Senior Systems Engineer

Summary

Join DomainTools as a Senior Systems Engineer and contribute to operational excellence in hybrid cloud and bare metal infrastructure. You will build and manage Linux-based systems, modernize infrastructure by migrating applications to containers, and partner with engineering teams to create self-service tools. Responsibilities include managing the lifecycle of services, improving system visualization, mentoring engineers, and ensuring security compliance. The ideal candidate possesses 5+ years of Linux systems engineering experience, expertise in cloud and data center environments, and a proven ability to automate infrastructure. This remote position offers a competitive salary, bonus, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Requirements

• 5+ years experience in Linux systems engineering roles supporting bare metal servers, virtualization, and container platforms
• Experience migrating custom Linux-based services into containers
• Experience building and managing infrastructure in both public cloud and physical data center environments using infrastructure as code tools
• Proven ability to automate the right things using scripts, config management tools, and CI pipelines
• Solid understanding of networking fundamentals and storage technologies
• Ability to write docs and build processes designed for other team members to contribute to and support
• Experience supporting customer-facing SaaS products
• Willing to dive in and own problems that are new, ambiguous, or complex
• Proven ability to prioritize where improvements are most needed; sees the forest for the trees
• High team standards around communication, giving/receiving, feedback, continuous improvement, and operational excellence
• Familiar with big data technologies and relational databases

Responsibilities

• Build and operate Linux-based systems in both public cloud and colocation environments
• Manage the lifecycle of open-source and custom services that power all aspects of our business, including authentication, logging, metrics, code repos, secrets management, and more
• Modernize infrastructure by moving older applications into containers, or writing new IaC automation to deploy to VMs or bare-metal as-needed
• Partner with engineering teams to build self-service tools that increase the overall speed and safety of value delivery to our customers
• Improve our ability to visualize systems using monitoring, metrics, instrumentation, and logs
• Manage and monitor databases and data flows, including replication and high availability
• Help mentor other engineers to improve their skill sets and the team’s overall ability to deliver
• Reduce business risk by mapping and implementing security and business continuity compliance requirements
• Write and maintain operational documentation for new and existing systems
• Participate in an on-call rotation with fellow team members

Benefits

• Fully paid medical, dental and vision insurance premiums
• A 401k retirement plan with company matching
• Basic life insurance
• Flexible PTO
• Additional well-being benefits