What are the responsibilities and job description for the Systems Engineer position at blueStone?
Company Description
blueStone Recruiting is a national search firm specialized in IT.
Job Description
Our client, located in River North, is hiring a Systems Engineer to assist with the administration and maintenance of our Linux hosting environments. In this role, you will work closely with our infrastructure, release, and development teams to maintain and improve our performance, security, and uptime standards. Reporting directly to our Infrastructure Architect, this is an exciting career opportunity for a self-starting and resourceful professional.
Our client is one of the leading providers of software to manage R&D and innovation, and has a client base that ranges from Fortune 500 firms as well as leading education institutions.
Our client's team is highly collaborative, technical, and creative. This role will give you hands-on experience with the design and operation of a modern microservice-based SaaS application.
Responsibilities:
- Administration and maintenance of our hosting infrastructure located across 3 continents
- Redundant LAMP stack setup, maintenance, and troubleshooting
- Use and maintenance of automated configuration management and deployment systems
- Response and resolution of service issues
- Assist developers with systems-related issues
Qualifications
Requirements:
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Effective communication and collaboration with internal teams and external clients
- Experience running Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP, Ruby, or Python
- Experience with desktop support, client services, or other user interaction
- Experience with automated configuration deployment and systems scripting
- A documented history of hard work and engineering excellence
Preferred:
- Understanding of HTTP, TCP/IP, DNS / BIND, LDAP, SMTP
- Experience with KVM, AWS
- Experience with information security: standards certification, auditing, and pen testing
- Proven success in high-growth startup environments
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science
Additional Information
Work with blueStone recruiting to find your next career. You can find us at http://bluestonerecruiting.com. We look forward to speaking with you!
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
