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IT Systems Engineer

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Chicago, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 4/5/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/4/2026
Job Summary

We are hiring a Systems Engineer to manage and optimize enterprise IT infrastructure, ensuring reliability, scalability, and performance across hybrid environments.

Responsibilities

  • Manage servers, virtualization, and cloud infrastructure
  • Monitor system performance and troubleshoot issues
  • Implement automation and infrastructure as code
  • Support disaster recovery and high availability

Required Skills

  • Windows/Linux administration
  • VMware / Hyper-V
  • Cloud platforms
  • Scripting (PowerShell, Bash)

Rare Skills

  • Bare-metal automation (MAAS, PXE boot)
  • Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Pulumi)
  • eBPF-based observability
  • Hybrid cloud networking (SD-WAN)
  • Immutable infrastructure patterns

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