System Engineer II: Automation, Security & Reliability

Acuity Insurance; Sheboygan (WI); On-site; USD 87,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) matching

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

Acuity is seeking a System Engineer II to design, configure, and maintain IT systems ensuring performance, security, and availability. You’ll collaborate with senior engineers, monitor health, and implement automation while mentoring junior engineers.

The role emphasizes disaster recovery, documentation, and cross-functional collaboration to align with business objectives and regulatory requirements. This position is based in the Sheboygan, WI area and requires on-site work.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent of education and experience in computer science or related field.
• A system engineer with 2-5 years of experience in system administration, engineering, or infrastructure support.
• Technical proficiency across Windows Server, Linux, virtualization, containers, scripting, and monitoring tools.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with senior engineers to design and implement systems that meet performance, scalability, availability, and security requirements.
• Participates in the integration of new systems and upgrades to existing infrastructure.
• Ensures system designs meet key requirements for availability, performance, and maintainability.
• Works closely with development, security, and operations teams to ensure systems are aligned with business objectives and meet technical requirements.
• Participates in system design reviews, offering insights and recommendations based on technical expertise.
• Performs regular system maintenance tasks such as patch management, updates, and system backups.
• Ensures systems are properly maintained throughout their lifecycle, managing hardware replacement, software updates, and configuration changes.
• Contributes to the planning and implementation of system upgrades, ensuring minimal downtime and disruption.
• Actively monitors system health, performance metrics, and system logs, ensuring the systems are operating as expected, identifying areas for improvement, and optimizing configurations to increase system efficiency.
• Identifies areas for process improvement and suggests solutions to streamline operations and increase reliability.
• Monitors resource usage of systems to ensure they are sized appropriately and change resource allocation when necessary.
• Implements automation tools and scripts to improve system administration tasks and reduce manual intervention.

Skills

Mentorship

Documentation

Communication

Problem solving

Availability-AfterHours

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field

Tools

Windows Server

Linux

VMware

RDP

SSH

Docker

Podman

Kubernetes

OpenShift

PowerShell

Python

Bash

Ansible

SolarWinds

Prometheus

Git

Cron

Zena

Encryption

Firewalls

ACLs

MFA

TCP/IP

DNS

VLANs

Job description

Acuity is seeking a System Engineer II to design, configure, and maintain IT systems ensuring performance, security, and availability. You’ll collaborate with senior engineers, monitor health, and implement automation while mentoring junior engineers.

The role emphasizes disaster recovery, documentation, and cross-functional collaboration to align with business objectives and regulatory requirements. This position is based in the Sheboygan, WI area and requires on-site work.