System Engineer

Systems Engineer

Merrimack, NH

This is 6 months in Merrimack, NH

In-person interview

One week onsite, one week work from home

The team is working 12-hour shifts in US and then the India team works the other 12 hours. Shifts are from 8am EST through 5:30pm. One person stretches to 9:30pm once every 5 or 6 weeks (their shift would still only be 8 hours so that week they work 1:30pm - 9:30pm). They have weekend support on call as well every 5 to 6 weeks (5 to 6 hours of work TOTAL over the weekend is required and the hours can range from 9am to 9pm). - Troubleshooting of batch (30%) and application (70%) issues - 10 years of hands-on experience deploying and/or supporting highly distributed multi-tiered systems at scale - 4 years of experience in Cloud support (AWS) and migration skills; Experience with building and operating highly resilient platforms in AWS cloud environments - Demonstrated ability to apply modern monitoring tools (DataDog, Prometheus, Splunk) - Experience with Oracle and PL/SQL - Analyze code (PL/SQL, Perl, Shell script) to troubleshoot and propose long term solutions. - Expertise in writing PL/SQL code, Stored Procedures, Functions, Triggers etc.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience or higher in a technology related field (e.g., Engineering, Computer Science, etc.) or equivalent required, master’s degree a plus
• 10 years of hands-on experience deploying and/or supporting highly distributed multi-tiered systems at scale
• 4 years of experience in Cloud support (AWS) and migration skills; Experience with building and operating highly resilient platforms in AWS cloud environments
• Hands-on experience with container orchestration, preferably with Kubernetes
• Experience operating and implementing distributed & highly concurrent service-based
• Ability to automate with various scripting languages (Python, Shell scripting, etc.)
• Experience managing systems using infrastructure as code tools (IAM, ARM, Terraform, Chef)
• Proven understanding of Cloud Computing and DevOps concepts including CI/CD pipelines
• Experienced in Instrumentation with systems skills on building and operating, monitoring, logging, alerting services of distributed systems at scale
• Proven experience in maintaining scalability and resiliency in a complex environment.
• Proven experience in implementing advanced observability practices and techniques at scale.
• Demonstrated ability to apply modern monitoring tools (DataDog, Prometheus, Splunk)
• Extensive experience with Oracle and PL/SQL
• Analyze code (PL/SQL, Perl, Shell script) to troubleshoot and propose long term solutions. Expertise in writing PL/SQL code, Stored Procedures, Functions, Triggers etc.
• Demonstrate strong analytical and problem-solving skills while working with the team in daily operations including resolution of data quality issues, analysis of system functionality, responding to system alerts, business queries and report requests.
• Provide prompt support for Trading, Portfolio Management and Research applications.
• Proven technical background with high degree of comfort with Linux, database systems, networking concepts, and ITSM-based standards.
• Experience with batch scheduling software, Autosys a plus
• Review platforms used by the client and suggest improvements in automation, continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) practices, security, and platform services