Systems Engineer – Global Fintech Remote
A high-growth global fintech, renowned for delivering world-class payments-related software and technology, is seeking a talented Systems Engineer II to help shape the future of its Technical Operations organization.
This is a rare opportunity to join a fast-moving team building the next generation of merchant-first capabilities. You will play a key role in designing and implementing scalable infrastructure while contributing to strategic, industry-changing initiatives.
What You will Be Doing
* Evaluate, test, develop, and implement complex technical solutions to address various business problems. This includes hardware, software, configuration standards, and creating solutions focused on driving business value.
* Responsible for supporting enterprise systems infrastructure, including but not limited to compute, storage, virtualization, cloud, and backup assets. Oversees proactive grooming, life cycle management, upgrades, capacity management, and high priority incident, change, and problem management.
* Manages highly visible/risky changes and ensures infrastructure is running efficiently. Acts as TOps liaison to peers in Engineering, Architecture, Information Security, and Production Support.
* Works closely with Engineering and Security to stay abreast of upcoming TOps-related initiatives and notify these groups of re-occurring issues.
* Ensure the availability, performance, and operational integrity of the Systems Engineering domain.
* Align systems solutions/technologies to complement and support business/strategic plans.
* Establish system management criteria and develop, maintain, and monitor procedures and policies.
* Coordinate appliance and software upgrades with vendors and teams as necessary.
* Coordinate capacity planning and analyse information for hardware tuning and integration.
* Schedule and coordinate with the Security team to conduct Systems and Information Security assessments.
* Develop written procedures, engineering drawings, and other technical documentation.
* Communicate to the general organization on the support efforts of project-related items.
* Ability to handle multiple tasks concurrently with competing deadlines.
* Limited supervision and direction are provided, as this individual can operate and drive results and set priorities independently.
* Demonstrate sound judgment in solving and identifying problems in advance and proposing solutions
What You Bring
* Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience.
* 2+ years of relevant experience in Windows/Linux/Cloud environments.
* Commitment to achieving 100% uptime.
* Technical expertise and hands-on with Windows Server administration, Linux Server administration, Active Directory, Exchange, IIS, DHCP, DNS, etc.
* Bash/PowerShell/Perl/Python or other scripting.
* Knowledge and experience with enterprise VMWare virtualization technologies.
* Experience managing block and file protocols across SAN/NAS-based storage arrays.
* Knowledge of LAN, Routing, Switching, IP Networking, VPN technologies, DNS, VLANs, and Layer 2/3 protocols.
* Experience with Disaster Recovery planning and implementation.
* Experience managing Antivirus/Spyware, spam reduction, and patch management tools.
* Experience with security and encryption, including certificate and key management.
* Experience with monitoring tools to identify potential failures and support forensic investigations.
* Experience managing the day-to-day operations of the data centers.
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
* Ability to effectively prioritize, research problems, document, execute, and manage tasks within a dynamic and fast-paced environment.
* Must be self-motivated and detail-oriented.
* Ability to work on a team and independently.
Bonus Skills
* VMware, Windows Server, Active Directory, and Linux Server experience required.
* Automation / Infrastructure as Code (Ansible, Terraform, etc) experience required.
* Office365 and Exchange Online experience preferred.
* Mail security solutions experience (eg: mimecast) is preferred.
* Backup solution experience (eg: Veeam, Rubrik, etc) is preferred.
* AWS/Azure experience preferred.
* Relevant certifications (VCP, VCAP, VCDX, MS/AZ Microsoft certs, etc) preferred.
Qualifications
Ready to make an impact?
Apply now or reach out to learn more about joining a fintech that's redefining the future of payments technology.