provisioning, configuration management, monitoring, and incident handling.
• Serving as an escalation point for complex operational issues, driving root-cause analysis and long-term remediation.
• Developing and maintaining detailed system architecture documentation, runbooks, and operational standards.
• Implementing and managing robust backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity strategies.
• Collaborating closely with Security, DevOps, Network Engineering, and Application teams to ensure end-to-end platform stability.
• Driving lifecycle management for infrastructure components, including patching, upgrades, and capacity planning.
• Participating in the on-call rotation and leading response efforts during major incidents.
• Evaluating and recommending new technologies, tools, and processes to continuously improve operational maturity.
• Designing and deploying new infrastructure solutions.
• Automating workflows, provisioning, and system management tasks.
• Leading root-cause analysis and driving long-term remediation strategies.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams for projects and platform improvements.
• Supporting SAFe/Agile ceremonies and contributing to iterative delivery cycles.
• Participating in capacity planning and infrastructure roadmap development.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 5+ years of experience in systems engineering or operations, with emphasis on production-grade infrastructure.
• Strong expertise with Linux and/or Windows server administration.

HID Global is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer -- Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran/Gender Identity/Sexual Orientation.