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Engineering12 months agoHybrid

Zeta Global

Sr. Systems Engineer

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Key details

Salary

Not specified

Employment type

Full-time

Seniority

Senior

Years experience

10+

Location

Hyderabad, India

Full job description

Senior Systems Engineer role to support and enhance enterprise infrastructure including data center operations, hardware, virtualization, backups, OS, networking, and security. Requires 10+ years Linux/Unix administration, 3+ years OpenStack, 5+ years VMWare, scripting experience, and configuration management with Puppet and Ansible. Responsibilities include hardware deployment, private cloud design, automation, troubleshooting, project leadership, and advising on data center best practices. Requires collaboration across time zones and participation in 24x7 support rotation.

What you'll do

  • Deploy and manage hardware (including gray market systems) in enterprise data centers with assistance from on-site personnel
  • Design, implement, and migrate to modern private cloud infrastructure
  • Establish and maintain configuration management using Foreman, Puppet Enterprise, and Ansible for Linux environments
  • Enhance automated build and deployment pipelines for physical and virtual machines
  • Create configuration roles and automation code using tools like Ansible and Puppet
  • Develop scripts to automate daily tasks for the Systems Engineering team
  • Perform advanced troubleshooting for hardware, Linux, and Windows systems in large-scale environments
  • Lead and plan infrastructure projects independently
  • Provide subject matter expertise in designated technical areas; contribute to technical discussions and architecture decisions
  • Advise on data center best practices, including power configuration, HVAC, and rack design

Requirements

  • 10+ years of Linux/Unix administration (Solaris, AIX, or other flavors)
  • 3+ years of OpenStack engineering and administration
  • 5+ years of VMWare or equivalent Engineering and Administration
  • 5+ years of scripting experience with Bash, Perl, Ruby, Python, etc.
  • 3–5 years of experience with system monitoring tools (Check_MK, Nagios, SolarWinds)
  • 3–5 years of hands-on hardware management (Dell, SuperMicro, HP)
  • 2–3 years of experience with Puppet for configuration management
  • 5+ years of experience using Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams)
  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field (or equivalent experience)

Tech stack

LinuxUnixSolarisAIXOpenStackVMWareBashPerlRubyPythonCheck_MKNagiosSolarWindsDell hardwareSuperMicro hardwareHP hardwarePuppetMicrosoft OfficeEMC storageNetApp storage3PAR storageHitachi storageF5 load balancersAWSAzureRackspaceJavaC++C#VB.NETPHPHTMLJavaScriptJenkinsTeamCityAnsibleForemanPuppet EnterpriseAnsible AWXAnsible Tower

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