Skills

Python Perl SQL Monitoring Networking Linux Operating Systems Programming git AWS Shell Project Management python programming

Job Specifications

Overview:

Job Title: System Engineer
Location: Remote with occasional travel to London
Contract: Agency contract (Inside IR35) (estimated one year long with extensions)
Rate: £45-50 per hour depending on experience

Job Description:

The successful engineer in this role will:
Understand how commodity servers, operating systems and networks function, perform and scale.
Possess superb troubleshooting, project management and problem analysis skills.
Drive technical innovation and efficiency in infrastructure operations via automation.
Design server monitoring and management solutions using automation and self-repair.
Create processes that enhance operational workflow and provide positive customer impact.
Dive deep to resolve problems at their root, looking for failure patterns amenable to long-term solutions via simplification and automation.
Avoid re-inventing the wheel and prefer appropriately simple, repeatable solutions over more complex and failure prone ones.
Recognize and adopt best practices in documentation, testing, security, operational support at scale, and efficient use of resources.
Develop appropriate metrics to demonstrate performance at improving operational efficiency.

Core Requirements:

In depth knowledge of & experience deploying and operating Linux or other UNIX variants in a datacenter environment.
Relentless passion for frugality and out-of-the-box engineering.
Strong system troubleshooting skills.
Proficiency and experience in automation via Perl/Python programming and shell scripting.
Good understanding of standard internet protocols (Ethernet, ARP, IP, ICMP, UDP, TCP, SSL, DNS, HTTP, etc.)
Demonstrable grasp of security best practices in server configuration, tool development, and access controls.
Experience in building SQL queries.

Highly Desirable Attributes:

Knowledge of IT Networking.
Knowledge of VCS (git, mercurial, svn).
Understanding of AWS technologies
Experience deploying or managing servers in large-scale, geographically diverse environments.
Understanding & experience of managing and monitoring large scale disk sub-systems.
Operational knowledge of common enterprise switching and routing platforms

About the Company

Apex Systems is a leading global technology services firm that incorporates industry insights and experience to deliver solutions that fulfill our clients' digital visions. We offer a continuum of services, specializing in strategy, transformation, and managed services across application development, data, enterprise platforms, cloud and infrastructure, and cybersecurity. Through our ability to innovate alongside our customers, we build and deploy the right artificial intelligence solutions to realize business value and impr... Know more