Systems Engineer

About The Role

We are looking for a Systems Engineer to own and evolve our Linux server infrastructure, container platforms, and monitoring systems across both IT and operational technology environments. You will build, automate, and maintain the systems that keep our operations running - from datacenter VMs to the factory floor. This is a hands-on role for someone who is equally comfortable writing Ansible playbooks as they are racking hardware and troubleshooting production outages.

What You'll Do

• Deploy, configure, and maintain RHEL and Rocky Linux servers across physical, virtual, and cloud environments.
• Build and manage containerized workloads using Docker, including image lifecycle management, compose stacks, networking, and persistent storage.
• Develop and maintain Ansible automation for provisioning, configuration management, patching, and compliance enforcement across the server fleet.
• Administer Zabbix monitoring infrastructure - create and tune templates, configure alerting, build dashboards, and ensure comprehensive observability of all critical systems.
• Manage virtualization platforms and supporting infrastructure including storage, networking (VLANs, firewalling), and backup/recovery.
• Provision and maintain AWS resources - manage EC2 instances, RDS databases, security groups, and related cloud infrastructure.
• Maintain documentation and standard operating procedures for all managed systems.
• Participate in capacity planning, change management, and incident response.
• Collaborate with operations and engineering teams to support manufacturing and plant-floor technology needs.
  
  

Required

What You Bring:

• 3 years of hands-on experience administering RHEL-family Linux distributions (RHEL, Rocky, CentOS) in a production environment.
• Strong working knowledge of Docker - building images, managing containers, troubleshooting networking, and working with compose and registries.
• Demonstrated experience writing and maintaining Ansible playbooks, roles, and inventories for infrastructure automation.
• Experience deploying and administering Zabbix (or a comparable enterprise monitoring platform such as Nagios, LibreNMS, or Prometheus/Grafana), including custom template development and alert tuning.
• Experience with AWS infrastructure - specifically EC2 instance management (provisioning, security groups, AMIs) and RDS administration (deployment, backups, parameter tuning).
• Solid understanding of Linux networking (iptables/nftables, VLANs, bonding/teaming, DNS, NTP) and storage (LVM, ZFS, NFS).
• Comfort working in the terminal - scripting in Bash is second nature.
• Familiarity with hardware lifecycle management: racking servers, managing UPS/PDU infrastructure, cabling, and labeling.
• Strong troubleshooting methodology and the ability to work independently through ambiguous problems.
  
  

Nice to Have:

• Experience with Kubernetes (K8s) - cluster deployment, pod management, Helm charts, or managed K8s services.
• Exposure to PLC (Programmable Logic Controller) environments and industrial/OT networking concepts.
• Experience with Inductive Automation's Ignition platform (gateway administration, module management, or tag/scripting work).
• Experience with virtualization platforms such as Proxmox, VMware, or Hyper-V.
• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools beyond Ansible (Terraform, Packer).
• Relevant certifications (RHCSA/RHCE, AWS Solutions Architect/SysOps, CKA, Docker DCA, CompTIA Linux ).
  
  

Work Environment

• This role supports a mixed IT/OT environment including datacenter, office, and plant-floor systems. Occasional after-hours work for maintenance windows and on-call rotation should be expected. Some physical work (racking equipment, running cable) is part of the job.
  
  

Additional Info

At FastTek Global, Our Purpose is Our People and Our Planet . We come to work each day and are reminded we are helping people find their success stories . Also, Doing the right thing is our mantra . We act responsibly, give back to the communities we serve and have a little fun along the way.

We have been doing this with pride, dedication and plain, old-fashioned hard work for 24 years !

FastTek Global is financially strong, privately held company that is 100% consultant and client focused .

We've differentiated ourselves by being fast, flexible, creative and honest . Throw out everything you've heard, seen, or felt about every other IT Consulting company. We do unique things and we do them for Fortune 10, Fortune 500, and technology start-up companies.

Benefits

Our benefits are second to none and thanks to our flexible benefit options you can choose the benefits you need or want, options include:

• Medical and Dental (FastTek pays majority of the medical program)
• Vision
• Personal Time Off (PTO) Program
• Long Term Disability (100% paid)
• Life Insurance (100% paid)
• 401(k) with immediate vesting and 3% (of salary) dollar-for-dollar match
  
  

Plus, we have a lucrative employee referral program and an employee recognition culture.

FastTek Global was named one of the Top Work Places in Michigan by the Detroit Free Press in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 , 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023!

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AI & Hiring Disclosure

We use AI tools to support parts of our hiring process, such as reviewing applications and identifying potential matches. These tools are designed to promote efficiency, consistency, and fairness, and they are always used under human oversight.

All personal data collected is used solely for recruitment purposes, and you have the right to know, access, or request deletion of your data at any time, subject to legal limits.

If AI will be used in a video interview, you'll be informed in advance and asked for your consent, with the option to opt out.

Our tools are regularly reviewed to detect potential bias and to ensure compliance with all applicable laws and our commitment to inclusive hiring.

To learn more or exercise your rights, please contact us at info@fasttek.com.