Lead Systems Engineer

RGA Reinsurance Company$107K — $159K *
US-AnywhereRemote in Texas, US
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience required.
  • 8+ years managing data center resources and virtual hosting platforms required.
  • Advanced experience with Unix, Linux, Windows, and container-based systems required.
  • Advanced ability to automate core job functions and data center management required.
  • Expertise in configuration management solutions and utilities like Puppet, Chef, and Ansible required.
  • Knowledge of virtualization technologies, including private and public cloud, required.
  • Programming experience and familiarity with Agile concepts preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Coordinate the design, development, and maintenance of data center infrastructure.
  • Lead the architectural framework creation for hardware and network connections.
  • Implement and enforce standards and guidelines for computing capacity.
  • Provide technical support and automate compute resource management across cloud services.
  • Lead reliability testing and develop disaster recovery plans.
  • Ensure system security and respond to outages effectively.
  • Prepare regular operational and change reports.

Benefits

  • Gain knowledge and experience from diverse colleagues worldwide.
  • Enjoy a respectful and inclusive work environment.
  • Experience vast career potential with opportunities for growth.
Full Job Description
Leads team and independently supports the global design, implementation, and maintenance of private and public cloud infrastructure. Provides guidance and expertise to management and users on topics surrounding strategy and best practices. Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience. Solves complex problems and takes a new perspective on existing solutions. Exercises judgment based on the analysis of multiple sources of information. Advanced individual contributor who works on highly complex problems, tasks, or projects.

Principle Duties
  • Coordinates the design, develop, and maintain the physical infrastructure, network, and layout of a data center.
  • Coordinates or leads creation of architectural framework for servers, hardware, peripherals, and connections.
  • Implement standards and guidelines. Ensure adequate capacity for corporate computing needs and identify capacity trends.
  • Coordinates and provides technical support, provisioning, and automation capabilities for compute resources utilizing multiple operating systems and hardware technologies across public and private cloud services.
  • Coordinates or leads reliability testing and plan disaster recovery procedures.
  • Maintains operating efficiency and stability, ensure the security and integrity of all systems and data, and respond to outages and other issues.
  • Provides regular status, operational , incident, and change reports.


Education
  • Bachelor's Degree in Arts/Sciences (BA/BS) or equivalent experience - Required


Work Experience
  • 8+ years experience managing data center resources and managing virtual hosting platforms - Required
  • Advanced experience working with Unix, Linux, Windows, and container based systems - Required


Skills and Abilities
  • Advanced ability to automate and maintain automation for core job functions. Advanced understanding of data center layout planning, networking, and life cycle management. - Required
  • Advanced experience installing, configuring, and automating multiple operating systems. Advanced knowledge of trends in DevOps, micro- services, and automation orchestration. - Required
  • Advanced oral and written communication skills demonstrating ability to share and impart knowledge. Ability to liaise with individuals across a wide variety of operational, functional, and technical disciplines. - Required
  • Advanced investigative, analytical and problem solving skills. Advanced ability to translate business needs and problems into viable/accepted solutions. Ability to quickly adapt to new methods, work under tight deadlines and stressful conditions. - Required
  • Ability to work well within a team environment and participate in department/team projects. Advanced ability to set goals and handle multiple tasks, clients, and projects simultaneously; Ability to appropriately balance priorities, deadlines, and deliverables. - Required
  • Advanced skills in customer relationship management and change management. Advanced negotiating and persuasion skills. Required Advanced experience designing and implementing configuration management solutions across various operating systems and virtualization environments. Advanced experience of configuration management utilities (Puppet, Chef, Salt, Ansible, Terraform) - Required
  • Advanced expertise planning and physically installing servers, including coordinating with network, storage, and third-party datacenter teams; Advanced knowledge of domain and intranet management. - Required
  • Advanced knowledge of virtualization concepts and technologies including private cloud, public cloud, software defined infrastructure, and serverless architecture. Advanced skills in virtual platform management. Advanced knowledge of scripting languages (Python, Powershell, Bash). - Required
  • 3+ years experience programming or building automation. Experience leading or relevant understanding of Agile concepts and ceremonies. - Preferred
  • 10+ years experience managing data center resources and managing virtual hosting platforms. - Preferred


What you can expect from RGA:
  • Gain valuable knowledge from and experience with diverse, caring colleagues around the world.
  • Enjoy a respectful, welcoming environment that fosters individuality and encourages pioneering thought.
  • Join the bright and creative minds of RGA, and experience vast, endless career potential.


We're excited to get to know you and connect your unique skills with our global opportunities. To create a modern and seamless experience, we use artificial intelligence (AI) in parts of our preliminary screening process. This technology helps us personalize job recommendations, automate interview scheduling, evaluate candidates based solely on experience-without considering name, gender, or other personal details-and provide real-time answers through our chatbot. AI is used only during early screening and never makes hiring decisions. Your RGA recruiter will work closely with you every step of the way to ensure the process feels personal, thoughtful, and focused on you.

Compensation Range:
$107,060.00 - $159,390.00 Annual

Base pay varies depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience and market location. In addition, RGA provides an annual bonus plan that includes all roles and some positions are eligible for participation in our long-term equity incentive plan. RGA also maintains a full range of health, retirement, and other employee benefits.

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