Deft, a Summit company is hiring a
Senior Systems Engineer, Remote - United States

Summary

The job description is for a Senior Systems Engineer position at Summit. The role involves designing, implementing, managing virtualized environments, troubleshooting issues, interfacing with customers and vendors, leading and mentoring junior engineers, and participating in on-call rotations. The ideal candidate should have extensive experience with VMware technologies, strong application-level debugging skills, object storage experience, understanding of virtualization best practices, knowledge of monitoring tools, ability to read and write scripts, and operational experience with AWS core services.

Requirements

• Extensive experience with vSphere, vCenter, NSX-T, ESXi, and related VMware technologies
• Strong application-level debugging, systems administration and performance profiling skills, particularly with hypervisor and containerized interactions – Windows and Linux
• Object Storage experience with solutions like Ceph, Cloudian, or S3 / blob
• Strong understanding of virtualization best practices and design principles for these platforms including experience with common backup & DR tools such as Veeam, Zerto, P2V software, and VMware Site Recovery Manager
• Typical “internet application” comprehension: HTTP, HTTPS, SMTP, DNS, etc
• Operational experience with AWS core services such as EC2, Security Groups, S3, and IAM
• Knowledge of monitoring and observability tools like Prometheus, LogicMonitor, Graphana, Zabbix, etc
• Ability to read and write scripts with one or more: Python, PowerShell, Ansible, Terraform

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage virtualized environments using VMware and other hypervisor technologies
• Monitor system performance and troubleshoot issues to maintain optimal uptime, performance and capacity
• Understand various backend storage technologies and how/when to implement each one
• Interface with customers, vendors, and internal staff. Function as an escalation point for support staff and systems engineers
• Perform advanced server and network troubleshooting on internal and customer-owned systems
• Facilitate data migrations, V2V migrations, and P2V conversions
• End-to-end trouble ticket handling including initial troubleshooting, and resolution of escalated issues
• Adherence to change control process and participation in weekly on-call rotation
• Lead and mentor junior engineers, providing guidance and support in their professional development
• Participate in on-call rotations to provide 24/7 support for critical infrastructure issues

Benefits

• Flexible Time Off
• RTA and CTA Transit Benefits
• 401k with 4% employer match
• Free employee collocation and cloud account
• Life Insurance/Long Term Disability
• Health Insurance with HRA/HSA Options
• Vision Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• A fun and casual work environment