IT Systems Engineer

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Position Summary: The IT Infrastructure Department at Perforce is searching for a Systems Engineer to join the team. We are looking for an individual who will be responsible for the following:

• Creates and manages infrastructure components and solutions that are re-usable and flexible across compute and storage of private and public infrastructure.
• Implements a cost-effective operation of an on-premise/public/hybrid cloud IaaS, monitoring and configuration tools.
• Participates in the continuous development, monitoring, and troubleshooting highly configurable and continuously deployable environments in public and private infrastructure.
• Implements operational and security policies and procedures throughout the service delivery lifecycle.
• Administers and updates storage, data backup, system redundancies, and disaster recovery systems.
• Analyzes, installs, acquires, builds, modifies, and supports operating system templates/containers and application stacks.
• Understands interrelationship of infrastructure components and applications.
• Automates tasks for speed and consistency.
• Works with and extends configuration management tools.
• Makes decisions on resolutions in critical downtime situations when escalation is impractical.

Requirements:

• Minimum 3 years in IT operations.
• Minimum 3 years of multi-site enterprise experience and continuous availability.
• Minimum 3 years operational experience with VMware, Windows and Linux administration, Cloud IaaS (AWS, GCP, Azure) and Infrastructure automation tools (Terraform, Puppet, etc.).
• Excellent verbal and written communicator.
• Must be comfortable dealing with stakeholders in crisis situations.
• Understanding of common Agile project management concepts.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Knowledge of software development process and continuous integration concepts, infrastructure automation tools, public and private cloud infrastructure technologies.
• Strong interpersonal skills - must be able to work effectively as part of a project/program team and foster team cooperation.
• Availability to work for up to 40 hours a week in our colocation facility or other remote locations to perform job-related tasks.

Working Conditions and/or Physical Demands: Must be able to lift 50-100 pounds.

Come work with us! Our team members are valued for their contributions, introduced to new opportunities, and rewarded well. Perforce combines the experience and rewards of a start-up with the security of an established and privately held profitable company. If you are passionate about the technology that impacts our day-to-day lives and want to work with talented and dedicated people across the globe, apply today!

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