Senior Systems Engineer

Reporting to the Principal Engineer you will serve as a technical expert in the area of system administration for complex operating systems.

We will need you to: Recommend the re-design and configuration of operating systems and system applications.

Develop system specifications.

We are looking for a Senior Systems Engineer that, ideally, has 5 years of experience deploying, configuring, monitoring, and supporting distributed infrastructure systems, and has an understanding of security, reliability, scalability, and platform management in a real-time (always on) customer production deployment.

• Expert knowledge of Linux, Windows, and VMware infrastructure.
• DNS - how email propagates to the internet, SSL
• They provide internet to the clients
• Client Servicing - providing technical support to the clients
• Handle technical escalations from within the Systems Practice. - L3 - Architecture, handled l1
• Provide technical assistance and guidance through to resolution.
• Networking, IP, subnets, and firewalls (IPv4 and v6).
• Hosting platforms.
• Mail environments (cPanel).
• Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to persevere and look for alternative solutions to problems.
• Ability to understand complex technical environments, comprising multiple servers and dependencies spread across a nationwide network.
• Excellent documentation writing skills, with the ability to clearly and simply articulate complex ideas and solutions.
• Understand technologies including hosting and email.
• Able to document and communicate processes from both a technical and non-technical perspective.
• Administer our Co-Location facility in Upper Hutt DC, including UPS system.
• Monitoring/reporting systems including, but not limited to, Nagios and Cacti.
• DNS management including hosting and delegation.
• VM backup software.
• Experience with Proxmox.