System Engineer 5

Experis Technology Group; Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 209,395,000 - 225,926,000; Full time

Job summary

Engineering Infrastructure & Systems Research in Redmond, WA seeks a System Engineer 5 to join a high-impact research engineering team building a new micro-VM platform optimized for low-latency, high-density workloads.

You will own benchmarking, automate CI/CD workflows, and manage multi-platform cloud environments while troubleshooting complex infra issues. A Bachelor's in CS/CE and strong open-source contributions are required.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of Linux systems administration and OS-level troubleshooting.
• 3+ years of CI/CD, test infrastructure, and automation experience.
• 3+ years of systems/infrastructure engineering, including virtualization, cloud compute environments, and scripting.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering required.
• Strong open-source/GitHub track record.

Responsibilities

• Provision and manage multi-platform cloud compute environments to support engineering and testing needs.
• Automate environment configuration to reduce setup overhead and keep infrastructure friction low.
• Own benchmarking infrastructure for VM lifecycle measurements, including boot latency, snapshot/restore, teardown, memory footprint, and throughput.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and automated build/test/validation workflows across project repositories.
• Investigate performance or test regressions and improve validation reliability through reproducible experiments.

Skills

Linux

CI/CD

Automation

Virtualization

Scripting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering

Tools

GitHub

KVM

Job description

Our client, Engineering Infrastructure & Systems Research is seeking a System Engineer 5 to join their team. As a System Engineer 5, you will be part of the Applications Dev & Test organization supporting a small, high-impact research engineering team building a new micro-VM platform optimized for low-latency, high-density agentic workloads. The ideal candidate will have strong Linux fundamentals, a track record of CI/CD and automation, and the ability to troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues which will align successfully in the organization.

Job Title:System Engineer 5

Location:Redmond, WA (Onsite)

Pay Range:$73.27 - $78.92

What's the Job?

• Provision and manage multi-platform cloud compute environments to support engineering and testing needs.


• Automate environment configuration to reduce setup overhead and keep infrastructure friction low.


• Own benchmarking infrastructure for VM lifecycle measurements, including boot latency, snapshot/restore, teardown, memory footprint, and throughput.


• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and automated build/test/validation workflows across project repositories.


• Investigate performance or test regressions and improve validation reliability through reproducible experiments.

What's Needed?

• 3+ years of Linux systems administration and OS-level troubleshooting experience.


• 3+ years of CI/CD, test infrastructure, and engineering automation experience.


• 3+ years of systems/infrastructure engineering experience, including virtualization, cloud compute environments, and scripting.


• Strong open-source/GitHub track record demonstrating technical work and measurable contributions.


• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering (required).

What's in it for me?

• Meaningful ownership of infrastructure that directly unblocks engineering velocity and validation confidence.


• Opportunity to work closely with a senior research engineering team transitioning from prototype to production hardening.


• Hands-on impact on benchmarking and CI/CD systems that support low-latency, high-density agentic workloads.


• Clear success criteria focused on stable pipelines, reproducible benchmarking, and reduced manual environment setup.


• A role on the critical path where your systems work shapes outcomes across multiple product lines.

Upon completion of waiting period consultants are eligible for:

• Medical and Prescription Drug Plans


• Dental Plan


• Vision Plan


• Health Savings Account


• Health Flexible Spending Account


• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account


• Supplemental Life Insurance


• Short Term and Long Term Disability Insurance


• Business Travel Insurance


• 401(k), Plus Match


• Weekly Pay