ZT Systems

Staff IT Systems Engineer

ZT Systems$124K — $182K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience
  • Minimum 5+ years as a Linux Administrator
  • Experience designing and managing high-availability services
  • Familiarity with Linux encryption, Samba, Bash, Perl, and Python
  • Ability to perform system hardening based on security requirements
  • Experience with automation in Linux environments
  • Knowledge of enterprise storage solutions and virtual environments

Responsibilities

  • Engineer and develop new IT systems
  • Maintain 24/7 uptime for Linux infrastructure
  • Monitor and correct performance issues for critical servers
  • Implement best practices for Linux systems on the manufacturing floor
  • Manage third-party vendor engagements for issue resolution
  • Coordinate software upgrades, patches, and hotfixes
  • Document systems, processes, and changes comprehensively

Benefits

  • Bonus opportunities
  • Paid time off
  • Generous 401k match
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Wellbeing resources
Full Job Description

About the Role

The Staff Systems Engineer will work with our team to support a wide range of IT systems and services, including the manufacturing virtualization environment. As the Staff Systems Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and managing server applications. As a Staff Systems Engineer, you will work in a fast-paced environment and apply your technical knowledge to solve issues that will span multiple IT environments.

What You will Do

  • Participate in projects and engineer new systems.

  • Maintain and develop all Linux infrastructure for a 24/7 uptime service.

  • Monitor performance of critical servers and applications and perform corrections as needed.

  • Manage best practices on Linux systems and services across the manufacturing floor.

  • Upgrade and maintenance of hardware/software in the IT infrastructure

  • Engage and manage 3rd-party vendors to achieve expedient resolution

  • Manage, coordinate, and implement software upgrades, patches, hotfixes on Linux infrastructure.

  • Create and maintain system documentation for specifications, designs, procedures, and logs.

  • Document all processes, system changes/fixes, and issues.

  • Collaborate with other teams to develop automation strategies and deployment processes

What You Bring

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience.

  • Minimum 5+ years of working experience as a Linux Administrator.

  • Experience with designing and managing high-availability services

  • Experience with system engineering on an enterprise-level, highly integrated, complex IT environment.

  • Experience with Linux encryption, Samba, Bash (shell scripts), Perl, Python scripting, Linux patching + dependency resolution and performance improvements.

  • Ability to evaluate security requirements and perform system hardening

  • Enhance processes and procedures to perform automated daily system monitoring, verifying the integrity and availability of all hardware, server resources, systems and key processes, reviewing system and application logs, and verifying completion of scheduled jobs, such as backups.

  • Experience with Linux services, including but not limited to DHCP, TFTP, DNS, SSH

  • Experience with CentOS, Ubuntu, RedHat Linux.

  • Linux certification a plus (RHCE, RHCT, LPIC, Linux+)

  • Experience with creating Ansible Playbooks and/or running and troubleshooting Playbooks

  • Experience managing, installing, and configuring complex virtual environments with High Availability in VMWare ESXi

  • Experience supporting enterprise storage solutions including but not limited to, vSANs, LUNs, NetApp, QNAP, NAS, Pure Storage, EMC.

  • Strong analytical, problem-solving and decision-making capabilities

  • Support daily backup and recovery operations

ZT Systems assesses market data to ensure a competitive compensation package is created for all our employees. The typical base salary for this position is expected to be between $124,500 and $182,500 per year.If hired, the final base salary will be determined on an individual basis taking into consideration experience, skills, knowledge, education and/or certifications.

Base salary is just one component of ZT Systems total rewards philosophy. We take pride in offering a wide range of benefits and perks that appeal to the variety of needs across our diverse employee base. Other rewards may include bonus, paid time off, generous 401k match, tuition reimbursement, wellbeing resources, and more.

 

We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this opportunity but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
 

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About ZT Systems

ZT Systems is a privately held original design manufacturer of data center servers, storage and embedded computing systems. ZT Systems is headquartered in the United States with additional facilities in Canada, China, and the Netherlands. The company designs and manufactures a wide range of computing systems, from workstations to high-performance computing clusters, and provides customized solutions for cloud computing, big data, and other applications. ZT Systems serves a variety of industries, including finance, healthcare, government, and education.
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Size
1,000 employees
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Founded
1994

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